Wordox

Bored with movies for the moment. It's that time of year when there really isn't anything worth watching anyway...well, aside from The Ring maybe but as that's a remake of one of my very favourite horror movies I'll probably not like it too much. I could bore you with the umpteenth Lord Of The Rings review but no, I'll bore you with this instead. Yet another way to waste time online. Hurrah! In fact, this is one of the very worst timewasters there are online, it being very easy to actually spend hours here without actually realising it once you get to know people at the various sites which offer it. Wordox is basically Scrabble but with a ...

I was first introduced to Wordox one boring afternoon about a year ago. Fortunately, the work network won't let me play it otherwise I'd never get anything done. Wordox is a variation of Scrabble, with a couple of wicked little twists, for you to play on line, against your mates or with total strangers. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* Where? +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ I generally play on flipside - for some reason the UK address is not responding right now but try it http://uk.flipside.com, failing that however www.flipside.com will do the trick. A quick scan of google shows that it is available at multiple sites and in a variety of languages - I ...

I have to admit it. "Wordox" has got me hooked. If you like Scrabble, crosswords and all that jazz, you'll probably become a Wordox addict like me too. The rules - being very similar (but NOT the same) as Scrabble, are easy to learn for players of the board game. You are presented with a whole screenful of "tables" you can either join or find an empty one to host a game on. Up to four players can join and you can choose your opponents by looking at their skill rating beside their handle. There are two websites which host Wordox: - http://www.uproar.co.uk and http://uk.flipside.com And...on the Flipside ...