Lost For Words? (Scrabble Original)

Member Name: barbara107

Product:	Scrabble Original
Date:	22/04/01 (125 review reads)
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Advantages: Educational,Fun for adults and kids

Disadvantages: none

Having just had a typical Easter weekend here in Manchester, rain and more rain, I found myself rumaging through my sons toy cupboard to find something to try to keep us all amused, not easy when you have an 11 year old son and 16 year old daughter, infact it is a major event to have them both in the room at the same time without trying to kill each other! Then I saw it...Scrabble!

In my opinion Scrabble is one of the best and most challenging games invented.

Up to four players choose seven letter tiles each, and they must use them to produce words that connect with other tiles already on the board to form horizontal and vertically arranged words -- like a crossword puzzle. Sound easy to play? It is. But it's not easy to master

Scrabble is more than just a board game (not a bored game.)

It's entertaining. No matter how many times you play, you will never, ever play the same game twice.

It's educational. You improve in the game by improving your vocabulary. What other game will cause your kids to grab for a dictionary with enthusiasm?

It's not flashy, the design hasn’t changed in years, just a board, tiles and trays.

It involves strategy and chance. Winning Scrabble gives some serious boasting rights compared to other board games such as Life, where a lot depends on blind luck. Yet chance does play a role in Scrabble, because which letters you draw determines how your game will proceed.

All in all, I can not think of another board game other than chess, checkers and a few other classics, that I have actively played as many times or with as much enjoyment as Scrabble. My mother would be proud to hear me say it, too.

Buy this game. Force your kids to play. Don't let them win. You'll be surprised when they eventually beat you, and they'll thank you for it.

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