I have always loved playing Scrabble. I love the way your brain has to work to figure out how the letters go together. It is like maths. And I love how you need to know a lot of words to do well. Like English. I love how it hasn't changed the rules my whole life, and I have friendships based on playing a game of Scrabble together. Old rivalries and cups of tea within a rhythm of a relationship.
When I was younger my goal was to beat my dad. Then my goal was to make as many words in a square as I could. Now I play Words with Friends with three people, having several turns a day, and my goal is just to beat them (competitive much?).
For my birthday this year I received a lovely delux Scrabble board, and a scrabble mug, and a scrabble key ring....
I think people know I like Scrabble.
Me too!
ReplyDeleteScrabble rules! I prefer playing against the iPad instead of people, because when I'm setting up a 60-point move and my 'spot' gets gazumped, I get really mad. I mean, super-mad. I prefer to be mad at the iPad instead of my loved ones. But one night I got the best opening move ever ... I made QUARTET with the Q on the double letter score and being the opening move, the whole thing was doubled, AND of course the 50 points for the bingo ... it was a 102-point opening move I kid you not!!! I took a pic with my phone, uploaded it to Facebook, somehow had to involve my iPad in the Facebooking process, and when I came back to my game, I found that because I was so excited, I'd forgotten to click "Play" so the move was lost and the game had started again ... this time with a load of stupid Us and Is and Os and a random L or T or something. Facebook is the pits sometimes I tell ya. Or maybe it's Pride that's the pits, I dunno, but I'm blaming Facebook for this one.
ReplyDeleteI play against my journalist friend in Switzerland who often beats me. When I set up an AMAZING move I feel smug for ages, and mutter things like 'in your face wordsmith' and 'mwhaaa mwhaaa mwhaaa I am the CHAMPION'. It brings out an evil competitive side in me, and I try not to use the chat function so taunting and bad manners do not ruin our friendship.
DeleteI do like that you like a good word over a blocking play. Of course, the combination of both is AWESOME...
ReplyDeletepretty much the good word always wins out for me over the block
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