New Scrabble Rules
New Scrabble Rules
New Scrabble Rules#1
Posted: 4/15/10 at 9:07am
Does anyone play? These new rules are ridiculous.
"On Tuesday, toy and game company Mattel announced plans to release a new version of the popular word game in Britain. That version, to be unveiled in the next few months, will allow celebrity names and other proper nouns to garner points. "
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New Scrabble Rules#2
Posted: 4/15/10 at 10:21amBut isn't the whole point of Scrabble that you CAN'T use proper nouns?
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New Scrabble Rules#2
Posted: 4/15/10 at 10:26am
It's all a big lie. Scrabble is launching a new game called "Scrabble Trickster" where you can use names and all sorts of other stuff...Scrabble itself is unchanged.
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Updated On: 4/15/10 at 10:26 AM
New Scrabble Rules#3
Posted: 4/15/10 at 1:07pmRight, it's just an alternative version of the game, like the kiddie version of Clue in which you try to figure out who ate a cake instead of who bashed Mr. Boddy's head in with a blunt object.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
New Scrabble Rules#5
Posted: 4/15/10 at 1:27pm
"...you try to figure out who ate a cake..."
The answer to that riddle is usually: me.
New Scrabble Rules#6
Posted: 4/15/10 at 1:33pm
Seriously, though, do you really need a whole other version of the game to let that rule change take effect? Couldn't you just sit down with the standard board and say, "Hey guys, tonight when we play, 'Mike Judge' and 'Tom Cruise'" are acceptable. As are zrbtt, cromulent and melmac." And then you play. No new board necessary. Savings to you: $24.99.
(yes, I picked those two celebrities for a reason!)
New Scrabble Rules#7
Posted: 4/15/10 at 1:38pmNext: the Will & Grace edition of Scrabble, where 'spramp' is acceptable, available for $29.99.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
New Scrabble Rules#8
Posted: 4/15/10 at 2:11pmhave you guys played scrabble slam? my friends and i played it.. man did we suck!!! if you haven't heard of it... it's scrabble using playing cards and you just got to be fast and get rid of your cards... you can only make four letter words and you just keep putting cards over each other to make the words... we were so bad at it to the point it was funny! haha
New Scrabble Rules#9
Posted: 4/15/10 at 2:21pm
Seriously, though, do you really need a whole other version of the game to let that rule change take effect? Couldn't you just sit down with the standard board and say, "Hey guys, tonight when we play, 'Mike Judge' and 'Tom Cruise'" are acceptable. As are zrbtt, cromulent and melmac." And then you play. No new board necessary. Savings to you: $24.99.
(yes, I picked those two celebrities for a reason!)
lol. yep, that's what we do for Scattergories. it still ends up with one couple leaving and fighting "that is so a word, place" or what have you and not talking. i have seen serious fights in that game.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
New Scrabble Rules#10
Posted: 4/15/10 at 3:40pmcromulent! haa... did you get that from that episode of the Simpsons??
New Scrabble Rules#11
Posted: 4/15/10 at 7:23pmWe like to sometimes play "ghetto scrabble." As long as your word is spelled phonetically, and you can use it in a sentence, it's allowed. Some of the crazy phonetic slang we come up with amazes me to no end.
New Scrabble Rules#12
Posted: 4/15/10 at 7:23pmEven if they changed the rules on Scrabble it's not like you can't always play House Rules anyway.
New Scrabble Rules#13
Posted: 4/15/10 at 7:58pmCromulent - and embiggens -- and kwyjibo, right?
New Scrabble Rules#14
Posted: 4/15/10 at 8:31pmWhy change it? Half the fun is arguing over the whether the word is valid or not.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
New Scrabble Rules#15
Posted: 4/15/10 at 10:24pm
embiggens!! haha... awesome... love that line... a noble spirit embiggens the smallest man!!
New Scrabble Rules#16
Posted: 4/16/10 at 12:39amI forgot about kywjibo! And that one would have been far more appropriate for this thread.
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