I had to return to our Temecula home to share the second (final) installment of my extensive SCRABBLE® collection. Oh man, I have a serious problem!
Not that I want to have a favorite board, but it has to be this, the Giant Scrabble Deluxe Edition. It was a gift, for my 50th, from the kids. It could not have been more perfect."With the Giant Scrabble Deluxe Edition, even the small words are big words! Oversized at 150% the original Scrabble game size, this large-and-in-charge board game is a fun twist on a classic game and a godsend for the seeing impaired. One of its most unique features though isn't its size but its ability to rotate smoothly so every player gets the same perfect view of the board on their turn without fear of scattering the tiles. This set includes embossed wooden tiles, a giant red tile pouch, and a scoring pad so you always know who's in the lead. Measures 25L x 25W x 2.75H inches."My smallest board resides on the tip of a pen. The Scrabble Game Pen was sold at Kohl's in 2003 and I just had to have it.Sadly, my eyesight isn't like it once was and those tiny, magnetic tiles are impossible to see and difficult to maneuver. Wow right?This set is Steve's favorite (he's not a fan, so the quicker the better). SCRABBLE Express (2007) delivers the all-American crossword fix in 20 minutes! "Roll the dice for a crossword challenge and use letters to build a word. Opponents build off a previous word. Be the first to score 200 points and you win! Store all the pieces in the handy plastic case and take it with you on the go!"My most fancy game is the Scrabble Onyx Edition (2006) from Hasbro, "with a new board, which includes a silver-toned raised grid, black stained wood letter tiles, a silver foil gameboard label with wood frame and rotating carousel, foil-stamped score pad and pencil, and a velvet pouch for the letter tiles." Fancy indeed!
This 1985 game box is actually wrapped in a printed promotional cover which is also a mailing label. Note the propaganda on the photographed game board, "The Right Combination, Kodak Copiers." I never get fun propaganda like that!
SCRABBLE® Sentence Cube Game (1971) "has players, in turn, roll the 21 word cubes, set the timer and form sentences with the words appearing on the tops of the cubes in a crossword puzzle-like fashion (one word may be part of two sentences - one running vertically and one running horizontally). Turns end when the egg timer runs out. Players score 50 points for each sentence of 7 words or more. All other sentences score the square of the number of words in the sentence (i.e. a 4-word sentence scores 4 X 4, or 16 points). A bonus of 50 points is awarded if all 21 cubes are used. Two points are deducted for each unused cube." This game is no longer in my collection as it was given to a friend who had grown up playing it. Sounds fun though.Another cube game is this Crosswords Cube Game (1976) "which comes with 14 wooden cubes with Scrabble style differing letters and point values on each face."
In Scrabble Scoring Anagrams (1984) "players draw letters and place them into a central area. All players then try to make words from those letters. Players may capture words made by other players by adding new letters from the pool to existing words. The game comes with 180 wooden letter tiles in red ink." Not a huge variation of the original, really. I'm thinking this version is probably where the BANANAGRAMS® creator got her idea from (though tiles stored in a cloth banana are pretty dang cool). SCRABBLE® is a family-friendly board game sold in over 121 countries, in 29 different languages! It’s so popular that it’s found in approximately one-third of all American homes, was inducted into the National Toy Hall of fame, and even has its own day (April 13th). Look at me being trendy, though I think my collection numbers skew the averages a bit, don't you? What fun!“Remember, when you don’t know what to do,
it never hurts to play Scrabble.
It’s like reading the I Ching or tea leaves.”
― Kelly Link
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All together how many Scrabble games do you have?
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