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Why Monopoly is the worst game in the world
Ross Giblin / StuffA game of Monopoly is almost always very long, the end is painful and slow, there is very little skill involved, and - most importantly - no one knows the rules.OPINION: There is nothing worse in this world than the game…
How Monopoly and Other Games Thrived During the Great Depression
When the Great Depression hit in the 1930s, people had been playing Monopoly for at least three decades. But the downturn turned out to be an unlikely golden age for the real estate board game — and a golden age riddled with!-->…
Sashank and Virani win respectively under-16 chess and scrabble titles in Hyderabad at Dairy…
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Sashank and Virani win respectively the…
Bill Nighy Scrabble drama suffers from too much eccentricity
Films inspired by board games have a checkered history. Index, based on Cluedo, came with high-camp shots but failed nonetheless, while Battleship stank - and sank.…
London Brutalist Skyline Chess pays homage to British landmarks
Board games like Chess and Monopoly have some of the most creative game piece designs out there, but rather than another Monopoly punny for millennials, horizon chess, a London-based design brand founded by architects…
Chess: Guildford extends unbeaten streak to 79 games | Chess
So there were no surprises at 4NCL. Guildford maintained their stranglehold on the Four Nations Chess League by winning all 11 games in the current season and taking their unbeaten record to 77 wins and two draws spread over more than six…
What’s going on? List of new Scrabble words announced
Scrabble is to allow a series of new words to be officially used in the popular game.The list includes terms that have become common in the modern world.Collins' official 2019 Scrabble Word List will be adopted by serious gamers and…
Ugandan Scrabble team transferred to Zambia
The Ugandan national scrabble team was flagged by the National Sports Council (NCS) on Wednesday ahead of the 2019 East, Central and South African Championship.
NCS Acting Secretary General Patrick Bernard Ogwel sent an…
WATCH: New South African Scrabble Champion & Missing Survivor Idol
Io is not a valid Scrabble word. You did not know it ? Well, new South African Scrabble champion Dr Harry Wiggins does, and it's one of the many words in his arsenal that has taken him to the top.The University of Pretoria…
Why chess, scrabble should be adopted in schools – Pedagogue
An educator, Mr. David Olawale, suggested adopting chess and scrabble in the education system to strengthen students' mental capacities.
Olawale, who is the principal of White Waters School in Ojo, near Lagos, made the suggestion in an…
Monopoly “cheaters” edition encourages rule-breaking
Monopoly, as we know it, is changingThree classic Monopoly game pieces get the boot. Hasbro announced the replacements ahead of World Monopoly Day.UNITED STATES TODAYSpend Go, collect $ 200.Or - psssst! - why not $ 300?While you're at it,…
Harry Potter Scrabble is on its way
Game nights are about to get magical: a Harry Potter-themed Scrabble game is coming.
Potter fans, we know what you are thinking: "Finally, a version of the game that will allow me to use a 10 point 'Q' tile to spell quidditch without…
Monopoly game injures Kansas
Photo: Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe popular board game Monopoly has the power to bring families together, but in one case it did the opposite, leaving someone in need of stitches this weekend in Kansas City, Kan., according…
Kevin Hart to Star in Monopoly Movie for Lionsgate, Tim Story Directs – Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate and Hasbro's live-action feature Monopoly Go pass with ready-to-play Kevin Hart and the actor Along collaborator Tim Story due to direct. The hot package, inspired by the iconic board game, is in final…
Nigel Richards – Scrabble legend with few words to say, but a lot to play
I set off in search of a giant mop with red beards, neat tiles of obscure words, and a star-struck opponent.I found the last two.Quadruple English Scrabble World Champion Nigel Richards, hunched motionless over the board and shouting his…
A tip to help you win at Scrabble, from a nationally ranked player
I am a nationally ranked Scrabble player, and there is a huge difference between the way experts play the game and casual players.Expert Scrabble players manage to use all of their letters in one spin,…
Scrabble at 70 … can we have a word?
The archetypal "family board game" Scrabble already has a heritage that rivals that of a small European nation. At…
The world’s smallest noughts and crosses made with DNA
LOS ANGELES: Scientists created the world's smallest noughts and crosses board using dynamic DNA origami tiles - microscopic organic structures that can be programmed to transform into predefined patterns. The team at the California…
Joel Sherman fights against Scrabble’s decision to add ‘OK’ to their roster
This is simply not correct!
Bronx Scrabble scholar Joel Sherman has started a war of words, campaigning against the inclusion of "OK" on the game's official roster.
Sherman wants to prevent the North American Scrabble…
Scientific Games and Hasbro Extend Licensing Agreement with MONOPOLY and Fan-Favorite Brands Through…
LA VEGAS and ATLANTE, December 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) ("Scientific Games" or the "Company") has extended its long-term license agreement with Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) and Hasbro International…
Can you win the blindfolded tic-tac-toe?
Welcome to The Riddler. Each week, I propose problems related to the things that are dear to us here: math, logic, and probability. There are two types: Riddler Express for those of you who want something small and Riddler…
DeepMind’s AlphaZero is an AI-infused chess master
Checkmate.Competitive and casual chess players now have a new enemy. In addition to computers, there is a new AI platform called AlphaZero that can totally beat us all.
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Sorry Feminists Men Are Better At Scrabble (And Geography And Math) | American Institute of…
This is the title (except for the parentheses) of Heather Mac Donald's editorial in Saturday's edition the Wall Street newspaper:
Since the start of the World Scrabble Championship in 1991, all winners have been men. The North American…
The strange Dublin edition of Monopoly has more mysteries than the rosary
I was wandering aimlessly through Arnotts' toy aisle last weekend, lazily wondering what presents Santa's elves might be building this year when I collided with a huge Monopoly tower, like I didn't. had…
New Millennium Monopoly Features Vegan Themes
This month, gaming company Hasbro released Monopoly for millennials– an updated, anti-capitalist version of the classic game featuring modern themes such as veganism. Player tokens include sunglasses, smiley face emoji, hashtag symbol,…
Catania, Pandemic, Scrabble and more
Life can get hectic at times, but getting the family together for fun is mandatory. If everyone is ready to take a break from their computers, tablets, and smartphones, it might be a good idea to play a board game with the family.And,…
The Ultimate Guide to the Official Scrabble Rules
Much like Monopoly, Scrabble has the power to destroy both friendships and families. Most often these disasters are caused by people arguing about the rules of the known board game. If you know you have a game of Scrabble coming up, it is…
Scrabble is a lousy game
Merriam-Webster published the sixth edition of its official dictionary of Scrabble players last week. Like previous iterations, the new dictionary is getting a lot of attention. Newly playable words include best friend (a best friend),…
Scrabble added 300 new words to their dictionary and we’re happy to twerk!
One of the fondest childhood memories for anyone has to be playing games. Whether it is outdoor games like basketball or football or indoor games like chess or Scrabble, we played it all. Games like Scrabble are brain…
‘OK’ now OK with 300 new words added to the Scrabble dictionary
Scrabble, like Monopoly (or whatever game you play with your family), can often lead to arguments. Whether it's because a word is in the dictionary when it shouldn't be, or because a word isn't in the dictionary when it should be. A…
“Bestie”, “ew” from 300 words added to Scrabble dictionary
September 24 (UPI) - Scrabble on Monday introduced 300 new entries in its dictionary of acceptable words.
Merriam webster published a list highlighting some of the new words, including suitcases and other modifications to existing words,…
Caruana wins to join crowded Sinquefield Cup lead
For two days at Sinquefield Cup 2018four draws preceded a lengthy tiebreak that went on until dinnertime.
In the fourth round, this script seemed to get photocopied, but after a quartet of prints, Fabien Caruana was able to…
From Scrabble to the Abyss, you can play 700 board games at this Hyderabad cafe
The cafe has gaming gurus who explain the games from scratch and allow your party to play all day for the price of Rs 299 per person.When was the last time you dusted off your old Snakes and Ladders board and played a game with your family…
Chess: Russia opts for unconventional methods in the hunt for the best grandmasters | Chess
It has now been more than a decade since Russia's almost unbroken 59-year monopoly on the world chess crown ended, so Moscow is scrambling to develop new talent who can challenge Norway's Magnus Carlsen. But his method is controversial,…
Quarto is what would happen if Tic-Tac-Toe was a fun game
At the end of last month, a digital version of Quarto appeared on Steam, and I'm much more enamored with it than I thought. An abstract game designed by a Swiss mathematician almost 30 years ago, Quarto is a simple and charming game that…
Meet Ranganathan Chakravarthy Scrabble Champion Mohan Verghese Chunkath
Two of Chennai's top scrabble players Ranganathan Chakravarthy and Mohan Verghese Chunkath say gambling should be seen as an after-school activity in schools
VIOLON It took Ranganathan Chakravarthy five seconds to assess the…
Bassem Amin wins the African Individual Chess Championship
The 2018 African Individual Chess Championship was a walk in the park for the Egyptian GM Bassem Aminethe only African player to ever achieve odds of 2700. He won the tournament for the fifth time.
Amin finished the main section…
5+ Best Scrabble Apps Windows 8, Windows 10
Madalina has been a Windows fan since she got her hands on her first Windows XP computer. She is interested in everything related to technology,…
Could he be the youngest Scrabble champion of all time? – OZY
The second floor of 57th Street Whole Foods gives no particular indication that this is anything other than a brightly colored cafe serving artisanal coffees and food items. But every Sunday, it turns into a gamer lair, filled with…
Tix.Tax is a Tic Tac Toe that will break your brain
i played a lot of Tix.Tax on the sly recently. It's a browser-based multiplayer game that takes the humble game of Tic Tac Toe to a new level. It's the kind of game you might see playing in an episode of Star Trek alongside…
Trump doesn’t play 3D chess – he plays the ultimate tic-tac-toe
What game is President Trump playing? By that I mean what's real Game does he play?
Trump's political performance, with seriousness and jest, has often been compared to failure. Even at Three-, four-, eight-, ten- and 12…
Robot playing ‘Tic Tac Toe’ can help stroke patients recover
JERUSALEM: Scientists have developed a robotic system that can play tic tac toe, and that could be used to help stroke survivors improve their performance on real tasks in a fun way. Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev…
Scrabble adds 300 words to its official dictionary
Time to throw away your old dictionary and dust those tiles off, baby, because Scrabble receives new words. People behind Scrabble reinforce the official Scrabble player's dictionary with 300 new words to keep up with the times and give…
“It’s difficult to get into competitive Scrabble here. The Irish scene is small ‘
Lukeman Owolabi was a teenager when he started playing Scrabble. Every evening after school, the young Nigerian would get together with friends and, using an Oxford dictionary, would play the game…
Cheaters Edition’ was designed for all the scammers
Occasionally Monopoly gets frustrating and you can't help but cheat a little to get ahead. Of course, this is against the rules and can lead to some pretty vicious arguments.
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India taught the world to roll the dice
New Delhi: India is famous for offering the world games like chess, ludo, and snakes and ladders, but other games like âSenetâ and âGame of Twentyâ, which were…
Machine beat me at Scrabble and other observations of a very robot CES
Once upon a time, I was a pretty competitive Scrabble player. My high school friends and I had intense sessions lasting several hours almost every weekend. I had memorized all the practical two and three letter words (KA, IQ, JEE); I…
Five family board games that aren’t monopolistic
Your family vacation is just a few days away and you've run out of things to talk about. Your brother brushed off all the hometown gossip, and you and your dad dutifully avoided talking politics — all that's left to do is watch the Food…
How to win at Monopoly, Scrablle and Cluedo this Christmas
TO HELP you on your quest to win this Christmas, we've consulted experts, enthusiasts and world champions for their top tips for winning.
So while it may be the season of goodwill, but when playing board games, you always have the…
Top Tips for Becoming a Christmas Board Game Champion
One of the best times of the Christmas holidays (or the worst, depending on who you ask) are the afternoon of board games. You can spend hours playing games like Monopoly, Cluedo, or Scrabble with your loved ones (although if they remain…
Valley News – Vermont Scrabble Tournament Has Its Own Lexicon
Ed Liebfried and Elouise Pearl have just finished an animated game of Scrabble when they spot an inexplicable mistake on the board.NF.While the official Scrabble tournament dictionaries allow a plethora of obscure two-letter words, NF is…
Railbird Report: High Stakes David Eldar Becomes Scrabble World Champion
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Frank Op by Woerd
There are countless competitive players who have moved on to poker. Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier might be the most notable example, finding poker after a…
Australian slang words earn bonus points for scrabble players
From cobblestone in arvo to stonker on tinnies to footy: the Australian slang you ARE allowed to use in the new dinky-di version of ScrabbleAustralian Scrabble will allow its players to use slang words to earn extra points…
Word game: men are better at Scrabble because women think it’s useless
Men play Scrabble better, according to a new study, because women are much less willing to waste time developing a skill they deem unnecessary.
Press Trust of India | By Press Trust of India, New York
Men are better at playing…
Men are better at Scrabble because women think it’s pointless: study
Here's why.
Men are better at playing the popular puzzle game called Scrabble because women are much less willing to waste time developing a skill they deem unnecessary, a study suggests.
In Scrabble competitions there are…
Men are better at Scrabble than women
Men ARE Much Better At Scrabble Because They Play To Win While Women Only Participate For Fun, Study FindsWomen saw it as a hobby where the goal was to have fun and not to win Men spent much more time analyzing past games and…
Monopoly causes more fights than any other board game
If you've spent any time playing Monopoly, you've argued about Monopoly. There's no study to back this up, but you know it's true. He causes more fights than scraped boats in an old west saloon. Although there is no data to prove that…
Watch: Australian crowned Scrabble World Champion in Nottingham – Notts TV News
Video: David Eldar was crowned Scrabble World Champion in Nottingham
A 27-year-old Australian was crowned Scrabble World Champion in Nottingham.
David Eldar was crowned the winner after defeating Sri Lankan Harshan…
Playing board games like Monopoly and chess can make you a nicer person with better relationships…
I travel in pretty old-fashioned circles. Over the years, I have spent a lot of time playing Settlers of Catan. One of my best friends from high school has been part of a band that has been playing Magic: The Gathering together for over…
Chess and Monopoly will be seen as ‘luxuries’ in India
Chess, Scrabble and Monopoly are set to become up to 20% more expensive in India after the government decided to include board games as a 'luxury item' in the new national property tax and services,…
Luxury Chess and Monopoly branded items in India
Chess, Scrabble and Monopoly are set to become up to 20% more expensive in India after the government decided to include board games as a 'luxury item' in the new national property tax and services, manufacturers have…
How a Canadian crossword puzzle may have inspired the invention of Scrabble
As Scrabble nears its 80th anniversary, fans of the board game may not be aware of its possible Canadian inspiration.
Edmonton Oilers head coach Todd McLellan recently learned that his great-grandfather, Edward…
How to Win at Scrabble, by the Scrabble World Champion
Country Life's Jeremy Taylor took on Scrabble World Champion Brett Smitheram. That's what he learned.
There are…
Does Chess Improve Cognitive Skills? What the science says
It is generally believed that teaching chess in schools will improve students' cognitive skills in other areas, such as mathematics. But is it really true? What is the current scientific consensus on the subject?
In February…
Dela Cerna Wins Professional Sinulog Scrabble Open Title; Makinano in the lead in Sevillian chess
Renante Dela Cerna won the Sinulog Scrabble Open 2017 Professional Division title last Saturday at Cebu City Sports Institute in Barangay San Nicolas, Cebu City.
Dela Cerna dominated Dart Eslao in the final round, 441-400. Dela Cerna…
Cable’s broadband monopoly is getting stronger than ever
of don't-pass-go,-don't-recover-$200 department
Despite much rhetoric about broadband, huge swathes of broadband markets in the United States are becoming less competitive than ever. Companies like AT&T and Verizon have shown…
Monopoly expert Philip Orbanes says classic board games are more popular than ever
PhilippeOrbanes.jpgCase alumnus Philip E. Orbanes has spent nearly 50 years inventing, playing, collecting and cherishing classic board games like Monopoly, Clue and Trivial Pursuit. He has not only written four books on Monopoly, one of…
Nigeria’s monopoly tournament reflects chaos in the real estate market
LAGOS, Nigeria - Time is running out at the Lagos Under-17 Monopoly Championship, and the pace of the game was getting so hectic that it was difficult to decipher the true owner of Banana Island, Tiamiyu Savage Street and other properties…
Scrabble yn Gymraeg: the board game that nobody wants to buy | Board games
The creators of Scrabble have sold 100 million games, in 29 languages, but they have been left behind by events in Wales.A bookstore in Wales has seen its Welsh versions of Scrabble dust after failing to sell a single game in two…
Braconid, Quixote and … Hushed – Greatest Scrabble Moves of All Time | Board games
Braconid: a parasitic wasp and earning 176 points, eight letters, triple triple score in the 2016 Scrabble World Championship. In the final at the Grand Palais in Lille, Londoner Brett Smitheram beat his British compatriot Mark Nyman with…
Playing Tic-Tac-Toe with Putin – Foreign Policy
Among the many obstacles to the West's efforts to end the carnage in Syria and alleviate the refugee crisis, the biggest and most difficult to overcome is probably a colossal mismatch in the depth and breadth of engagement in the…
The virtues of a simple tic-tac-toe
Here's a paradox: Some of the most popular and enduring games of all time get the least respect from serious gaming enthusiasts.
Consider a list from BoardGameGeek, whose members have cast millions of votes and ranked…
Three Simple Tips Will Make Tic-Tac-Toe Really Fun Again | PUZZLES
Tic-tac-toe doesn't have a lot of reps. Sure, it's a brief, simple distraction from the monotony of existence, but once your 8-year-old self realizes that you can still force a draw, it loses its appeal. The problem with noughts and…
3 Israeli wordmakers ready for the Scrabble World Championship
The Scrabble World Championship may not attract the same media attention as other "mind sports" events such as the World Chess Cup or the International Mathematical Olympiad, but for the creators of words from all over the world,…
The dictionaries of the battle for Scrabble
The King's Cup Scrabble tournament, which takes place over four days in July in Bangkok, is essentially the Wimbledon of board game, with a prize and a trophy of ten thousand dollars awarded by the Thai royal family to the winner. Among…
A non-French speaker has just won the French Scrabble championship — Quartz
They call it the bearded wonder. Ok, no one actually calls it that (that we know of), but they should. He is the greatest living Scrabble player in the world and he is at the height of his powers. Tennis has Serena Williams. Golf has…
Breathtaking monopoly and the psychology of board games
Fifteen letters in the puzzle, Rufus only had one T available to him. But after a while, the solution fell upon him as if it had been illuminated from the start: Championship match."Yes, that's right," replied a bewildered Pat Sajak,…
Stop Playing Monopoly With Your Kids (And Play These Games Instead)
Parents want the best for their children. This undoubtedly extends to the board game closet. But mom and dad may not be aware of the drudgery and fickle risks they put the family through. In a recent article, I discovered that…
Games bored? Not at All – Why Monopoly and Scrabble Are Always Cool Holiday Gifts
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- These may not be the most popular toys this holiday season -- little boys ask Santa for LEGO toys, while little girls want Frozen dolls - but board games are still in demand.Compared to 2013, from Amazon (AMZN) -!-->…
Monopoly and Scrabble personalized for you
My Life Games will customize the Scrabble and Monopoly boards.HandoutNan Finkenaur's career has been all about fun and games. She worked for Hasbro for 17 years, the last four as Director of Creative Services. When the company closed its…
Funskool India: Supreme Court to decide whether Travel Ludo, Travel Chess & Drafts and Junior…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will soon have to consider a rather complicated question – whether Travel Ludo, Travel Chess & Drafts, Travel Snakes & Ladders and Junior Monopoly are toys, puzzles or games.
The case is serious…
Killer Tips for Winning a Game of Monopoly
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Armed with a second die, our strategies were forming. Getting the oranges was a priority, followed by the reds (as they were probably a stopping point after the oranges). Avoiding the most expensive ones was…
Internet saves the “monopoly”
Andy is upset. He is not a fan of any particular Monopoly rule, which requires players to walk around the board once before they can purchase a property. "It seems unnecessarily punitive," he says on the board game's official Facebook…
Remembering a great Scrabble player and the lackluster Times Square arcade where he found a second…
The Chess and Checker Club of New York was on the second floor of a dilapidated building on "the worst block in townâ, 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, above Times Square sex shops and porn…
After 80 years, Monopoly finally adds house rules
This might not be a big deal for casual gamers. But Monopoly, the American board game and its most irrefutable monument to capitalism, has suffered only one few substantial changes in his almost 80 years. (You'll recall the furor that…
Tic-tac-toe | Hackaday
Tic-tac-toe (or "Nought and Crosses") is a fairly simple game to use in any computer system: indeed it is often used in programming lessons for beginners. A more difficult, and arguably more interesting and!-->…
What makes you so smart, Teenage International Chess Master?
(Photo: Luke Velloti)Here is the partial text of an email I received while trying to schedule an interview with Luke Vellotti, a freshman at the University of California, Los Angeles: "I'm taking 23 credits, there so always have homework or!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Monopoly against chess | The Economist
TYLER COWEN had an interesting piece in the New York Times over the weekend arguing that like the Cold War, the conflict between America and Russia over Ukraine should be viewed through the prism of game theory. Three of the game theory…
This Scrabble robot is a sore loser
PITTSBURGH â Like many Scrabble players, Victor tends to blame bad luck when he loses.âSometimes I hate this game,â says Victor, a student-created Scrabble robot under the supervision…
Where chess, backgammon and Powergrid have a monopoly
Signs advising shaken and battered travelers that they are enjoying the Wild Atlantic Way are still standing, but barely. You wouldn't kick Tom Crean out in this weather. The prospect of…
Scrabble, chess finds common ground
KARACHI:
The Pakistan Scrabble Association (PSA) and the newly elected body of the Pakistan Chess Federation (PCF) have teamed up to organize future events together to promote the two sports in the country.The PSA and PCF held a…
How a mobile developer made tic-tac-toe harder – and more engaging – for casual gamers
A new GamesBeat event is just around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.
Tic-tac-toe is kind of a joke, but I can't stop playing a new version of it on my smartphone.
It's called Tic Tactics from developer Hidden…
Board Game Cafe brings play to a new audience at the Closed Village Chess Shop – Greenwich…
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In a nutshell, Thunder Hill Elementary’s Scrabble Club is “fun” – Baltimore Sun
When school started this year, Thunder Hill Elementary School PTA President Jennifer Soler was ready for the pile of fliers that would come home with her kids — information about extracurricular activities ranging from the recreational…
Or why there should be a Boggle National Championship.
Scrabble is a game that takes on air. It's more than a salon hobby, support his supporters. Played at the highest level, it's as complex as chess. Scrabble is so strategically sophisticated, in fact, that as readers of Slate…
New Monopoly: No jail time, and done in 30 minutes
First it was chips, now it's jail.
Hasbro has taken another major step in revamping its classic board game Monopoly by introducing a new version that…
Scrabble, Proposed Changes to Monopoly – The Washington Post
Correction: An earlier version of this story said that Mattel is the company that makes Scrabble. The game is manufactured in the United States and Canada by Hasbro and by Mattel in the rest of the world. This image provided by…
Don’t Say “Fatso” in Scrabble: How Board Games Adapt to Different Cultures
These games have come a long way since their original incarnations.PA MORE MENTAL WIRE Many board games have debuted in special editions, built-in electronics (who wants to roll dice anymore?) and upgraded to fancy sculpted parts.But…
The secret obsessions of John Gotti who bet $ 600 in Scrabble and a buy-in of $ 3,000 in Monopoly
American "Gamester" John Gotti's Secret Obsession Who Bet $ 600 at Scrabble and $ 3000 Buy-In at Monopoly By Daily Mail Reporter Posted: 11:19 pm GMT, August 1, 2012 | Update: 23:29 GMT, August 1, 2012 Game-ster:!-->…
Kids scramble in DC’s first schools scrabble tournament
Ethan Rosenthal had a Q. The clock was ticking and the high ceiling gymnasiumwas suffocated. The round-faced, shaggy-haired 11-year-old looked at the words arranged on the Scrabble board, then arranged six letters. Q - I - N - T - A - R.…
…and Scrabble proven PSPACE-Complete
Invented in the United States in the mid-20th century, Scrabble is now available in dozens of languages and sells in the hundreds of millions. This makes it one of the most popular games in the world. This naturally piqued the…
Editorial: Is Scrabble a sport? – Albert Léa Tribune
What is a sport?
It's a conversation that everyone has from time to time. We have it in the newsroom every now and then. We got it again recently when Sports Illustrated ran an article about a controversy at a National…
Scrabble pro proves his SKILLS
With a Scrabble board in front of us, Mike Weepie and I pull letter tiles from a pocket to see who goes first. Its letter is "N";…