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verbminxSo, I need to get a new version of Scrabble one of these days. I can't afford it just at the moment, but I should be able to soon. I do already have a version of the game, but it's been lost in a box somewhere for two years. And it's a travel version, so I'd like something full-size for at home.
There are two versions that interest me.
For $20, there is a new, vintage-repro "Bookshelf" version. This is basically like your ordinary Scrabble game, but it's made to look like a version you'd have bought in the 50s or 60s, and it comes in a woodlike case. The tiles are the standard pale wood with black letters. This interests me because it's relatively compact and stores nicely, and because I have other bookshelf games, and really like the concept of bookshelf games. I don't think this is quite the same as the Nostalgia edition, but if not, it's close.
For $30, there's the "Deluxe" version, which has the cool gridded rotating board. The tiles are dark with gold letters on them. The convenience of the rotating board with grids to stabilize letters is not lost on me. However, it costs more, it's harder to store (the board doesn't fold), I've heard that it's kind of cheaply made, and when I played with a travel set that has snap-in letters (mine doesn't), they flew off the board more often than they stayed in place. I don't know if the Deluxe has snap-in letters or just letters that sit in a plastic grid?
(There's also a more expensive wooden deluxe version, but that's out of my league at $50. And Target sells a "Michael Graves" wooden version that is not a "deluxe" - IE, no grid, no rotating, also $50. It has a new peg-based scoring system.)
At any rate, I'd like your opinions....
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There are two versions that interest me.
For $20, there is a new, vintage-repro "Bookshelf" version. This is basically like your ordinary Scrabble game, but it's made to look like a version you'd have bought in the 50s or 60s, and it comes in a woodlike case. The tiles are the standard pale wood with black letters. This interests me because it's relatively compact and stores nicely, and because I have other bookshelf games, and really like the concept of bookshelf games. I don't think this is quite the same as the Nostalgia edition, but if not, it's close.
For $30, there's the "Deluxe" version, which has the cool gridded rotating board. The tiles are dark with gold letters on them. The convenience of the rotating board with grids to stabilize letters is not lost on me. However, it costs more, it's harder to store (the board doesn't fold), I've heard that it's kind of cheaply made, and when I played with a travel set that has snap-in letters (mine doesn't), they flew off the board more often than they stayed in place. I don't know if the Deluxe has snap-in letters or just letters that sit in a plastic grid?
(There's also a more expensive wooden deluxe version, but that's out of my league at $50. And Target sells a "Michael Graves" wooden version that is not a "deluxe" - IE, no grid, no rotating, also $50. It has a new peg-based scoring system.)
At any rate, I'd like your opinions....
[Poll #548834]
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Date: 2005-08-10 12:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-10 01:46 am (UTC)no subject
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Plus, the fact thats easy to store would be a big plus; its less likely to get knocked around, and if you had to take it to a friends house when you have a Scrabble party, it would be all the easier to take with you.
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Date: 2005-08-10 02:13 am (UTC)Plus, if the tiles don't move, you can't force people to "play their lie"