Talk:Scrabble
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Although the opaque cloth bag is used by many players because of its convenience, it is not provided as standard equipment with the game. The rules suggest this option, along with the one of putting the tiles face down on the table. Eclecticology
- The Deluxe version, along with a better board (with ridges to keep the tiles in place) comes with an opaque cloth bag. --Frecklefoot 14:33 29 May 2003 (UTC)
I believe the rules included with the game say that the first player to use all of his tiles gets a bonus equal to the sum of the remaining tiles of all of his opponents, and each opponent loses points equal to his own remaining tiles. This differs from what the article says, which is that the first to use all his tiles gets a bonus of twice his "opponent's" (singular) remaining tiles. Only in a one-on-one game would this have the same effect on the two players' relative scores.
Arteitle 07:43 29 May 2003 (UTC)
You're referring to the 'box rules'... the rules quoted in the article pertain to official NSA club and tourney rules (in which case, only one-on-one play is acceptable)
Brian W
This article is pretty biased towards N. America, particularly the U.S.A., for example the comparison between North American and International rules should be changed. It should either be reworded, or the International rules should be given, with N. American exceptions where applicable, or better still all the different variants listed. (This is assuming that there isn't a natural N. America/International distinction made within the game, in which case this needs pointing out at the start). If I knew more about it I would amend this, but unfortunately it's outside my current sphere of knowledge.
As a side issue, I think it would be useful to give the letter-scores for all international versions of the game, probably on a separate page. I would be happy to do this if people want to send me the info (or I could just create a blank one to be filled in). Let me know via Talk. HappyDog 02:35, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)
What is this "Literati" that it is apparently so easy to confuse Scrabble with? I have never heard of it. Why is it mentioned here? Would anyone really get the two mixed up?
I linked to the corresponding Wikipedia page but it describes only "literati" (the common noun). — Paul G 14:59, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Literati is a similar word game offered on the www.yahoo.com web page under games. It is free to play and similar in that there are double and triple word and letter scoring tiles. The letter distribution is not the same and there are a total of 4 blank tiles per game vice 2 for Scrabble. Also, a different word list is used for Literati based on dictionary.com.
Inconsistent records
Aren't these two lines contradictory?
High game - 770 by Mark Landsberg (Calif.) 1993. Landsberg defeated Alan Stern 770-308, making the total 1,108 points the highest combined score ever recorded.
The highest competitive game score is 1,049 by Phil Appleby of Lymington, Hants, UK, on June 25, 1989 in Wormley, Herts, UK. His opponent scored just 253 points, giving Appleby a record victory margin of 796 points.
1049 by Phil Appleby is clearly higher than 770 by Mark Landsberg. The total is also higher (1302 vs. 1108) Pburka 17:40, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)