Go as a Scrabbler for HALLOWEEN.

Tomorrow is officially Halloween, but I guess most people were celebrating it yesterday. And by most people I really mean, most people that are "adults". I went to a couple wild parties that the cops shut down and Scrabble tiles were confiscated as evidence. Yes, a wild party. Astronomic in greatness. What I really did though, was watch "The Descent" for the 3rd or 4th year in a row.

What a fantastic movie. It remains great with each viewing and it was the first horror movie I've seen this Halloween season.

Earlier this week we played Scrabble and I managed to get a rack of tiles with two related film titles.

Maybe this means there should be a Halloween themed Scrabble game? No, that would be ridiculous, and how often do you get enough tiles to play "Friday the 13th part VII: The New Blood"? Not very often. However, if you did get the chance you SHOULD play that. Points + TelekeneticTeenVs.Jason = great success.

That same game I also acquired this lovely combo:

I would have liked to play these too. However, no dictionary is cool enough to have Devo in it, unless its a dictionary produced by Brian Eno. Abe, could go any which way, I was thinking presidential, but some may think Simpsonic. Either is acceptable, except to the conspiring dictionary companies.

Unfortunately, I do not have a picture of the complete board. It was a glorious game. I won by about 40 points (199 - 150? - 5?). Thats a high score for me, but the real scrabblers are probably thinking, "newb". I don't remember the other two scores because I didn't care what they were since I won. I was busy sipping champagne, and hanging with Michael Jordan while we held up the third trophy we won in a row! I would have a picture of the board...but one foul player who's name is now protected by the Scrabbler Protection Program, started to take the tiles off the board. I said "wait!". He said "ahahahahaha" and wrecked my life.

Happy halloween!

WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

Here's a game from about a month ago. It wasn't one of the greatest games ever played, but let me tell you. FUN WAS HAD. A friend and I invited someone to play with us, who we had never played before. Little did we know, she grew up in a scrabble family. A privilege (or horror) some of us don't get to experience. I don't think I played scrabble until I was at least...12 or so. Maybe that explains why I tend to go for silly words instead of 30-pointers.

As you will notice the entire upper left quadrant of the board is empty. I always note the way in which the words spread out during the course of a game because I'm strange and find it interesting. One player (not me), places R _ P E on the board. Immediately, everyone judged him for his choice of word, which he then decided the blank was an "O", not "A". So, he escaped being hassled as a perv. But only until he later placed the "G" in front of the same word, and we got "Grope". This guy was ridiculous!

Anyways, this girl totally hustled us out of $300,000. We play high stakes because it brings quite a rush. Speaking of high stakes... I was thinking of inventing some kind of Scrabble/Texas Hold 'Em hybrid. I have yet to try it, but in my mind it goes something like this:

1. a dealer passes out 3-5 tiles to each player.

2. Players bet/check whatever...

3. Dealer places 3 tiles on the board, at random spots.

4. Players bet/check whaterve...again

5. Dealer places 2 more tiles at random spots.

6. The player that can come up with the best words (most points) from their tiles and the tiles on the board wins the hand.

Now that sounds a bit lame, but in my head it seems like the best game EVER.

My Brain is SUPER Scrabbled.

Scrabble has existed forever. Not in the form it is currently known, but mankind has been spewing out words (real and fake) to score points on intellect, status, and pride or to win money. What gives someone more pride than shouting out "Quodlibet!" and high-fiving your closest pal?

Nothing does!

Now, I'm no pro-scrabbler. I'm a decent speller with a fair lexicon, but I play scrabble primarily to have a "good" time. My friends and I play with relatively lax rules. Come to think of it, I don't think we're even that familiar with the rules. I know that I prefer my boards with a raised grid and a base it can spin on. It keeps things nice and organized looking and provides a good view for all players at the table.

The goal of this blog is to create a community where we share our favorite scrabble moments be they absolutely ridiculous, or filled with some major point plays. Send in photos, stories, and comment on the great memories that will be shared!

The following is a picture of a game from early August.

It was a quick game, not too many spectacular words, but at one point my tile board featured the name of my favorite album by the Pixies.

I think I will need to play a themed game of only album names, but that might be hard for my usual Scrabble posse.