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Scrabble, Monopoly and a new shooting range game

Phil Ocifer
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Posted January 15, 2013 at 1:13PM

We've already got a thread on here about the change for Monopoly tokens.

Now someone is looking at Scrabble tile values.

Whatever next?

How about changing the pictures in a pack of cards to be more relevent to todays society? We could have a goth, a punk, a chav and a crossdresser perhaps?

Or how about Cluedo with a sub-machine gun and tazer as the weapons?

Or how about the National Rifle Association releasing a new shooting range practice game in the USA?

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interzone55

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Posted January 15, 2013 at 1:30PM

Firstly - does it really matter?

Secondly - they do have a point, as language use changes, the frequency that certain letters are used changes, so tile values, and perhaps quantities, should change to reflect this.

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Quickbeam

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Posted January 15, 2013 at 3:46PM

Does Col Mustatd get shot in the study by the battleship for spelling a word wrong in his mitigation...?

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Mr Mistoffelees

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Posted January 15, 2013 at 4:03PM

No, Colonel Mustard gets killed by a roadside bomb while walking along the drive.

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Quickbeam

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Posted January 15, 2013 at 4:41PM

He should've worn his tin top hat.

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Bing.alau

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Posted January 15, 2013 at 6:42PM

I don't see how it matters, the game is sometimes won by luck although of course it pays to have good command of the English language. I play quite regularly with family members and we remember the value of tiles off by heart. Changing them would achieve nothing in our opinion. (I've just had a show of hands).

I am just wondering is the game played in other languages? I don't fancy taking anyone on in Mandarin or Russian.

Are the tiles of different values in German? If it is played in Germany that is.

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csqwared

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Posted January 15, 2013 at 7:08PM

Bing.alau

Foreign scrabble

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interzone55

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Posted January 15, 2013 at 7:16PM

csqwared

That link has answered something I've often wondered about, namely how many Z's in a Polish scrabble set - the answer is 5, and it's only worth 1 point

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Bing.alau

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Posted January 15, 2013 at 9:05PM

csqwared. Thanks for that link. I wish I had played the game years ago when I was in Germany. It looks as if it could be a good fun way to help learn the language.

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Jock1e

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Posted January 15, 2013 at 9:22PM

[How about changing the pictures in a pack of cards] You can on W/8.

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