Featuring a rare interview with the SCRABBLE game inventor, the late Alfred Mosher Butts, this extensively illustrated guidebook covers all facets of the game and worldwide SCRABBLE culture, including the clubs, tournaments, champions and rules, and playing SCRABBLE with children, plus a complete history of the game.


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.734
EAN: 9780671042189
ISBN: 0671042181
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2001-11-01
Publisher: Pocket
Studio: Pocket


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
• SCRABBLE Wordbook
• Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive ScrabblePlayers
• The Scrabble Word-Building Book: Updated Edition
• The Official Scrabble Puzzle Book


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Good & Helpful Book
Comment: This is a very helpful book and it came in a timely manner. I wish however that it included a scrabble word dictionary. The word "everything" made me think that.
I would order from this vendor again.

Customer Rating:
Summary: a must for serious scrabble players
Comment: A fantastic book that will improve your game and change how you score. Filled with teaching tips, word lists and skill-builders, as well as some pretty interesting (though dorky) Scrabble stories and trivia, this book is a must for anyone serious about getting better at Scrabble.

Customer Rating:
Summary: A Great Overview
Comment: If you love Scrabble and would like to venture beyond the kitchen table format and play in local tournaments, on-line, etc. this book can be a great help. Important learning strategies and tips are shared with the reader which makes one realize just how intricate and challenging the game of Scrabble can be. Even a quick skim through through some of the chapters can result in an increase of 50-100 more points in your average game. It's a great reference that I return to often.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Frustrating!
Comment: I picked this book up for the puzzles and the general strategy. After spending less than an hour with it I realized that this is a poorly edited guide. The first puzzle that I tried had a setup with more H's in it than come in a scrabble set. I overlooked this and inserted a blank for an H. Annoying but not unforgivable. A few exercises later I was stumped. I am a decent player (1400+ rating on Scrabble Beta and I almost always score over 300) but I couldn't for the life of me solve this exercise. After spending 3 times the 10 minutes of allotted time for the exercise I decided to check the answer and found a word containing a Q, which was not on the rack or the board setup for the exercise. I took it back the next day before I wasted anymore time with it. If you are just looking for Scrabble strategy I guess this book is fine, but it isn't updated and it doesn't even adhere to the basics of Scrabble in its exercises.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Scrabble.
Comment: I bought this as a gift for my Mother. I do not believe she has used the book yet. Shopping was efficient on your web site. Purchase came quickly. You are excellent!

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