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February 16, 2009
- Try Competitive Scrabble this Tuesday
A special note for people who are contemplating competitive Scrabble. We continue to meet every Tuesday from 6PM to 9PM at the James Bay New Horizons Community Centre on Menzies. Click on the "Club Information" link for full details. Remember that the weekly $3. fee is waived for first time players, and you get to use the "cheat sheet" (a list of acceptable 2 and 3 letter words) for your first three sessions to help get you started learning the "official" Scrabble dictionary. We will coach you through the basic differences between competitive play and the basic "kitchen table" variety of play that you are probably used to - click on the "Player's Guide" link for a summary of the differences . It's easy to learn, and will soon become second nature to you. If you like Scrabble, you want to bring your game to the next level of expertize, you want to exercise the old grey matter and keep in tune, and you would like to meet regularly with a great bunch of like-minded people who love to play the game, this is the place to be. We have players at all skill levels, so don't be shy to try it. For equipment, we use deluxe Scrabble boards (the ones with a swivel base), a timing clock (like a chess clock, 25 minutes per player per game), and special smooth surface tiles (no feeling around the tile bag for that blank !). We use the "Official" Scrabble Dictionary as our list of acceptable words. The words in this list are selected from a number of published dictionaries by the Dictionary Committee of the National Scrabble Association - the official governing body of competitive Scrabble in North America. If you have some or all of this equipment, bring it along. If not, don't be concerned, we have a number of spares that you can use. So feel free to come on in and join us any Tuesday evening - new players are always welcome.
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