DOCSLIB.ORG

Asheville SCRABBLE School

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Asheville SCRABBLE School Asheville SCRABBLE School A brief course adapted by Jacob Cohen from Everything Scrabble, 3rd. ed. by Joe Edley and John D. Williams, Jr. COURSE DESCRIPTION q Scoring “Hot Spots” on the board q Move tiles on your rack - find letter combos q Learn which tiles to play, which to hold q Balance your rack (ideal 4 cons. / 3 vowels) q Find “bingos” using all 7 tiles- 50 extra pts q Strategy- offense & defense q Asheville Scrabble Club (Sun 12:30-4:30, Stephens-Lee Rec Ctr) q Club website- hi-probability & thematic bingos, Quizzes, study INSTRUCTOR JACOB COHEN q Retired teacher and principal q Playing competitively since 2009 q Webmeister & statistician of club’s website ashevillescrabble.com RECOMMENDED BOOKS Everything Scrabble, 3rd edition by Joe Edley and John D. Williams Jr. ISBN: 978-1-4165-6175-0 (this course is adapted from this excellent reference) Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players ISBN: 0-14-200226-7 GLOSSARY Alphagram- alphabetic arrangement of letters; Ex: AIJNORT is alphagram for JANITOR Anagram- word spelled with exact same letters as another word. Ex: KITCHEN, THICKEN Bingo- use all 7 letters on rack; score 50 extra points Bingo-friendly tiles- ERS?, AL?, AERST, CANISTER Blank- indicated as ?, most valuable tile-versatile Block- play word to stop opponent’s possible big score “Challenge!”- announce to check if word is acceptable Closed Board- few or no places to play bingos/hi scores Dump- low-scoring play; gets rid of poor letter combo Endgame- strategic play when fewer than 8 tiles in bag Exchange- use turn to trade in 1-7 tiles; need 7 in bag GLOSSARY Extension- add 2+ letters to a word on board; (often to TWS); Ex: CON-QUEST, QUEST-ION Fishing- playing off or trading 1-2 tiles looking for bingo “Hold!”- announced when considering a challenge Hook- add letter to front/back of word to make new one; Ex: HARD + Y = HARDY; C + HARD = CHARD Hot Spots- TLS-TLS, DLS-DWS, TLS-DWS, TWS-DLS, DWS-DWS, TWS-TWS; all places for high scores Leave- group of tiles left on rack after play, before draw Open Board- many places to play bingos/hi score plays OSPD- Official Scrabble Players Dictionary Parallel Play- Ex: M A R L A T E (LATE, MA, AT, & RE all score) GLOSSARY Phoney- unacceptable word (not found in OSPD); may stay on board if unchallenged; some played deliberately (like bluffing in poker) Power Tiles- ten most valuable- 2 ?s, 4 Ss, J, Q, X, Z Rack Balancing- leaving letters on rack that will help score well on next turn; ideal = 4 cons / 3 vowels Stems- 6 & 7-letter bingo-friendly combos to add 1 letter Examples: S-A-T-I-R-E +1 letter make 73 words; N-A-S-T-I-E-R +1 letter make 75 words TWL- Tournament and Club Word List- list of acceptable words (all OSPD, plus about 200 offensive words); not used in schools or by most living room players; no definitions provided Finding “Hot Spots” on the Board As a novice tournament player, I once asked an expert, “What’s the difference between a novice and an expert?” “The novice finds words on the rack to play on the board.” “The expert finds the best spots on the board, and, then, finds the words on the rack to fit.” “Hot Spots” are what experts find and play. Premium Squares 61 of 225 squares DLS light blue TLS dark blue DWS light red TWS dark red design symmetry by architect/creator, Alfred Butts Premium Squares “Hot Spots” Parallel Play TLS-TLS DLS-DWS TLS-DWS DLS-TWS DWS-DWS TWS-TWS Parallel Play Look at 8L (intersection of row 8 and column L- a Double Letter Score) Your rack includes DEFN Parallel Play play FEND at 8L to score 72 points TLS-TLS dark blue-dark blue columns B, F, J, N rows 2, 6, 10, 14 “Hot Spots” play high point tiles F, H, J, K, Q, V, W ,X, Y, Z also B, C, M, P TLS-TLS dark blue-dark blue BEBOP 23 pts HONED 21 pts WELCH 29 pts PRETZEL 44 pts DLS-DWS light blue-light red columns C, D, L, M rows 3, 4, 12, 13 2 DLS-DWS possible on same columns and rows DLS-DWS light blue-light red YOWIE 46 pts GRAPH 30 pts EXCITE 51pts 2 DLS-DWS light blue-light red NOURISH 30 pts FREEDOM 36 pts JOURNAL 46 pts TLS-DWS dark blue-light red columns B, N rows 2, 14 30+ points with F, H, V, W, Y 70+ points with with Q, Z TLS-DWS dark blue-light red BEADY 38 pts PORCH 40 pts KLUTZ 56 pts DLS-TWS light blue-dark red columns A, O rows 1, 15 and from TWS at H1, 8A, and to TWS at H15, 8O DLS-TWS light blue-dark red MARKS 42 pts BUSHEL 45 pts HALF / AH 51 pts QUERY 81 pts DWS-DWS light red-light red Horizontally 5E to 5K 11E to 11K Vertically E5 to K5 E11 to K11 4 x value of tiles! DWS-DWS light red-light red Can occur as early as 2nd play of game Be careful how you place your first word, even if it’s a bingo DWS-DWS light red-light red Vertically E5 to E11 QUEENLY 76 pts K5 to K11 PETTING 40 pts E & T are easy to play thru DWS-DWS light red-light red Be alert to how an S can be added to your opening play to take advantage of DWS-DWS “Hot Spot” box DWS-DWS light red-light red Horizontally 5E to 5K HOWLING 56 pts 11E to 11K PEASANT 96 pts TWS-TWS dark red-dark red columns A , O rows 1, 15 Worth 9 x value of tiles! Typically 122-140 pts (includes 50 pt bingo bonus) TWS-TWS dark red-dark red board is set up for TWS-TWS in 2 locations A8-A15 O1-O8 TWS-TWS dark red-dark red RELATION 132 pts ADEQUATE 302 pts! Q is on DLS, then 9 x, + 50 pts for binGo MOVE TILES ON YOUR RACK Common 2-Letter Combos for most letters B: BL, BR, MB, RB C: CH, CK, CL, CR, CT, NC, RC, SC D: DG, DL, DR, LD, ND, RD F: FL, FR, LF, RF G: GH, GL, GN, GR, DG, LG, NG, RG H: CH, GH, PH, SH, TH, WH K: KL, KN, CK, LK, NK, RK, SK L: LD, LF, LG, LK, LM, LP, LS, LT, LV, BL, CL, DL, FL, GL, KL, PL, RL, SL, TL, WL M: MB, MP, LM, RM, SM MOVE TILES ON YOUR RACK N: NC, ND, NG, NK, NS, NT, GN, KN, RN, SN, WN P: PH, PL, PR, PT, LP, MP, RP, SP S: SC, SH, SK, SL, SM, SN, SP, ST, SW, LS, NS, PS, RS T: TH, TL, TR, TW, CT, FT, LT, NT, RT, ST V: LV, RV W: WH, WL, WN, WR, SW, TW Common 3-Letter Combos CHR, CKL, GHT, LCH, LTH, NCH, NDL, NGL, NKL, NTH, RCH, RDL, RGL, RST, RTH, SCH, SCR, SHR, SPL, SPR, STR, TCH, THR MOVE TILES ON YOUR RACK Common Prefixes ANTE-, ANTI-, AUTO-, BE-, BIO-, BY-, CO-, COM-, CON-, DE-, DIS-, DOWN-, DYS-, EM-, EN-, EPI-, EX-, FOR-, FORE-, IM-, IN-, INTER-, ISO, MEGA-, MID-, MIS-, MONO-, NEO-, NON-, OB-, OFF-, ON-, OUT-, OVER-, PAR-, PER-, POST-, PRE-, PRO-, RE-, SEMI-, SIDE-, SUB-, SUPER-, TELE-, TOP-, TRI-, UN-, UNDER-, UP- Common Suffixes -ABLE, -AGE, -AL, -ALLY, -ANCE, -ARY, -ASE, -DOM, -ENCE, -FUL, -IBLE, -IDE, -IER, -IES, -IEST, -IFY, -ILE, -INE, -ION, -IOUS, -ISE, -ISH, -ISM, -IST, -ITE, -ITIC, -ITY, -IVE, -IZE, -LESS, -LIKE, -LING, -LY, -NESS, -OR, -OSE, -OUS, -ROOM, -SHIP, -SIDE, -SION, -TION TILE ORDER OF USEFULNESS ?(Blank) S E X Z R A H N C D M T I K L P O Y J F B G W U V Q This order shows that blanks are the most useful and the Q is the least useful. Plan your plays and trades accordingly. Hold on to most useful tiles to build bingos. Play off or trade the least useful tiles. RACK MANAGEMENT UNBALANCED RACK anagrams to: CAN EARN BAD LUCK RACK MANAGEMENT collective wisdom from millions of competitive games q Don’t duplicate any letter on rack, except E & S q Keep ~ # vowels/cons in leave; ideal rack- 4c/3v q Hold as few high-point tiles as possible in leave q Learn and use vowel dumps to improve rack q Consider exchange if bingo unlikely in 3-4 turns BINGOS q 50 extra pts- use all 7 tiles to make 7+ letter words q Key to high scores- experts play 2-3 per game q Look for common beginnings- AB, AD, AIR, ANTI, BE, BI, COM, CON, DE, DIS, EM, EN, EX, FORE, HAND, HEAD, IM, IN, ISO, MID, MIS, NON, OUT, OVER, POST, PRE, RE, SEA, SUB, TRI, UN, UP BINGOS Look for common endings- ABLE, AGE, AL, ANCE, ANE, ANT, ARY, ATE, DOM, EAU, ED, EE, ENCE, ENT, ER, EST, FISH, FORM, FUL, GHT, GRAM, HOOD, IA, IAL, IBLE, IC, ICAL, IER, IES, IEST, IFY, ILE, ILY, INE, ING, ION, ISE, ISH, ISM, IST, ITE, ITY, IUM, IVE, IZE, LAND, LESS, LET, LIKE, LOGY, LY, MAN, MEN, MENT, NESS, OID, OSE, OUGH, OUS, OUT, SHIP, SES, SIS, SOME, TURE, WARD, WEED, WISE, WOOD, WORM BINGOS q Study high-probability bingo stems q Mnemonics to remember letters to add to stem q Club website Bingos page- excellent resource q ASC Co-Director Bill Snoddy’s Bingo Slide Shows q Bingo Heaven–thematic bingos compiled by Jacob Cohen Offense STRATEGY q Balance your rack; ideal = 4 consonants / 3 vowels q Letters in C-A-N-I-S-T-E-R are most bingo-friendly q Consider your “leave” as well as your play q Premium square combos for big scores q Parallel plays for maximum scores q Use S and blank preciously; they are most versatile q Find your best play, then find a better one q Find alternate place to play in case you get blocked q Set up words with hooks for future plays q High probability bingo stems and mnemonics q Open up bingo lanes especially when behind q Consider playing phoneys q End game considerations PHONEYS AND WHEN TO PLAY THEM q Not uncommon in club and tournament play q Ethical? comparable to bluffing in poker q When you have little to lose- way behind in game q When you want to test opponent’s word knowledge q When opponent just lost a challenge- gun shy q When you have many good plays- risk higher score q When you want to improve your leave q When you want higher point spread- tournaments q Caution- player may challenge own phoney if you, mistakenly, add an S to the phoney to make a new word OPEN BOARD many scoring options S front hook QUIRE & play vertical word thru TWS play from TWS H1-4 if you have IN, hook to G row 13, build bingo high pt tile at 14J-N ex: JIBED 62 pts DWS-DWS thru E 5G 15 L-O,
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Questions These Questions Are in a Specific Order. 1. What Is Scrabble
    Questions Re: The Game of Scrabble Radio Interview - 14th March 2019 - 2AIRFM These questions are in a specific order. 1. What is Scrabble? 2:30 sec. 2. Who invented it? 1:40 sec 3. Why is it called Scrabble? 30 sec 4. Why play Scrabble? 1:30 sec 5. Why should I join a Scrabble Club? 2:30 sec 6. What dictionary should I use? 3:00 mins. 7. Why are there weird words in the Scrabble Dictionary? 3:00 mins 8. What should I know? 2:30 sec 9. What is a good score in Scrabble? 1 min 10. How can I improve my Scrabble score? 1 min 11. How did you get interested in Scrabble? 1 min That’s eleven questions the volume has been turned up to 11! These are some suggestions for songs to be played between breaks:- Words of love – the Beatles G.L.O.R.I.A. - Them featuring Van Morrison Words - the Bee Gees V.A.C.A.T.I.O.N. - Connie Francis Words - Neil Young D.I.V.O.R.C.E. - Tammy Wynette https://soundcloud.com/user147680538/community-interview-14th-march-2019 1. What is Scrabble? The game of Scrabble has been around since 1933 in one form or another in Western society, so I’ve always thought that everyone would have least heard of it. It wasn’t until recently that I realised there are people out there who don’t know what it is. Oddly enough, one of my relatives who is a very worldly character having run various clubs in his day, whom you would have thought was very knowledgeable brought this fact home to me, he was unaware of what it is.
    [Show full text]
  • Scrabble Blank Tile Score
    Scrabble Blank Tile Score Spurious Roth blur very densely while Pattie remains stingy and unblindfolded. Gunner is adjectively basilar after transcontinental Jonny cards his grasshoppers indifferently. Decinormal Eduard limbers concisely. All letters played in a turn must be placed in one row across or down the board, to form one complete word. But just like most board games, Scrabble is governed by a set of rules, some of them that are pretty straightforward, and others that may cause confusion among some players. There are ten power tiles. If you play a blank tile on a red or pink square, then the value of that word will be doubled or tripled. You Asked: What Is the Difference Between a Nutritionist and a Dietitian? Are student loans broken? What is the highest scoring Scrabble word? The game ends when all the tiles are gone from the bag and a single player has placed all their tiles on the board. The common letter is counted for each word and the full premium value, if any, is awarded for both. Beginning with the player who earned the LOWEST score on this round, then the player on his left, etc. Any word may be challenged before the next player starts a turn. LATE to make LATER. How does my system understand if data got masked? Everyone who plays in an NSA sanctioned tournament earns a rating. Foreign words are not allowed on the board when playing the English version of the game. You race against time to rack up as many points as you can.
    [Show full text]
  • Table of Contents
    Table of Contents Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................................5 Chapter 1: Entropy ............................................................................................................................. 13 Chapter 2: Endgame........................................................................................................................... 27 Chapter 3: Pre-endgame................................................................................................................... 51 Chapter 4: Bingo Defense................................................................................................................. 75 Chapter 5: Scoring Spots................................................................................................................... 87 Chapter 6: Board Dynamics...........................................................................................................101 Chapter 7: Closed Board Play........................................................................................................123 Chapter 8: Advanced Decision Making ......................................................................................141 Chapter 9: Inferring Leaves...........................................................................................................157 Chapter 10: Play Your Opponent.................................................................................................169
    [Show full text]
  • Prueba Específica De Certificación De Nivel Avanzado C1 De Inglés. Junio 2019
    ESCUELAS OFICIALES DE IDIOMAS DEL PRINCIPADO DE ASTURIAS PRUEBA ESPECÍFICA DE CERTIFICACIÓN DE NIVEL AVANZADO C1 DE INGLÉS. JUNIO 2019 Comisión de Evaluación de la EOI de COMPRENSIÓN DE TEXTOS ESCRITOS Puntuación total /20 puntos Calificación /10 puntos Apellidos: Nombre: DNI/NIE: LEA LAS SIGUIENTES INSTRUCCIONES A continuación va a realizar una prueba que contiene tres ejercicios de comprensión de textos escritos. Los ejercicios tienen la siguiente estructura: se presentan unos textos y se especifican unas tareas que deberá realizar en relación a dichos textos. Las tareas o preguntas serán del siguiente tipo: Opción múltiple: preguntas o frases incompletas, seguidas de una serie de respuestas posibles o de frases que las completan. En este caso deberá elegir la respuesta correcta rodeando con un círculo la letra de su opción en la HOJA DE RESPUESTAS. Sólo una de las opciones es correcta. Ejemplo: 1 A B C Si se confunde, tache la respuesta equivocada y rodee la opción que crea verdadera. 1 A B C Pregunta de relacionar. Se presentan una serie de proposiciones que deberá relacionar con su respuesta correspondiente de entre las proporcionadas. En este caso deberá elegir la respuesta correcta y escribir la letra de su opción en la HOJA DE RESPUESTAS. Ejemplo: 1 A B C D E Si se confunde, tache la respuesta equivocada y rodee la opción que crea verdadera. 1 A B C D E Pregunta de Verdadero / Falso. Se presentan una serie de preguntas y se deberá decidir si la información facilitada es verdadera o falsa. Ejemplo: 1 True False Si se confunde, tache la respuesta equivocada y rodee la opción que crea verdadera.
    [Show full text]
  • (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2015/0290552 A1 Owoc (43) Pub
    US 20150290552A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2015/0290552 A1 OWOc (43) Pub. Date: Oct. 15, 2015 (54) INDIVIDUAL GAME MODULES indicia, balls that roll into indented platforms out of cages, COLLECTIVELY UNIFIED INTO A tubes or boards with indicia, as in Bingo game apparatuses, et COMPOSITE NOVEL WORD GAME WITH al. These modules are collectively arranged or sequenced into OPTIONAL GAIMVARATIONS AND WORD game segments before or during the game play with a prede THREADS AND INTERACTIVE PLAYER termined content and duration. The modules are thusly uni FORMATS fied into a unique, composite, single “Wordsmith WarsTM game, which further may have a common theme(s) associated (71) Applicant: Greg John Owoc, Greenville, SC (US) within the game content modules. As well, letter(s) or word (S), and/or their correct word or phrase positions, in addition (72) Inventor: Greg John Owoc, Greenville, SC (US) to points or money won, may also be won throughout play. (21) Appl. No.: 14/253,419 These word and/or letter “threads,” which are strings or a series of letters or words, may be collected by the contestants (22) Filed: Apr. 15, 2014 or competitors, then strategically used to advantage in a cli mactic final round or closing game module that may also Publication Classification include a strategic letter and/or word bidding process. The game may be adapted into a typical physical stage TV show or (51) Int. Cl. any electronic formats that involve players watching or par A63. I/00 (2006.01) ticipating in the game through use of any of the broadcast A63F 9/00 (2006.01) mediums in which persons watch or play games.
    [Show full text]
  • Scrabble Prodigy Mack Meller Minds His Ps and Qs, Catches a Few Zs, and Is Never at a Loss for Words
    n 2011, Mack Meller went to Stamford, Connecticut, for a Scrabble tournament. In the fi rst round, as he was settling in, the tournament director interrupted play for an announcement. This was highly irregular. But the news warranted it: Joel Sherman, a forty-nine-year-old former world champion from the Bronx, had just fi nished a game with 803 points — a new world record in tournament play and the fi rst time a tournament player had ever broken 800. Meller and his opponent, having stopped their clocks (in tournament Scrabble each player is allotted twenty-fi ve minutes to make all of his or her plays), placed their tiles face down and walked over to Sherman’s board. So did lots of other players. Meller couldn’t believe it. Eight hundred! That was Scrabble’s holy grail. Sherman had used all seven of his letters — called a “bingo” and good for fi fty extra points — seven times. It was a feat for the ages, but Sherman didn’t win the tournament. Meller did. He was eleven years old. t’s Thursday night, and Meller, now a lanky, sociable seventeen-year-old Columbia fi rst-year, leaves his room in Furnald Hall and heads for the subway. He carries his Scrabble traveling bag, which contains a round board, a chess clock, and a drawstring sack fi lled with exactly one hundred yellow plastic tiles. He gets out in Midtown and walks to a fi fteen-story building at Lexington and East 58th, where, in a room on the twelfth fl oor, the Manhattan Scrabble Club holds its weekly rodeo.
    [Show full text]
  • The Scrabble Player's Handbook Is Available for Free Download At
    The Scrabble Player's Handbook is available for free download at www.scrabbleplayershandbook.com 1 Contents Introduction 3 Meet The Team 5 What's Different About Competitive Scrabble? 10 How To Play Good Scrabble 11 The Words 14 What Is Scrabble? 16 Scoring Well 21 Understanding Rack Leaves 32 Word Learning 35 The First Move 46 Tile Tracking 50 Time Management 54 Exchanging 58 Phoneys 64 Set-Ups 65 Open and Closed Boards 68 The Endgame 75 Playing Style 85 How To Play Amazing Scrabble 94 The Luck Element 98 The Game Behind The Game 99 Starting Out in Competitive Play 101 Quackle 103 Zyzzyva 109 Internet Scrabble Club 115 Aerolith 117 Scrabble by Phone 119 Books 121 Scrabble Variants 123 Scrabble Around The World 125 Playing Equipment 127 Glossary 128 Appendix 133 Rules Governing Word Inclusion 133 Two-letter words 137 Three-letter words 140 SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A. by Hasbro Inc., in Canada by Hasbro Canada Inc. and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Ltd. of Maidenhead SL6 4UB, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro or Hasbro Canada. The Scrabble Player's Handbook is available free of charge. There is no copyright on the contents and readers are encouraged to distribute the book in PDF or printed form to all who would benefit from it. Please respect our work by retaining the footer on every page and by refraining from reproducing any part of this book for financial gain.
    [Show full text]
  • CSW2015 Initiation
    World English-language Scrabble® Players Association New Collins Scrabble® Words INITIATION KIT May 2015 Compiled by David Sutton under direction of the WESPA Dictionary Committee Based on the WESPA wordlist, copyright of Harper Collins 2015, and published with permission of HarperCollins publishers A SELECTION OF USEFUL WORDS FROM OVER 3,000 ADDITIONAL 2-8 LETTER WORDS ALLOWED IN COLLINS SCRABBLE® WORDS (CSW) 2015 EDITION SCRABBLE is a registered trademark of J W Spears & Sons Ltd, a Mattel company This booklet is copyright of WESPA © May 2015 Version 1.1 June 25, 2015 1 INTRODUCTION It is with great pleasure that we present the initiation kit for CSW15. There are no deletions to get tripped up on, this time round. With 4171 new words of 3-9 letters, this is larger than the last update, but much smaller than some previous ones. I am very grateful to David Sutton for producing this kit, and to our dictionary team of Darryl Francis, Allan Simmons and David Sutton for producing the updated word list on time as always. It is intended that the new list will be used in WESPA-rated tournaments from 1 September 2015, or before if individual associations are ready and wish to do so. With best wishes, Elie Dangoor WESPA Chairman Version 1.1 June 25, 2015 2 The Purpose of this Booklet The transition from the 2012 version of the Collins Scrabble Tournament & Club Word List (hereinafter referred to as CSW12) to the 2015 version (hereinafter referred to as CSW15) involves 6500 new words in total, of which 4171 are of length 3 to 9 letters (there are no new 2-letter words).
    [Show full text]
  • SEPTEMBER 2021 SENIOR NEWS Get Your Latest SCOOP Online!
    The SCOOP Charles County’s Senior Center News SEPTEMBER 2021 www.CharlesCountyMD.gov SENIOR NEWS Get your Latest SCOOP online! Reopening Efforts Welcome to the Charles As we gradually reopen, we will continue to offer programs on multiple platforms. We ask for grace and patience with staff County Senior Centers! as we reconvene without restrictions. We are rebuilding our The Department of programs after a 15-month closure. Remember “kindness is Community Services difficult to give away because it keeps coming back to you”. operates each of Updated Senior Center Operating Hours the County's Senior During the month of September, all Senior Centers will be closed Centers, where on Fridays. We will continue normal operating hours on Monday citizens 60 and older through Thursdays. may access a variety of programs and services, including: Social/ Recreational activities, Clubs, Special Events, Trips, Nutritious Lunches, Health and Screenings Programs, Health Scope/Visit HOW TO CONTACT US the Nurse, Educational programs, Physical Fitness programs, Creative Arts, and Computer Lab/Classes. Give us a call! Leave a detailed message if we don't answer and we'll give you a call back! Richard R. Clark Senior Center: 301-934-5423 Indian Head Senior Center: 301-743-2125 Nanjemoy Senior Center: 301-246-9612 COVID-19 INFORMATION Waldorf Senior and Rec Center: 240-448-2810 Have you Been Fully Vaccinated? Follow Us on Facebook! People are considered fully vaccinated Did you know that Charles County Senior Centers have a • 2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, such as Facebook page? Follow our page, Charles County Seniors a Pfizer or Modera vaccine, or Centers! To find our page, type Charles County Senior Centers in the search bar on Facebook.
    [Show full text]
  • Rules for Tournament Play Based on the Official Scrabble Website
    RULES FOR TOURNAMENT PLAY BASED ON THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE WEBSITE 1. The first player combines two or more of their tiles/letters to form a word and place it on the board to read either across or down with one letter on the center square. Diagonal words are not permitted. Words cannot be spelled backwards. 2. A player completes a turn by counting and announcing the score for the turn. The player then draws as many new letters as played; always keeping seven letters on their rack until there are no more tiles to draw. 3. Play passes to the left. Second player then each in turn adds one or more letters to those already played to form new words. All letters played on a turn must be placed in one row across or down the board to form one complete word. If at the same time they touch other letters in adjacent rows they must form complete words, crossword fashion, with all such letters. The player gets full credit for all words formed or modified during their turn. 4. New words may be formed by: a. adding a word at right angles to a word already on the board. The new word must use one of the letters already on the board or must add a letter to it. b. placing a complete word parallel to a word already played so that adjacent letters form complete words. 5. A player may change their play until they announce the score. No letter may be shifted after it has been played.
    [Show full text]
  • *LKAWL~ >Witch-Up Otters Plenr 1 Player-Pleasing Variety. Some Gam Provide Special Rules for Younger Player S Have Card Decks
    *LKAWL~ >witch-Up otters plenr 1 player-pleasing variety. Some gam provide special rules for younger player s have card decks that add the element nf rprise.You'll also find games with fun the quick-play game variations, and extra - premium squares to boost your scc YYY * Gamebaard base and grid 3 Two-sided game sh * 100 Letter tiles 4Tile racks Cloth bag 4 Foam feet l2Yellaw Blank tiles Plastic Storage Bag 30 Cards La e parts from their bags. Separate the game sheets from the parts sheet. decks: the Hyper-Race deck 1 I to the messed oreo on opposite sides of v the gomeboord base. t Apply one fbom foot to each comer ofthe underside of the base, in the recessed squore. To dtach the grid, slide the two bock tobs of the grid into the two slots in the bock ofthe base. Then press down on each side ofthe Apply one leer distribution label to each grid to snap the side tabs into the base. tik ruck SETTING UPYOUR GAME It's easy: first, decide which game play, and take that game sheet. (A shown on the bottom of the box, game's name is printed in the bo comer of the sheet.) Lift up the grid, fit your chosen game sheet onto the base, then snap the grid down on top of it. Now you're ready to play! Note: Setting up the mini-boards for SCRABBLE Surprise is a little different. It's explained separately in the rules for this game on page 9.
    [Show full text]
  • Challenge and Retention in Games
    UC Irvine UC Irvine Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Challenge and Retention in Games Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6k3357qx Author Debeauvais, Thomas Publication Date 2016 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE Challenge and Retention in Games DISSERTATION submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in Informatics by Thomas Debeauvais Dissertation Committee: Professor Cristina V. Lopes, Chair Professor Gary Olson Assistant Professor Joshua Tanenbaum 2016 Parts of Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 7 c 2010-2016 ACM All other materials c 2016 Thomas Debeauvais TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF FIGURES vi LIST OF TABLES viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS x CURRICULUM VITAE xi ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION xii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Motivation . 2 1.2 Thesis and Research Questions . 3 1.3 Approach . 3 1.4 Contributions . 6 1.5 Organization of the Dissertation . 7 2 Related Work 8 2.1 Enjoyment . 9 2.1.1 Motivations . 9 2.1.2 Player Types . 11 2.2 Retention . 13 2.2.1 Engagement . 13 2.2.2 Churn . 14 2.2.3 Longitudinal Studies . 16 2.3 In-Game Behavior . 16 2.3.1 Social Sciences . 16 2.3.2 Improving Gameplay . 18 2.3.3 In-Game Purchases . 19 2.4 Summary . 20 3 Ragnarok Online 22 3.1 Gameplay . 22 3.2 Private Servers . 25 3.3 Methods and Limitations . 26 ii 3.4 Supporting Group Play . 28 3.4.1 Tweaking Group Parameters . 29 3.4.2 The who Command .
    [Show full text]