A REAL MAN’S GAME
Scrabble. For Kindle. Anyone want a review doing? We promise to use the phrase “a moment to learn and a lifetime to master” in the overall summary box.
We’ll turn that EGAL into REGAL with TRAY landing on the double word score for 20 points. Your turn.
filed in "NEWS", ACTUAL GAMES on Oct.19, 2010
October 19th, 2010 on 6:30 pm
Hurry up, it’s your go.
October 19th, 2010 on 6:34 pm
TRAY is utter shite. With no letters in the bag and two S’s and a blank unseen someone will smack down a word and turn TRAY into STRAY at the drop of a hat.
RAY making FY is a good bet, sets you up for an outplay of AUTO next time and gives you options as to where to play it. With only two Es unseen the danger from the R hook onto the H1 triple is acceptable for the 22 point score.
October 19th, 2010 on 8:05 pm
Oh god. Tactical analysis of Scrabble, rather than just blindly seeing what words you can make from what you’ve got?
It’d be like playing against my Dad again.
And reading your analysis gave me flashbacks to when I tried to follow ‘Only Connect‘ after about 5 too many glasses of port, so thanks for that.
October 19th, 2010 on 8:25 pm
I watched all of series 1 of Only Connect. It was compelling to watch Victoria ‘Nice/Frightening’ Coren, European poker champion 2006, present a show so dull it borders on the surreal.
As for Scrabble on the Kindle? Looking at it is messing with my eyes. Who would have thought colour was such an integral part of the game?
October 19th, 2010 on 8:53 pm
I’ll take yeara (The California poison oak – Rhus diversiloba), incorporating the e on egal. Dunno what that gives me, forgotten how to score as I had to give up scrabble after several bag throwing tantrums. Ah, those wild teen years.
What do I score anyone?
October 19th, 2010 on 9:02 pm
Victoria Coren reminds me of most other people on the internet. Shouting a bit too loudly when she’s thought of the obvious joke everyone’s also just thought of.
October 19th, 2010 on 9:50 pm
That’s an interesting Coren observation. Corervation. Hmn, no.
October 19th, 2010 on 10:49 pm
renervation?
What about Corenervation?
October 19th, 2010 on 10:50 pm
Wait I got it:
Cobservation
October 20th, 2010 on 10:01 am
Victoria Coren is indeed scary but has a great rack of lamb. By lamb I mean tits, great tits.
I’ve dumbed down my observations of people these days. If they’re women then it’s how great their tits are, if it’s men then it’s a simple one…are they wearing glasses with no prescription? If so then they’re twats.
You can view them at the Twatservatory
October 20th, 2010 on 10:46 am
Oh god what did I start back there?
Throwing my hat into the ring with “Coren-ation”.
Although, that just sounds like it’s followed by ‘street’.
Captain Whoops – does she? I can honestly say I’d not noticed, which is odd as I’ve found my eyes are unwittingly drawn to that area of a lady rather often.
I think I must’ve sprained something watching Nigella last.
October 20th, 2010 on 11:29 am
Nigella…now you’ve really started something there. I just want to lay my head on her lovely dumplings while she whispers soothing words to me.
GigerPunk, a lot of women would lose when going up against the mighty Nigella in a titty-fight (Google images brings on heart palpitations). I still maintain Victoria has a lovely respectable pair, although I can’t find many pictures of said lovely fruit.
Restrained but teasing
I’m going all lads mag here but reminds me of this forum topic:
People you fancy but know you shouldn’t
October 20th, 2010 on 11:49 am
I’m glad to see we all have a secret and troubled admiration for Ms Coren in common.
Corenservation.
Stand back while I attempt a link
The preview suggests I got away with it.
October 20th, 2010 on 12:27 pm
You can just paste them in without doing any HTML and they get automatically made into links. I think:
http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/2010/10/space-channel-5-part-two/
October 20th, 2010 on 12:56 pm
I definitely would ‘only connect’ with Vicky, she reminds me of an ex-girlfriend and she was a right goer – eh – eh – nudge – wink. The only problem I can see is how to ensure you don’t think of Alan Coren at the wrong time.
October 20th, 2010 on 1:06 pm
Or her brother.
But then you could possibly jump from that train of thought to the Sue Perkins platform?
Does that help any?
October 20th, 2010 on 5:55 pm
Isn’t Sue Perkins a lesbian? That might help some then.
October 20th, 2010 on 7:18 pm
I can confirm* that Sue Perkins in a lesbian.
*Heard it somewhere.
October 20th, 2010 on 7:20 pm
*Notices ‘in’ rather than ‘is’, leaves site for a month until it blows over*
October 23rd, 2010 on 5:14 pm
At a quick glance, TRY with the Y on the TL square beside the E in EGAL. Gets you 24 points for the Y alone, so 27 total.