10-12-2009, 02:38 PM
Great that so many have added to the topic!
I've been down with a cruddy cold (first in years) and child care (I suspect a connection), and still am.
Like maud gonne, for me Scrabble is about "in the same room" fun. Having other people to vent to when I draw all vowels or consonants. Appreciating the words and plays people make. Small talk.
I appreciate Alaska Steven's house rules, but they wouldn't be for me, lol. I like to play the best I can. I neither tie the board up or try to open it up 100% of the time, but I most definitely don't give away triple word scores on purpose. I look at it as a way to sharpen strategy, and without treating the other players as opponents and vice versa, one can't really learn how to be a good player.
However, with my family who can't spell, I do play dictionary and word list open, and I enjoy "learning" games, if we agree to play that way. It's a good way to learn new words. I guess that's somewhat like Steven's house rules.
I could probably manage to come to Kapoho as some other part of Puna as a special event, and appreciate these offers; they sound fun!
I would also be interested in playing with 1-3 people in Hilo. I like Borders (as many of you know, lol). The new Seattle's Best has been running a happy hour from either 3-5 or 3:30-5 on Mon-Thurs, with their "hand made" drinks at $2 for medium, $3 for large, which is a great deal. The place puts absolutely no pressure on people to buy anything to use a table, which is one reason I enjoy it, and it is generally quiet, more quiet than a typical bar or restaurant, because people are reading and using computers. It's also fine to talk.
Anyway, think about it if you like to play and you have a reason to be in Hilo in the afternoon on a week day, with time to kill. I give myself a treat there about once a week, a time out if you will.
I've been down with a cruddy cold (first in years) and child care (I suspect a connection), and still am.
Like maud gonne, for me Scrabble is about "in the same room" fun. Having other people to vent to when I draw all vowels or consonants. Appreciating the words and plays people make. Small talk.
I appreciate Alaska Steven's house rules, but they wouldn't be for me, lol. I like to play the best I can. I neither tie the board up or try to open it up 100% of the time, but I most definitely don't give away triple word scores on purpose. I look at it as a way to sharpen strategy, and without treating the other players as opponents and vice versa, one can't really learn how to be a good player.
However, with my family who can't spell, I do play dictionary and word list open, and I enjoy "learning" games, if we agree to play that way. It's a good way to learn new words. I guess that's somewhat like Steven's house rules.
I could probably manage to come to Kapoho as some other part of Puna as a special event, and appreciate these offers; they sound fun!
I would also be interested in playing with 1-3 people in Hilo. I like Borders (as many of you know, lol). The new Seattle's Best has been running a happy hour from either 3-5 or 3:30-5 on Mon-Thurs, with their "hand made" drinks at $2 for medium, $3 for large, which is a great deal. The place puts absolutely no pressure on people to buy anything to use a table, which is one reason I enjoy it, and it is generally quiet, more quiet than a typical bar or restaurant, because people are reading and using computers. It's also fine to talk.
Anyway, think about it if you like to play and you have a reason to be in Hilo in the afternoon on a week day, with time to kill. I give myself a treat there about once a week, a time out if you will.