Monday, May 11, 2009

Speed Scrabble with a Twist


Friday night Casandra, Natalie, and I attended a mutual friend of ours "non-baby baby shower." One might question what sort of party that is. Too shed light on it, he was having a vasectomy the following day. I won't go into the details surrounding his decision but will state it was/is a positive thing for him. Anyhow, when we arrived they were playing scrabble. It was not the normal scrabble however it was speed scrabble with a twist!


Those of you who are not familiar with speed scrabble it is a version not including the board. All of the scrabble pieces are placed in the middle of the table. Everyone picks five pieces and has to try and create scrabble with the five pieces. When one person has accomplished using all five pieces he/she yells go! Everyone then continues to pick two more until again someone yells go. When all of the pieces are done, rather than count words everyone creates a story using their board.


I thoroughly enjoyed playing this. I generally like normal scrabble, however the time it takes to play makes it a bit taxing at times. This version is quick and the story adds a lot of humor. Following a few glasses of wine the stories become pretty hilarious. I thought I would add this snippet of information on to everyone in case someone wants to give it a try. It is my new favorite game and I could not be more thrilled. I am planning on going home to Colorado tomorrow to visit the family for a bit and fully intend on introducing them to it as well. Cheers!