“Ain’t” Is Not a Word: A Scrabble Guide for the Lazy

November 25, 2009 by Chris Pranger  
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Delightful fun for the English major in all of us.

Delightful fun for the English major in all of us.

Few games take advantage of an overactive vocabulary the way Scrabble does. In fact, Scrabble is all about knowing difficult words in the hopes of showing up your family with a massive triple word score for something with a Z in it. Apparently, Scrabble is also the proud owner of a sordid past, but let’s not get too hasty! Okay, we can get hasty. Let’s learn about Scrabble!

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A Retrospective on Trivial Pursuit the Board Game

November 9, 2009 by Chris Pranger  
Filed under Board Games

No, not "Genius" Edition. "Genus." You just learned something.

No, not "Genius" Edition. "Genus." You just learned something.

If you’re talking Trivial Pursuit, you mean the Genus Edition, the classic edition, the hardcore edition. I’ve never met anyone that can play Trivial Pursuit Genus Edition at a masterful level.

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