tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 26 21:17:12 1998
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Re: Scrabble
ja' Qov:
>I think the Scrabble game is missing an important point. In trying to
>copy the English system the deviser of the Klingon version isn't
>taking the scoring system into full consideration...
We simply have had so much fun *playing* it that the scores haven't
been an issue yet. :-) You're right, though; the letter values are
not representative of their ease of placement. Maybe we will tweak
them before too many people start making semi-permanent sets. What
would it take to get someone to make a multiplayer, Internet-based,
easily-used Klingon Scrabble program, so we can test out scoring?
>Playability is the measure. A high point letter should be as much a
>curse as a blessing.
So far, playability hasn't been an issue. Let's get some more play
going and find out where the kinks are.
-- ghunchu'wI'