Super Scrabble
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Toys and Games Reviews of Super Scrabble
Customer Review: Just Super
Summary: 5 Stars
Super Scrabble has a bigger board (21x21) and twice the letters of regular Scrabble. Think of the possibilities - two Q's, two Z's! But the letters aren't blindly doubled - the distribution has changed a bit. Throw in the quadruple letter and word squares, and it's a whole new game. If you like Scrabble, this is sure to be a hit.
Keep a regular dictionary close by, as well as the standard Scrabble dictionary. Because of the different letter distribution, there are words possible in Super Scrabble that aren't possible with regular Scrabble. You still keep the same number of tiles (7) on your rack, so you won't really be playing longer words. It takes a little mental rearrangement to get used to looking for the new bonus squares, and a little effort not to overlook the old triple standbys.
The board is spacious enough that it's easier to play long words deep into the game. The bigger board could be a little bit of a pain to twist around if you don't like to look at it upside down - we've been putting it on the lazy-susan on our kitchen table, and that has worked out just fine. But be warned, the bigger board is also easier to bump into, which skews the letters around - the surface seems to be a little slicker than our regular Scrabble board.
The games do last a lot longer - if we start a game in the evening, we almost always have to finish it the next day. So far, it's been easy to more than double our normal Scrabble scores. Highly recommended if you're a Scrabble-addict or just like word-intensive games.
Customer Review: Great idea - poorly done
Summary: 1 Stars
My family and I are avid Scrabble players and looked forward to trying the new Super Scrabbble edition. We were, however, sorely disappointed. The only thing "super" about it is that it is super-long. While it was a great idea to add more letters, higher points per word and a larger board, the end product seemed an inferior edition, hastily manufactured and largely untested.
The manufacturer simply added a border to the existing Scrabble game board. The new higher point squares are all near the periphery so it takes some game time to be able to use them. The board itself is flimsy and too large to comfortably swivel as each player takes their turn. It would be better to have it on a turning pedestal similar to the Deluxe edition. There are many more tiles on this board. It would have been nice to have the tile pockets on the board to hold them all in place - again like the Deluxe edition.
The score pad is too short for the length of this game and the increased number of tiles should be in a larger bag as the same size bag makes it harder to pass and mix. We tried giving each player nine, instead of the standard seven, tiles but the tile holder is too short for this to be comfortable.
In short, we do not recommend this new version. It compares unfavorably to the Deluxe Scrabble edition.
Customer Review: Do you think regular Scrabble is too short? I do!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you've played Scrabble, you've pretty much played Super Scrabble. Super Scrabble is pretty much a bloated version of regular Scrabble, with more letters, more spaces, and bigger bonuses (e.g., quadruple word score). If you're a casual player and only break out the Scrabble board every once in awhile, you'll probably want to stick with regular Scrabble. If you play often and also find that regular Scrabble just doesn't last long enough, then this might be for you. This game lasts a little over twice as long and, in my opinion, it's twice as fun.
In regular Scrabble, a 60 point word is a very very nice score. In Super Scrabble, it's not terribly uncommon. The scores are much higher and it just feels different than regular Scrabble. I play regular Scrabble on a routine basis, but when I break out the Super Scrabble, it's an event!
Super Scrabble isn't for everyone. If you can't sit down for an hour and a half or two hours playing Scrabble, stay away. If you rarely play Scrabble, this probably isn't the board for you. If you already have a regular Scrabble board and you want something bigger, then by all means this is it!
Customer Review: Super Scrabble- twice the ZZs is twice the fun!
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow- a much bigger board, and twice the letters. They didn't just double the letters- you'll find that they more than doubled the letters S and O, and that they eased up on the letter I (nothing more depressing than getting 4 Is at a time). The big board is very roomy- you'll find it much easier to put down 7 letter words. However, due to the new QUAD letter and Quad WORD spaces, and the fact that there are now 8 easy spots to get a double-double word score, you'll find that that 50 point bonus pales beside the points you can rack up for fairly ordinary words on the new spots. (Example- place 'crazy' so the Z hits one of the quad letters and the word hits a double word, and you get 98 points, 80 from the Z alone).
I've only played twice so far, but I can see the strategy is VERY different with the bigger board and the extra Ss. The game goes a little faster than you'd think (all the 7-letter words eat up the tiles fast, so the game take less than twice as many moves to complete as regular scrabble).
Customer Review: Longest words you can think of
Summary: 4 Stars
I liked playing this and have played several times, with different people. It is fun to come up with long words and add onto them. In some ways, it is entirely different from regular Scrabble, in that the scoring is set up differently on the board. The only drawbacks I see is you might have to continue the same game over several nights, or take many hours just to play one game. The other thing I'd like to see, is a version like the Deluxe Scrabble, where you can place the tiles in spaces, and they won't move. This game, the tiles can get moved around too easily. I'd like to see a deluxe version in the future, unless it is so big and unwieldy that no one would want to buy it, lug it around, or pay the extra $[...] or so for it. I've been playing some form of the game since I was nine, so it's a good family and friends game. I'd definitely recommend it for a Scrabble-holic.