Boggle was immensely improved by expanding the board by 25%, so of course Scrabble will be as well ...
Or not.
I can't really see how expanding the board allows for longer words, as most of the time word length is limited by player skill, not by the board (at least in the first half of the game). Expanding the number of tiles would just seem to increase the variance of those tiles, and thus make it harder to form words, not easier.
If you wanted to allow for longer words in Scrabble, I think the optimal path would be to change some of the tiles to have two or three letter combinations, as was done in Quiddler. "Str", "Ch" and even "Re" or "er" could really allow for longer words as opposed to this silliness.
You gotta love this marketing bit too: "Super Scrabble is an action-packed, high scoring variation of the world's best word game."
Action-packed?? What, you throw your tiles at opponents now, or something?
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Or not.
I can't really see how expanding the board allows for longer words, as most of the time word length is limited by player skill, not by the board (at least in the first half of the game). Expanding the number of tiles would just seem to increase the variance of those tiles, and thus make it harder to form words, not easier.
If you wanted to allow for longer words in Scrabble, I think the optimal path would be to change some of the tiles to have two or three letter combinations, as was done in Quiddler. "Str", "Ch" and even "Re" or "er" could really allow for longer words as opposed to this silliness.
You gotta love this marketing bit too:
"Super Scrabble is an action-packed, high scoring variation of the world's best word game."
Action-packed?? What, you throw your tiles at opponents now, or something?