Super Scrabble Deluxe Edition

My wife and I are avid Scrabble players. She is actually very avid and serious. She is also very difficult to buy presents for or to surprise with something that she really likes. When I found Super Scrabble I decided to take a chance and bought it for her for Christmas. She was skeptical when she opened it, but we played our first game a few days later with our sons who were both home for the holidays and thoroughly enjoyed it. My wife declared that she never wanted to play normal scrabble again!! It is a great and challenging game. It does take longer to play but does result in higher scores and somehow makes comebacks more possible than in the original version. Yes the board is a bit flimsy, but we mounted it permanently on a piece of ¼ inch plywood and it is much more sturdy. It no longer works like a lazy susan, but that could be remedied if I was creative enough. If you like Scrabble odds are that you will love Super Scrabble. Ewald Wiberg author of The Perfect Vacation: One Couple's Adventures at Sea With and Without the Kids

Our weekly Scrabble group uses this game when 5 or 6 of us play. It keeps us on our toes as the point values are different and there are double the amount of letters in the game. The game rotates so that each player can look at it the right direction. The spaces are recessed so that the tiles do not slide out when the board is rotated. The letter spaces are not quite deep enough to be 100% effective. We have games of varying age and it seems as though some of the older Scrabble games had deeper spaces. All in all, this is a fun game. We're all Senior Citizens so fudge on the rules by having our 2- and 3- letter word lists in large type. We also have the large print editions of the Scrabble dictionary. From 4 to 6 of us play weekly. One game a month is in the evening following a community potluck. Otherwise we have snacks (some have wine), play a game and then have coffee & dessert. We have a lot of laughter and consults with each other on how to make words.

My husband and I love playing Scrabble, so one day not too long ago, I surprised him by purchasing the deluxe version of Super Scrabble. I wanted it because of the opportunity to make words that you could not make with the regular Scrabble game. I also like the gridded board to help keep the tiles in place while the game is in progress. As far as the game play goes, we love it... but as far as durability goes, I'm not too thrilled with the way the board is made. The seam where the board folds not only won't always lay flat, the board comes apart there on a regular basis. In fact, I think the board has come apart every time we play the game... We're not rough on the game; the board is just made in a slip-shod manner. So far, my husband has been able to put the board back together again each time it comes apart, however, it is plastic so I'm not expecting it to last like it should. I can't recommend this version of the game to families with young children because of the structural defects of the game board; aside from that annoying flaw, I do recommend the Super Scrabble game to families with teenage children and to adults who like to stretch their vocabulary. Families with younger children should probably consider the less expensive regular version of Super Scrabble - the one where the board isn't plastic. ---- addendum ---- I'm revising this review nearly four years after the purchase of the game. We still love the expanded scoring opportunities and extra board space... and for a wonder, the board hasn't broken on us - yet. It still comes apart on the same regular basis - not quite every time we play anymore, but still more often than it should. The main change I've made is to the durability rating, which I decided deserves only two stars, not three. Yes, I paid too much - well over $40, but no, I'm not a bit sorry. I do wish the board was better made though, especially since this version of the game seems to be no longer available.

I have been playing Scrabble for close to 50 years. Various boxes of Scrabble have accompanied me around the world to be played with anyone who had the remotest interest and also with friends who would ask "have you packed the Scrabble?" I always felt that I had a good command of the english language and since a child have been the one who bends the corner of a page over, as a reference point for my dictionary to find out the meaning of a word on the page. I still do it to this day. I have a life long friend in the UK and several times a month we will log on to the web and play live games of Scrabble, completing entire games in 10 minutes!! The new super sized board has advanced the possibilities of the game even further and as the saying goes, its hard to go back! Scrabble is a gift of learning the fun way and discovering how to bluff your family and friends into challenging a word that you know they will be uncertain about. Adore the game, the competitiveness and 50 years on, enjoy the fact that the english language can still teach me a thing or too.

I was very disappointed with the Super Scrabble. I had hoped to find a Deluxe version that I had several years but this was the closest I could find. The description states it can be rotated around which I thought would be like the old deluxe version on a lazy susan. Not so. We had to slide this around on little "ball baring" feet which wasn't very helpful. Also, we began a game and wanted to continue it later. I went to pick up the board and it came apart at the middle seem where it was assembled. The only part that was okay are the plastic separators to help keep the tiles organized on the board. This was a gift for an elderly parent and it was frustrating for me! I am returning it today.

We (my mother, brother and myself) have been a fan of Scrabble for a very long time. After playing it for so many years, I started feeling the need of a longer game-play. On hunting a bit, came across Super Scrabble. The Deluxe version seemed to be better, especially because of the raised grids. I was a bit apprehensive purchasing it because of some reviews stating that the board was a bit flimsy, and that the tiles did not sit properly along the center of the board. But even if that was the case, I was OK only because of the fact that it had 200 tiles and a bigger board - something that we really wanted. So I went ahead and purchased it. It was shipped to my country India within 1 week. And let me tell you that I was totally satisfied. I found the quality to be very good, and the tiles fit in properly on the grid, even along the center. The board looks professional and special. The wooden tiles were of good quality, and had a comfortable silky feel to them. We have just finished our 7th game, and I feel this has been one of my best investment. I highly recommend this to all Scrabble lovers.

The design and craftmanship of this board is very poor. They use inexpensive plastic hinges on each end which causes "warping" of the thin plastic used. If they would 'spring' for two additional plastic hinges between each end it would greatly help in reducing the warping of the board. As it is I am expecting my third shipment in hopes of finally receiving "one" board that isn't warped and I can lay my letters flat. Upon picking up the board one has to be extremely careful as it tends to break apart at the hinges. Overall as a game it's terrific having more spaces and tiles to play with as it makes for a much more interesting and challenging game.

Game plays much better and is more entertaining therefore. But board is made poorly compared to previous version. It requires a slippery surface to slide on as the only thing they have supplied to turn the board are naked ball bearings which are always prone to dirt etc problems. I had to cut a 2ft x 2ft expensive and smooth plywood and even that is not slippery enough. I would not trust the board on fine furniture to not leave groves. Probably formica would work but who has that anymore. Also the board does not fit together in the middle perfectly so any flaw in the flatness of the board creates height differences between the two folding sides. For close to 50 bucks you would think it would be an improvement in quality on the older version. Board is thin and the grooves for the tiles are less deep and more easily let the tiles slip out than previous version. I fear this board will not last long because of the plastic hinges and thinness of the plastic overall.