last night, because i'm not watching football anymore, i got to hang out in bed, and be challenged to a game of scrabble by gerry. since i was still sick, that was very acceptable to me.
turns out there are different rules in ireland than in canada. now, since i love rules, most of you will know that if one makes sense to me, i will love it even more, especially if it's about games. i didn't realise there were different rules depending on the country, so we didn't discuss anything pre-game.
the biggest rule difference? the challenges. in canada, if you challenge and the word is legit, you lose a turn, if it's not found, the person who put the word down, loses a turn. fair to me. in ireland, if you challenge there is no risk of losing a turn. if the word is there, no bother, if it's not, the person whose word it is loses their turn. i don't like this rule. there's no art to bluffing, and people cna challenge words any time they want.
a smaller and more easily resolved battle? that of the dictionaries. we don't have an official scrabble dictionary in the house, to me, the next best thing was the online version at scrabble.com. there was a bit of a 'discussion' over this, but once gerry's word was not in his dictionary, but right there on the screen, the issue was resolved.
end result? i ended up using the challenges more than i might have in a 'lose your turn when you challenge poorly' game, but i did win. i was behind almost the whole game. and gerry kept stealing my spots. *grr* but it was extra fun for me to win, cause i could tell he was totally expecting to win the whole game! hee hee.
i'm still sick, but no where like before... groggy, very sneezy, sore throat and nose, but not on my death bed, and high from my sick-win.
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