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Thought of a new idea for a pencil & paper word game. <br> | Thought of a new idea for a pencil & paper word game. <br> | ||
I'll call it LAST WORD, although it is completely <br> | I'll call it <u>LAST WORD</u>, although it is completely <br> | ||
different from the cross-word type game I worked <br> | different from the cross-word type game I worked <br> | ||
on some years ago. Played it with BB in the evening. <br> | on some years ago. Played it with BB in the evening. <br> | ||
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Player <s>may</s> may not place a letter that doesn't score. <br> | Player <s>may</s> may not place a letter that doesn't score. <br> | ||
Play until at least one box on each of the <br> | Play until at least one box on each of the <br> | ||
4 edges is filled.) <br> | |||
Other possible variants. 1) A player may not play in <br> | |||
a space next (including diagonally) to the space <br> | |||
filled by the other player. <br> | |||
2) Each player is given a set of letters, about 35, <br> | |||
which are written on the sheet of paper and crossed off as <br> | |||
used. There is a penalty for not using one of the difficult <br> | |||
letters. In this version it probably would be better to allow <s>form</s> <br> | |||
forming, and scoring, a word in one direction, - scored at the value <br> | |||
times 1. <br> | |||
Made reproductions of <u>SPELLBINDER</u> rules. After work brought <br> | |||
the game to Alice. | |||