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"This is a game-changer.

For the first time in 75 years, Mattel is making a major change to the iconic board game Scrabble.

The new launch is a double-sided version of the famous board game — one side with the original game for those who want to stick to the long-time traditional version, and one side with a “less competitive” version to appeal to Gen Z gamers.

The flip side of the classic game, called Scrabble Together, will include helper cards, use a simpler scoring system, be quicker to play and allow people to play in teams.

“The makers of Scrabble found that younger people, Gen Z people, don’t quite like the competitive nature of Scrabble,” Gyles Brandreth, who co-hosts the language podcast Something Rhymes With Purple, told BBC Radio 4 Today. “They want a game where you can simply enjoy language, words, being together and having fun creating words.”

https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/lifestyle/scrabble-makes-historic-change-for-first-time-in-75-years/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news_alert&utm_content=20240409?&utm_source=sailthru&lctg=60a05d06cc957c4540206329&utm_term=NYP%20-%20News%20Alerts

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAHiAuiT_zM"]Old Ladies Play Scrabble in Foul Play (1978) [/ame]