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...while the story was no belated April Fools' Day hoax, it needn't strike fear into Scrabble purists' hearts either. Some media reports claimed that the new rules would forever change the face of the game, but Mattel insists that they will only apply to Scrabble Trickster - a spin-off game going on sale in July - and that the classic version will still be available for sale. The new game will initially be available only in the U.K., where Mattel owns the rights to the game. Hasbro, which owns the rights to Scrabble in the U.S., says...
Even though the original version of the game won't be touched, some serious Scrabblers are up in arms about the relaxed regulations in the spin-off game. "They're dumbing down a classic," Keith Churcher, chairman of a Scrabble club in the British city of Reading, told the Daily Mail newspaper. "Players like myself have spent decades memorizing words in the dictionary." On Twitter, a fan lamented, "Proper nouns allowed in new version of Scrabble?! Unbelievable ..." (See a video on Twitter poetry in London...
...Mattel says the rule changes - the first in the game's 62-year history - will make the game more accessible to younger players. "We wanted to attract a slightly different audience, the people that perhaps get a bit put off by the rules," says Philip Nelkon, Mattel's promotions manager. Chew, who contends that the announcement of the new version brought extra attention to the game, says the initial shock of the rule change has since worn off. "I've had [Scrabble] tournament directors calling me to say they haven't ever had so much interest," Chew says. "There...
...have been the team’s first game of the season in Cambridge, but home field advantage wasn’t enough to get the Harvard baseball team a win at O’Donnell Field yesterday afternoon...
...game marked by defensive highs and lows, as well as strong pitching by both sides, the Crimson (8-15, 2-2 Ivy) fell 5-0 to Bryant (10-13, 2-2 NEC) in its season’s home opener...