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NEW Hasbro - SCRABBLE Retro Board Game (Retro Series 1949 Edition)
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- $89.00
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- $89.00
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NEW - Scrabble Retro Board Game
(Retro Series - 1949 Edition)
Retro Series Scrabble 1949 Edition Game
Dial the time machine back to 1949 with this Retro Series Scrabble game! For more than half a century the Scrabble game has been America's favourite word game, and this 1949 Retro Edition celebrates those years in retro style! The game lets you travel into the past with vintage wood tiles and racks and this unique collectible packaging. It's a family favourite that celebrates over 65 years of fun!
Scrabble is full-on fun for friends and family. You can feel the excitement begin as soon as you rack up your letters, choose a great word, and hope to land on a triple-word score. Play the popular Scrabble game the classic way as you take on opponents head-to-head, for a challenging and fun time whether you're a beginner or an expert.
Scrabble is the ultimate crossword game in which every letter counts. Grab your friends and take turns forming words on the board. After playing your turn, count the value of all the letters in every new word that you formed.
Don't forget the bonus points for placing letters on premium squares. Double letter! Triple word! It's all about playing words on the high-scoring hotspots to get ahead. Played a Q on a triple-letter score? Your score just got a lot bigger. Use all your 7 tiles in one turn, and score a whopping 50 points in addition to your word score! Knowing the rules and a few tricks will help you to score more points and improve your chances of winning.
At the end of the game, the player with the highest score wins.
Features:
- Special 1949 edition of the Scrabble classic board game!
- Parker Brothers Scrabble Crossword Game is here yet again with the graphics and packaging just like you or someone you love remembers.
Includes:
- 1 x Full-size game board based on the original 1949 edition
- 100 x Vintage wood letter tiles
- 4 x Vintage wooden tile racks
- 1 x Velvet tile pouch
- 1 x Set Game Instructions
Recommended For Ages: 8 Years+
Measurements: 40 cm x 27 cm x 5 cm
History Of Scrabble:
In 1933 an out of work architect named Alfred Mosher Butts studied the front page of "The New York Times" to make his calculations for the letter distribution in the game. This skilled, cryptographic analysis of our language formed the basis of the original tile distribution, which has remained constant through almost three generations and billions of games. When he tried to sell the concept to game manufacturers they unanimously slammed the door on Butts' invention. It was only when Butts met James Brunot, a game-loving entrepreneur, that the concept became a commercial reality.
Together they refined the rules and design and then, most importantly, came up with the name SCRABBLE - a word defined as 'to grasp, collect, or hold on to something'; and a word that truly captured the essence of this remarkable concept. And so the SCRABBLE Brand Crossword Game was trademarked in 1948.
Then in 1949, legend has it, that the president of MACY'S discovered the game while on vacation and ordered some for his store. Within a year, the SCRABBLE game was a 'must-have' hit, to the point that SCRABBLE games were being rationed to stores around the country!
In 1952, the Brunots licensed Selchow & Righter Company, a well-known game manufacturer, to market and distribute the games in the United States and Canada. Selchow & Righter stepped up production to meet the overwhelming demand for the SCRABBLE game. In 1972, Selchow & Righter purchased the trademark from Brunot, thereby giving the company the exclusive rights to all SCRABBLE Brand products and entertainment services in the United States and Canada. One of the game's first shrewd moves...
By 1986, Selchow & Righter was sold to COLECO Industries, who had become famous as the manufacturers of the Cabbage Patch Dolls. Yet three years later, COLECO declared bankruptcy, and its primary assets - most notably the SCRABBLE game and PARCHEESI - were purchased by Hasbro, Inc., owner of the Milton Bradley Company, America's leading game manufacturer. Today the SCRABBLE game is found in three of every five American homes.
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