Has anyone tried playing Scrabble with Catan-like trading mechanics, e.g. “I’ll trade you an A for an E”, or “2 vowels for a Q”?
Curious whether it would add an interesting dynamic, or just completely kill the game.
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Haven’t tried, but it sounds neat! Bohnanza vibes, maybe.
Usually these sort of additions do kill games. But with additional corrections they might also birth a whole new game. A rule of thumb I like is: if you want to add something, you need to also remove something.
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Chris Armstrong@armstrong
interesting… maybe you remove blank tiles because they become too powerful?