Scrabble Timer Improving Game Play with Upcoming Scrabble Tournament in San Francisco - The Scrabble Timer improves game play. This will be an important part of the upcoming Scrabble Tournament in San Francisco.
Scrabble Timer Improving Game Play with Upcoming Scrabble Tournament in San Francisco
By Chris Wechner
Oct 5, 2010 - 10:29:34 AM
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September 26, 2010 – The Scrabble Timer improves game play. This will be
an important part of the upcoming Scrabble Tournament in San Francisco.
The competition begins Friday, October 29, 2010 and runs until Sunday October
31st.
The
Third Annual California Open Scrabble Tournament is directed by Bennett
Jacobstein and John Aitken. It will be held at Fisherman’s Wharf Sheraton
in San Francisco. Participation is open to North American Scrabble
Players Association (NASPA) members.
The
NASPA is a community of tournament, club and avid home players of the classic
Scrabble board game. All competitive play consists of two-player
games. They use the Official Tournament and Club Word List (OTCWL).
The list was compiled from several college-level dictionaries.
People
play the game at different paces. Some people are really fast while
others are slow. To keep the tournaments running smoothly and on
schedule, Scrabble timers are used to enforce time restrictions, typically
limiting each player’s total thinking time to 25 minutes per game. Most games
run 12–15 plays each, so each player can decide how to allocate that time,
spreading the time for each move equally or save time for tougher moves that
might be needed later in the game. If a contestant spends too much time,
he or she will lose penalty points but do not immediately forfeit like they do
in chess tournaments. The timer helps improve the quality of game play.
The
Scrabble Timer website is entirely devoted to time keeping pieces for Scrabble
Tournaments. If you would to view examples or purchase one of the timers,
you can visit the website at http://www.ScrabbleTimer.com.
The site even features an audio timer, and it has a video showing an example of
fast Scrabble play.
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