by Yoonsoo Kim

Created on: February 18, 2009

Family board games are were a board game brings the entire family into happiness. All families need bonding times. If a family never bonds together with happiness, something is most definitely not right. The best family board game is, Scrabble. Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15-by-15 grid. In this classic word game, players use their seven drawn letter-tiles to form words on the gameboard. Each word laid out earns points based on the commonality of the letters used, with certain board spaces giving bonuses. But a word can only be played if it uses at least one already-played tile or adds to an already-played word. This leads to slightly tactical play, as potential words are rejected because they would give an opponent too much access to the better bonus spaces.The words are formed across and down in a crossword fashion and must appear in a standard dictionary.

The game contains 100 tiles, 98 of which are marked with a letter and a point value ranging from 1 to 10. The number of points of each lettered tile is based on the letter's frequency in standard English writing; commonly used letters such as E or O are worth one point, while less common letters score higher, with Q and Z each worth 10 points. The game also has two blank tiles that are unmarked and carry no point value. The blank tiles can be used as substitutes for any letter; once laid on the board, however, the choice is fixed. The board is marked with "premium" squares, which multiply the number of points awarded: dark red "triple-word" squares, pink "double-word" squares, dark blue "triple-letter" squares, and light blue "double-letter" squares. The center square (H8) is often marked with a star or logo, and counts as a double-word square. The scoring for Scrabble gives you motivation to get more points than your opponents.

Scrabble brings the whole family together to experience the joy in a board game. Scrabble makes you think and gives you determination to beat your opponents. The game is sold in 121 countries in 29 different language versions. One hundred and fifty million sets have been sold worldwide, and sets are found in one out of every three American homes. Scrabble is really well known across the world. Scrabble is a very popular game that, it could be played even on the Internet.

Scrabble is the best family board game in the world.

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