So on Sunday it was announced that Mattel were going to permit proper nouns in Scrabble. The reaction of the tournament scrabble playing community was interesting:
- Denial - this is an April Fool that is a few days late
- Panic - the item was run on the BBC News and Scrabble players were contacted by their local media
- Horror - it is actually true!
- Pacification - Mattel say that is a 'new' version of the game
- Sense - who is going to provide the list of permitted words for this new game?
- Complete and utter panic - Mattel will not have a rule about what words are permitted
I guess this is akin to introducing a fifth suit to the pack of cards. How would we react?
Paul