This was the 3rd time I purchased a wood scrabble game. The other 2 were absolute junk and was returned. So I paid alot more for this game but did not regret it! Very well made, nice quality board tiles and made from quality wood.
The board looks and feels very well made. Brass hardware and drawer are a nice touch. The height is very comfortable on a dining room table for gameplay. The wood looks beautiful and it stays out as a display item even when we\'re not playing it. The letter tiles had a few defects. One letter was missing the point value. It would be nice if the drawer had room to hold a Scrabble dictionary or if the set included a luxury scrabble dictionary edition. The score sheets are a little confusing in terms of how the ledger is organized so take a good look at where to write each person\'s score and note that there is a spot to tally as you go long. I would have liked to have a pocket inside the scorebook to put old sheets.
1999 to 2001 Defining characteristics of sets for this period:
There are however a number of non-core variants of scrabble that have boards with different dimensions, including Super Scrabble with a 21x21 board and Scrabble Junior with 11x11, 13x13 and 15x15 variants.