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Here's the deal:
You are slightly ahead.
There is one tile left in the bag. It is your opponents turn.
They have the 'Q' on their rack, but cannot use it.
They use their turn to swap the 'Q' for the remaining tile in the bag.
It is now your turn.
My question is this:
To avoid picking up the 'Q', is it then acceptable to claim you cannot go, even if you can?
This would either:
A - Force them to regain possession of the 'Q' from the bag after playing their next turn.
Or alternatively,
B - Force a stalemate, with both players claiming an inability to proceed, thus ending the game, but with the likelihood of a win for yourself?.
And before you ask, yes, Ms S and I are both very competitive when it comes to silly board games and I'm sadder than a kitten's funeral. 😀
You shouldn't know what letters they have on the rack, so your question is irrelevant.
But you know there is only one letter remaining in the bag and there is no 'Q' on the board.
Pretty obvious what's going on. 🙂
You can't swap tiles when there are less than 7 tiles in the bag. Can you play "Qi" anywhere?
skaifan - MemberYou can't swap tiles when there are less than 7 tiles in the bag.
Never heard of that, unless the rules have changed recently.
EDIT - just checked, the '6 or fewer tiles' rule only applies to Tournaments. 😐
Might have to introduce that for domestic games, to avoid any further 'incidents'. 🙂
Sadly, there were no opportunities for 'Qi', 'Qat' or any other U free Q words.
The object of Scrabble, as with any other board game, is to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
If it's within the rules, do it.
And what Druidh said, you're tile counting and you know there is a Q and one other letter left. How do you know the Q is on your opponents rack, not in the bag ?
Qantas? 😉
MidlandTrailquestsGraham - MemberAnd what Druidh said, you're tile counting and you know there is a Q and one other letter left. How do you know the Q is on your opponents rack, not in the bag ?
All the 'U's were accounted for, as were the blanks, the 'J' and the 'X'.
You don't know for sure, but the balance of probability suggests it's the only logical outcome. 🙂
And now wrong with tile counting, standard practice round these parts.
Can you not just have angry sex and be done with it?
Some games' mechanics derive from misdirection or even lying. Scrabble isn't one of them. I employ this sort of gamesmanship from time-to-time 😉
Bear in-mind that you are playing your wife - there's a lot at stake!
Easy answer. If you can make a word you must make a word, to deny that you can in order to force the person to regain the Q would be cheating.
Easy answer. If you can make a word you must make a word, to deny that you can in order to force the person to regain the Q would be cheating.
+1 - although: all's fair in love and war. And that includes marriage.
Can you not just have angry sex and be done with it?
After Scrabble? "Yeah! [b]That's[/b] a triple word score, bitch!" - "I'd have preferred one with seven letters." Etc.
You should try my [i]awesome [/i]Special Rule for Scrabble. You're allowed to play words which are not in the dictionary but any one of the words you play can be challenged for being invalid. The twist is that the challenger has to gamble a certain number of their points: if the challenge is upheld (word not in dictionary), they take that number of points from you; if the challenge fails (word was in dictionary), you take that number of points from them. It is so much fun (= it leads to lots of bad-tempered fights and hurt feelings).