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My dad is in his late 70s, not good with technology and likes to play scrabble. We used to play a game every week on the weekend. So I thought now would be a go
by afro88 7y ago
My dad is in his late 70s, not good with technology and likes to play scrabble. We used to play a game every week on the weekend. So I thought now would be a good time to download an app to each of our ipads and play online during lockdown.
So as it turns out, there is no good easy clean online scrabble game. They're all horrifyingly gamified, "social" with lots of bots and fake accounts (one with bonus forced facebook login) and full of ads to trick you into downloading other things. All features that my poor non-techy dad would get confused and put off by. I was amazed.
So does anyone know of a good simple clean way to play scrabble remotely?
- Torwald 7y agoyou could create board in google docs spreadsheet and create stack of letters via script maybe browser plugin if needed.
- joemasilotti 7y agoIt's kind of sad, to be honest. The official Scrabble app does exactly what you want, but only for pass-and-play. (At least it did a few years ago when I played.) I wonder if you could set up the game at your house, physically, with a camera pointed bird's eye view. He wouldn't be able to move his pieces, but he might be able to communicate via a video chat?
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