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The "Scrabble" title from Harper Collins established "Need To Know?" range of titles is a well-written and informative guide for beginners and club-level players looking to improve their game. Written by the BBC radio comedy writer and long-time Scrabble expert Barry Grossman, who previously authored the enormously popular "Scrabble For Beginners" (Chambers), this new title is already proving to be just as successful.
Thirteen chapters cover everything from the basics and the two- and three-letter words up to bonus plays, high-scoring letters, endgame strategies, Scrabble variants and much more. By far the easiest-to-read and most enjoyable Scrabble book on the market, we are proud to be stocking this exciting new title at 15% discount from RRP.
NB: Fully compliant with Collins Scrabble Words 2007
£8.50 
(RRP £9.99)
How To Win At Scrabble has been welcomed by club and tournament players as an indispensable manual for the more serious side of Scrabble. Unlike Stefan Fatsis's Word Freak, this book is written by British authors and focuses mainly on the UK competitive Scrabble scene.
The two authors, both World Championship level players, have included chapters on word learning, strategy and game psychology, together with full details of the most useful playing resources, equipment and Scrabble software. There is also a detailed annotation of a crucial World Championship Final game.
Invaluable for both seasoned tournament players and 'Sunday afternoon' players who can beat the rest of the family and want to know more about the competitive Scrabble scene.
£10.50
(RRP is £12.99)
(review from amazon.com)
Like a cross between a linguistic spy and a lexicographic Olympic athlete, journalist Stefan Fatsis gave himself a year to penetrate the highest echelons of international Scrabble competition. Word Freak is the account of his journey. It's a wacky grab bag of travelogue, history, party journal, and psychological study of the misfits and goofballs whose lives are measured out in Scrabble tiles.
Fatsis gives us all the facts about Scrabble--from the story of the down-on-his-luck architect who invented the game in the 1930s to the intricacies of individual international competitions and the corporate wars to control the world's favorite word game. He keeps the reader turning the pages as we get involved in the lives of the Scrabble obsessives: men and women who have a point to prove against the world and have chosen Scrabble as their playground and their pulpit. As Fatsis goes on his own quest to attain the coveted Expert rating, we actually get obsessed with him as he lies awake at night pondering moves and memorizing lists of words. For anybody who is interested in words, Word Freak provides an entertaining and absorbing read.
£5.50 (paperback)
(RRP is £6.99)
This book gives details of 22 of the best games played at the first World Championships, which took place in London in 1991. Expert player and Scrabble historian Darryl Francis guides the reader through the most memorable moments, including Brian Cappelletto's astonishing play of GOLDFISH for 176 in the semi-final and Canadian David Boys' disallowed (but amusing for the audience) PISSIER!
A worthy addition to any Scrabble book collection as an insight into the minds of the world's best players. Tilefish has bought up the last few copies and we can offer you this book for the amazing price of just two pounds!
£2.00
(RRP is £5.99)
