[Brian,
Tuesday May 19, 2009 at 9:47pm]
Qwirkle
(Two new games in two days...its almost like I'm a gamer).
Basically scrabble with symbols. Clever, but I prefer Scrabble with words. Still, a nice change of pace and worth trying a few times.
The plus side is that this can be played with children (My youngest can read, but certainly can't build words from a random handful of letters).
2-player rewards planning; redraws are very tough decisions; and captures much of the tension of Scrabble's open vs closed playing styles.