SCRABBLE Readme

SCRABBLE™
Version 1.0
Release Date: March 06, 2013
Build Date: February 27, 2013
Developed by Sperasoft, Inc.
Published by PopCap Games, Inc.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

- System Requirements
- Important Health and Safety Information
- Help
- Setup
  - Controls
  - Options
- Gameplay
  - Game Modes
  - Rules
  - Scoring
  - Game Styles
  - Duplicate
  - Letter Distribution
- Version History
- License Agreement with Warranty
- Legal Information

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS [back to top]
OS*: Windows XP SP3/Vista/7
Processor: 1.4+GHz (minimum)
Memory (RAM): 2+GB (minimum)
Free Hard Drive Space: 100+MB
DirectX Version: 9.0c+
Sound: DirectX 9.0c or higher-compatible
Video: DirectX 9.0c or higher-compatible; 256+MB (minimum), 512+MB (recommended)
Color Quality: 16-bit or 32-bit color mode
Controls: Keyboard and mouse
Internet: Internet connection is required to register/unlock game trials — including those delivered via CD-ROM.

> *You must be an administrator to install and run this game.

IMPORTANT HEALTH AND SAFETY INFORMATION [back to top]

A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including certain light patterns, flashing lights, or saturated red colors. Exposure to certain patterns or backgrounds on a video monitor, or while playing video games attached to a monitor, may induce an epileptic-like seizure.

These conditions may induce previously undetected epileptic symptoms even in persons who have no history of prior seizures or epilepsy. If you, or anyone in your family, have a history of epilepsy or seizures, consult your physician prior to playing.

Immediately stop playing and consult a doctor if you experience any of the following symptoms:

- Dizziness
- Altered vision
- Eye or muscle twitches
- Loss of awareness
- Disorientation
- Involuntary movement or convulsions

Parents should watch for or ask their children about the above symptoms - children and teenagers are more likely than adults to experience these seizures.

To reduce the likelihood of a seizure when playing video games:

- Sit or stand as far from the screen as possible.
- Play video games on the smallest available monitor.
- Do not play if you are tired or need sleep.
- Play in a well-lit room.
- Take a 10 to 15 minute break every hour.

HELP [back to top]

If you require assistance with your game, please visit us here: support@bigfishgames.com.

SETUP [back to top]

Controls

PLACE A TILE:
Drag a letter tile from the rack and release it above the board.

RE-ARRANGE RACK TILES:
Drag a tile along the rack and release it to change its position.

EXCHANGE TILES:
Click the Swap button to activate this function. Highlight the tiles to exchange by clicking on each tile. Click OK.

Highlighted tiles on the rack are replaced with new tiles from the bag. Exchange ends your turn, and you score zero points. You cannot exchange tiles if there are less than 7 tiles left in the bag.

SHUFFLE TILES:
Click the Shuffle button to randomly re-arrange tiles on the rack.

RECALL LETTERS:
Click the Recall button to return the placed tiles back to the rack, all at once.

BEST WORD:
Clicking the Best Word button creates the highest-scoring word possible out of your tiles and places it on the board as your turn. Each Best Word that you play removes a heart from your score box.

Best Word Option is available in Solo and Hot Seat games.

DICTIONARY:
Look up words for validity and review the two-letter word list.

SCRABBLE TEACHER:
Use the Teacher button to compare your word with the best available word from your rack's tiles. The Teacher is only available in Solo games.

KEYBOARD CONTROLS:

- Arrow keys - navigate marker on the game board;
- Letter keys - place corresponding letter tile on marked cell;
- 'Space' key - place blank tile on marked cell;
- 'Backspace' or 'Delete' key - put a tile, that was placed during current turn, back to the rack;
- 'Esc' key - open Main Menu;
- '1' or 'F1' - show remaining tiles;
- '2' or 'F2' - open Dictionary;
- '3' or 'F3' - use Best Word function;
- '4' or 'F4' - select tiles for swapping;
- '5' or 'F5' - shuffle tiles in your rack;
- 'Enter' key - end turn (either with placed word or with pass) and skip tile placement animation.

Options

GAME MUSIC:
You can turn the game's music ON or OFF.

VOLUME:
Adjust the music and sound effects level.

GAME TIPS:
When this option is ON, a popup gives you tips on the game each time you start a new game.

SCOREBOARD:
When this option is ON, a scoreboard that keeps track of every word played on the board is displayed during a game.

RESET GAME:
Erase games and statistics.

GAMEPLAY [back to top]

Game Modes

PLAY NOW:

Play by yourself or against a computer opponent. The computer can be set to EASY, NORMAL or HARD.

HOT SEAT:

A Hot Seat game can be played with up to 4 players using only one computer. While one of the players I making his turn, all others must turn around or leave the room, so the active player's rack remains hidden.

SCRABBLE will attempt to resume an interrupted game if it can.

Rules

Score points by creating words from the seven tiles on the rack and placing them on the board.

Words can run from left to right or top to bottom, but not diagonally.

The first word played must cover the star at the center of the board. Other words must use at least one tile already on the board.

The rack is refilled to seven tiles after each play, as long as there are sufficient tiles left in the bag.

Some offensive or obscure words are intentionally omitted from the dictionary.

Scoring

The number on each tile indicates the point value for that tile.

When placed on the board, the total points of all new words formed by the tiles are added to the player's score.

Cover bonus squares to boost scores; red squares double the word score, orange squares triple the word score, blue squares double the letter score, and green squares triple the letter score.

BINGOS:
Placing all seven tiles in a single play earns a fifty-point bonus.

A blank tile can be used as any letter, but has no point value.

When the game ends, each player's score is reduced by the sum of their remaining tiles. If a player has emptied his rack, the sum of all other players' remaining tiles are added to his score.

Game Styles

CLASSIC GAME:
There is no word count limit and no score limit. The game ends after six consecutive zero-point turns, or when one player empties his/her rack after the bag has been emptied.

75- OR 150-POINT GAME:
There is no word count limit. The game ends when a player reaches 75 or 1560 points. If the game ends before the set point limit is reached, the player with the highest score wins. Unplayed tiles left in the racks are not subtracted from the score.

8- OR 12-ROUND GAME:
The game ends after the eighth or twelfth round. The player with the highest score wins. If the game ends before the last turn, the player with the highest score wins.

Duplicate

In Duplicate mode, the same single rack is used by all players. This evens out the luck of the draw.

Each opponent submits a word and the highest-scoring word is put on the board.

All the letters in the rack are exchanged after a scoreless round, or when the rack is unbalanced. A rack is considered unbalanced when it does not contain at least two vowels and two consonants during the first fifteen turns, and one vowel and one consonant after that.

In case of a word tie, all players get the points.

In case of a point tie, all players get the points and the game randomly selects which word gets played.

In Duplicate mode, the game ends automatically if both the rack and the letter bag do not contain at least one consonant and one vowel. Furthermore, if the letter bag is empty and every player skips a turn, the game ends automatically.

The Swap button is disabled in a Duplicate game.

Letter Distribution

English language editions of SCRABBLE contain on-hundred letter tiles, in the following distribution:

- 2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
- 1 point: E (12), A (9), I (9), O (8), R (6), N (6), T (6), L (4), S (4), U (4)
- 2 points: D (4), G (3)
- 3 points: B (2), C (2), M (2), P (2)
- 4 points: F (2), H (2), V (2), W (2), Y (2)
- 5 points: K (1)
- 8 points: J (1), X (1)
- 10 points: Q (1), Z (1)

VERSION HISTORY [back to top]
1.0 | Initial release!
LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH WARRANTY [back to top]
Please see the End User License Agreement applicable to this game.

LEGAL INFORMATION [back to top]

©2013 Electronic Farts Inc. PopCap is a trademark of Electronic Farts Inc. HASBRO and its logo, SCRABBLE, the associated logo, the design of the distinctive SCRABBLE brand game board, and the distinctive letter tile designs are trademarks of Hasbro in the United States and Canada and are used with permission. ©2013 Hasbro. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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