Scrabble, journalism, golden ages, oh my!
by CarolineTwo weeks ago I competed in a Scrabble tournament with the Chicago Northside Scrabble Meetup.
The Chicago Journal covered the event in this article, including a blow-by-blow of my terrible first game.
My friend Adrian Mannella ran the tournament. The Journal writer asked about the Scrabble surge and Adrian said the magic words:
“The golden age of Scrabble, if I had to put a date on it, would be in the 1950s . . . at that time playing board games like this, with your family, was at a peak.”
No wonder we all still own our grandparents’ (aetataureate) Scrabble sets.
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I want to be in a Scrabble tournament!