Board Options

There are several options for your Scrabble board needs. REMEMBER, you need a rotating board (sometimes called a Scrabble Deluxe board), NOT a flat board.

FOR THE CHEAPIES: Dig around a closet, attic, or basement at your house or a friend's house and you have a 64% chance of finding a Scrabble Deluxe game set circa 1976, probably with a ligth blue base. I have one of these. This will do.

FOR THE BUDGET CONSCIOUS: Go to Target and buy a new Scrabble Deluxe game set.

IF MONEY IS NO OPTION: Order a custom board from any of the approximately five people in the U.S. who make boards. Here's an example.

IF YOU ARE HANDY: Make your own custom board. I've made two and I have one more in the works before I permanently retire from board-making.

Some advice. This is an important Scrabble rule: you shouldn't spend your time worrying what others think about you. BUT, you need to work into a custom board slowly. You do not want to show up for your first club game or tournament with a brand-spanking-new $200 custom board and then lose all of your games. This is known as ALL BOARD NO GAME. At the same time, you do not want to show up with an old Deluxe board that barely spins and is still in its original box which is falling apart and has slips of paper in it documenting old games between your Aunt Maddy and Uncle Larry.