Europeans will appreciate it far more. Americans, in general, don’t understand why cooperative board games are so much better than competitive. It was such a revelation when I tried my first (and still favorite) cooperative game- Scotland Yard. Admittedly, competition is still a small part of the game, but the idea that you could play a board game and the point wasn’t to destroy everyone else? I didn’t even realize it was a concept.
Interestingly while Hasbro owns the rights to sell scrabble in the US, Mattel owns the rights for the rest of the world. Which is why this version is not available here.
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Europeans will appreciate it far more. Americans, in general, don’t understand why cooperative board games are so much better than competitive. It was such a revelation when I tried my first (and still favorite) cooperative game- Scotland Yard. Admittedly, competition is still a small part of the game, but the idea that you could play a board game and the point wasn’t to destroy everyone else? I didn’t even realize it was a concept.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/438/scotland-yard
Interestingly while Hasbro owns the rights to sell scrabble in the US, Mattel owns the rights for the rest of the world. Which is why this version is not available here.