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This is not a lie – we rock at Scrabble. We even played Scrabble using French words once; kind of a pretentious pursuit, but fun nonetheless. Here in Chicago, you can still get your Scrabble on even if you don’t own the game; lots of bars and coffee shops have Scrabble and other board games on their shelves, available for play. And in our opinion, there is no better way to impress a girl on a date than whipping her ass in Scrabble (or Connect Four, or Battleship).
For those who are searching for more than the occasional cozy game of Scrabble, or if you are merely looking for something to do on a Sunday afternoon, Swim Café in West Town hosts Scrabble Sundays every Sunday from 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. If you’re not playing to win, then you should be – game winners can bring their score sheets up to the counter for a free drink. Swim Café is also home to the next Chicago Scrabble Meetup, a get-together for those who are more interested in serious recreational games of Scrabble. Next month’s Meetup is on Sunday, March 2 at 2 p.m.
Oh, but there’s more. There are several local chapters of the National Scrabble Association (NSA), which have individual weekly meetings throughout the Chicagoland area. The NSA also hosts tons of tournaments throughout the year, with the next Chicago tournament being held in Mundelein on March 22 and 23.
Dorks like us who like watching the National Spelling Bee Championships will get a treat in July; the United States Scrabble Open will be televised live on ESPN. And finally, here's a piece of Scrabble trivia for you: there are 101 acceptable 2 letter words in competitive Scrabble. Perfect trapped-inside-memorization activity whilst weathering tonight’s snowstorm, no?
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Forget scrabble... Who here wants to have a Chicagoist commenter Trivial Pursuit throwdown?
We can meet at a board-game friendly bar, and I can take all of you punk-ass chumps down with my mad pie-filling skills.
Seriously, I want a piece of Navin.
spookhates:
I will kill you all at Trivial Pursuit.
Spav1
Did YOU get your pride took and shook at a certain Logan Square bar this Friday!? Was that you?!
Spook:
I don't go to Logan Square. Ugh.
I did however, enjoy two Cigarettes at a bar in Lakeview this weekend.
Thanks for asking.
brillant! if people are up for it i will post something with an official date/place/time. i will be watching these comments closely today.
Well My favorite Barkeep/ owner and I gave some one the treatment( I was more of the heavy!) for smoking at a table after she came up and tried to order another drink! She had dark hair so I wasn't sure. No problem but be sure to stay in your own hood! Be warned, stir clear of Logan Square! O.K back to the subject....
If Spook shows up and I beat him, I get to blow smoke in his face. If I lose, I will promise to respect the smoking ordinance.
How do you know I have dark hair?
Just by the photo, but don't get all crazy now, I'm no stalker and you certainly don't have to worry about me going to your hood!
What about the bet?
That is a photo of Katie Holmes, btw.
I'd be down for a trivial pursuit game.
Some how I get the feeling that she Katie Homes aint no relationship to Sherlock. Yea ya Spook was cool enough to get away with rocking the hounds tooth Sherlock homes hat Freshman year H.S and it caught on too!
but to your question Naaaa, Spav! I don't think bars and board games mix! But who knows? I have been known to have a certain amount of vanity about looks,athletic ability, style and of course intellect. But the wager would have to be about something I want as in a case of good beer or a bottle of sum'n sum'n.
And as long as the questions are not about sports or celebraties.
I found that response rambling and incoherent, which I will take as a sign of your fear.
Again, I would like to play trivial pursuit. And not the "fun" ones, liek star wars or 60's music, the really boring one for old people that talks about historical events.
ok so thats matty, spav, hatespuppies, and maybe the elusive spook. still not enough people.
no one else seems to care that spav will adhere to the smoking bans if she loses. this is huge, people!
@matty:
Like Genus 6?
Where all the entertaiment questions are about Marilyn Monroe or My Fair Lady?
If we get enough people, we should have some sort of draft.
And Spav1: Don't step to the B.A. in American History from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas unless you want to get served. We're the Harvard of the Mojave Desert.
Also, I know Shannon, the old weekend editor would be down.
How many people does it take to play? Plus it would be more fun with drinks. Duh.
spookhates:
Well don't under-estimate my degree in poli sci from Truman State University, rated a "best-buy" in U.S. News and World Reports. Also known as "The Princeton of the Prairie"
And my age will be an advantage.
im just trying to calculate what the standard deviation would be between people who say they are interested and those who actually show up.
anyways, since hatespuppies came up with the idea, does he have a particular bar in mind? that will help me get the ball rolling.....
I'm an angry house-bound misanthrope, so I don't know any bars that have a nice wide area to hunker down and play board games in. But I know they exist.
Sheffield's in Lakeview comes to mind. If anyone knows of one in Westown/Wicker Park/Logan Square, that would be swell as well.
I'm free Wednesday-Friday Nights.
The gauntlet has been thrown down...
And it really only takes two to play, but four to six is ideal. If we get more, I suggest teams.
And yes, matty and spook, I agree. I'm really good at sports and movies, but none of this pop culture nonsense. Let us decide this on the field of history, science, and the arts.
And seeing as how I probably don't want to see any of you naked, strip rules are out. So, play for drinks instead?
standard bubble boy rules apply??
I know that the green eye on western (western blue line stop going to ohare) has trivial pursuit.
@Matty:
Is it roomy enough and won't be crazy slammed on a Friday night so we can hear each other? I've passed it before (Margie's Candies is like an addiction to me) but never went inside.
And I have the game, and can buy the latest Genus booster pack, the time and location is the only thing that needs to be worked out... and hyped for the entire week to ensure a decent turnout.
We should compile some sort of list of comment trolls we want to all beat up on, though.
hmmm, it might be kind of crowded but not if you get there early. It's not particularly cozy, however.
Are you sure Friday is the best day for this?
I was just randomly naming a day.
like i said, ill try to do a post once we pick a day and place (wed or thurs might be better, maybe 8:00?) sheffields would be good, since spav seems to hang out in lakeview, too.
then direct challenges to comment trolls can be issued from there. spook seems to be already waning under the pressure.
Sheffields has two HUGE back rooms, is never that busy and has an extensive beer menu for all the men...
And since spookhates HAS it, we don't need to go somewhere that has it.
What are we playing for Amy?
Then Sheffield's sounds great!
ha i dont know but at the very least the losers should be required to begin every disagreeable post with "you speak eloquently and intelligently[winner of trivial pursuit], but i respectfully disagree."
for one month.
Spook,
Alot of people will be gunning for you at any such event. Maybe you could pick a bar in Englewood to scare off some of the less confident.
Winner should get "Commenter of the Month", a handsome t-shirt, and rights to fight the Gaper's Block champ.
Losers get exiled and have to comment on each and every Shanghai-ist post for a month.
So, I have Sheffield's, 8pm, Thursday penciled in for now. If there's any disagreements...
As in this thursday? hummmmm I see I what's wrong with political organizing in this city.
And shucks, and what's up with the Lake View hood? I mean what is this a cubs game or something? Perhaps if we had a week or two, or three we could hold a on line plebiscite to find a common hood, I mean we got lots of folk in Humbolt Park,
Logan Square,etc on Chicagoist, so we might favor the Map Room,( off the blue line) because the music at the Green Eye sucks and folks that dress like bikers give me the he be gee bees. But on the real most chill, you folks do what you like, meet in LakeView, intellectually amp up or as Marlow said in The Wire "tool up" -intellectually that is- and when yall ready those on the Northwest side will deal with yall on a later date at a later bar.
Cause Truman College might be the Princeton of the midwest( not sure what N.Western, U of C, or U of M might say_ But I'm schooled in the East and I'm just not talking hip hop, feel me?
p.s I'm not rolling with out knowing some one's got my back, so I'm talking my stanch Commentators of the Month supporters, Kevin, Sudo, Sondack, Matty, etc, Margaret, Hates Pups, the Ward brothers, the Baby on Board mothers, Spiv1,Matilda, Gorilla ect, ect, etc, Yall might be trying to cold assassinate me like Tupac!
And who is this Amy( snow flake) Mikle, she just turns up out of no where? She might be "Joe from Paris" Trying to play me like Patrice Lumumba in the Congo!, Google Yall! I'm a student of history like Stringer Bell from the Wire!
p.s I mean my supporters are only
Kevin, Sudo, Sundack and, Matty,
mean while Margaret, Hates Pups, the Ward brothers, the Baby on Board mothers, Spiv1,Matilda, Gorilla, Tank Boy, ect, ect, etc are haters
Like the Wu Tang said "protect your neck"
Sheffield's? Thursday at 8? I might be game...
But I propose that when Spook loses, he acquiesce to being photographed while holding a baby...wearing fraternity letters, flip flops and a Cubs baseball cap...leaning against an idling, gas-guzzling SUV with a yellow lab in the front seat...against a picturesque Lincoln Park backdrop.
How's that sound?
Spook:
Only you would make a random spontaneous fun time into a giant freaking political statement. For god sakes, it's about getting together, drinking, and talking shit without having someone structure it behind a post.
Get yer ass on a Vespa and roll out. It's easy and fun.
Also, if you're nice I'll tell you who killed Snoop.
Spook:
I will say it again: You are a pussy.
And I went to Truman State University. Asshole.
"pussy"?
I guess Truman didn't has a strong woman's studies department Spav1 ;-)
That's a good one Pink :-)
Hates Pups, are you one of those who enjoy ruining Surprise parties!?!.
Man we need another couple of years of The Wire! I mean The Saprano's ran for years!
Spook I thought we were friends