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jacquesm on Dec 31, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Rethinking the value of Scrabble tiles

At a guess check-mate is the most surprising to neophytes. It gets them every time no matter how often it happens.

lmm on Dec 31, 2012 [–]

Huh? If checkmate is confusing you can just play until you take the opponent's king, with minimal difference to the game.

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