SLACKERJACK - Word Monaco
Then buzz it up
August 29th, 2006 at 12:30 by Stuart Heritage
Word games are so deeply unfashionable these days that - if you go to a newsagents to buy a book of crosswords - you're almost guaranteed to be set upon and kicked about the head by a gang of narrow-minded Sudoku-addicted pensioners out to get their fix.
Of course, there's one obvious solution to this - play your word games at work where they can't assault you. And if you're playing a word game, you may as well play Word Monaco, because it's one of the best. Word Monaco is a brilliant half-Scrabble half-Solitaire game where, instead of trying to create rows of descending numbers, you have to go all out to make words. The best thing about Word Monaco is that it's as hard as you want it to be - those of you who want to push their brains a bit more can try and bust out the longest Word Monaco words they can while novices can stick to four or five letter words. And why is Word Monaco called World Monaco instead of Scrabbley Solitaire game? Buggered if we know, frankly.
August 31st, 2006 at 7:22 am
Your review and your web site are hysterical. In regards to why the game is named Word Monaco. There are many psychological reasons for this.
Mostl;y it is because I live in Seattle and Monaco is a nice warm place to think about during the winter.