On Tuesday 04 September 2007 09:40, John Van Pelt wrote: > I will surmise the answer thusly: No. > > You may have mistaken Quackle for something like the Scrabble CD, which is > an entertainment version of the "good time family fun game" or whatever > Hasbro calls it. Quackle is primarily an analysis tool. If you want to > have more even competition, the answer is not to weaken Quackle, but to > strengthen your own play.
Related question: are the tiles drawn truly randomly? The last time I played Quackle I found myself with AAEEINS and nothing to play through. I decide to play off the AE keeping AEINS. I draw AO, and Quackle slams down some easy bingo such as SEATING. Now my turn with AAEIONS. I play off the AO, and Quackle slams down another bingo. My next draw gives me a bingo, but I'm still down 100 points. At the end of the rout I review my plays and find most of them to be top, maybe losing 5 pts or so when they're not top. And this happens more often than not. I have good results (maybe 30% but I'm happy with that) if I get my share of the tiles.
