BanaScrab - A new game for Kablooey Mystery Cache
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BanaScrab - A new game for Kablooey
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Last Sunday my wife and I were enjoying a nice candlelit dinner. We
were celebrating a special day at our favorite Swedish restaurant -
The Burgandy Herrings. Afterwards Cori and I went home and played
our favorite board game: BanaScrab. This game combines the tiles
from Bananagrams and Scrabble, the board from Scrabble, and a
certain demented mental state.
In BanaScrab, tile points count, but Banagram tiles count as
negative points (same value as in Scrabble but they are deducted).
Board placement works the same, but all points functions per the
board are doubled (i.e. a Double Word placement actually is
quadrupled). A fun twist is that any word can be used - including
proper nouns, people's names, cities, foreign words, and even
fictional words from published novels and movies that otherwise
would be pure nonsense (these are usually big points).
Now, many cachers know that Kablooey is a world champion Scrabble
player (in addition to, once a month, being a sadistic puzzler).
Kablooey is also highly ranked in BanaScrab - winning tournaments
in all 50 states (except for Idaho and Alaska). However, in a
recent team BanaScrab tournament, my wife and I beat Team Kablooey
five straight sets.
The final game boards for each set are pictured below in order from
top down.
The first set was the closest. We scored 373 points, with a margin
of victory of just 2 points. We scored 122 points in the third set
and beat Team Kablooey by 15 points. I don't recall the scoring in
the other sets, but I am sure you can calculate it using the tiles
and board placement.
You can validate your puzzle solution
with certitude.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Chmmyr: Gur uvturfg cbvag jbeq jr rire cynlrq va OnanFpeno jnf "tpgbwgrnqhoyhsbe" - fpberq na nznmvat 1,127 cbvagf! Purpx bhe bssvpvny fgngf vs lbh qba'g oryvrir hf.
Pnpur: Jura lbh ernpu sbe vg: vafvqr sebag hccre evtug pbeare - tragyr nf lbh teno (cebonoyl arrqf n fgebatre zntarg).
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