@derek I listened to a podcast interviewing a guy who wrote a book about popular games: https://www.thepodcastbrowser.com/oliver-roeder-on-the-enduring-appeal-of-chess-and-other-games/

Apparently he spent lots of time in grad school memorising words in order to become better at #Scrabble. If I remember correctly, he regrets it, because it's made it impossible for him to play Scrabble with regular people. It's not just that he always wins, but they suspect he's being unfair by making up words they don't know.

#games #chess
#ThePodcastBrowser