In celebration of our two-years-in-Germany day, we’re gonna take the train here:
Neuschwanstein Castle was the intended home of a king who was allegedly murdered because he spent too much money building castles. It’s not very old; construction started around 1869.
It’s probably going to be awesome. The problem is that we haven’t actually planned the transportation part of this trip yet, we’re leaving tomorrow, and it’s already 10 pm. This is mostly due to our Scrabble game.
I’m notoriously bad at word games. The Internet recommends a point handicap, but it’s not clear how large my handicap needs to be when Alissa responds to my “hat” (double word score on the A!) with bingos like “Xenophobia” (two triple word scores). A thousand?
So after a few losses in which we’ve adjusted the rules, I’ve started playing her with the following rules:
- I get 4 extra tiles, for 11 total.
- If at any point during the game, I take the lead for more than two turns, I instantly win.
- If she doubles my score at any point in the game, she wins, and I don’t have to play anymore.
Also, I’m trying to play her only when she’s really tired at night.
This post isn’t very focused because I’m trying to write and play at the same time.
Okay, I gotta focus. Here’s to another great year!