…with Gary Moss

Building on ‘good fortune’ is like building on ‘sand’. One minute you have a magnificent sand castle, the next minute a wave can wash it away.

Even novice scrabble players can get the tiles to play an impressive word or achieve an impressive win, but without a word arsenal and employing winning strategies, the novice will struggle to withstand the challenges provided by the players who know the 2s and 3s and high-probability-stems.

Ask ten different club scrabble players what to do to build your scrabble playing expertise and you will most likely get ten different answers.

Experience has taught me that just because a person is an ‘expert’ in their field, it doesn’t mean that they have the talent to teach others. Example: There is a high rated player (who shall remain nameless) who attends clubs where I have attended. This player means to be helpful. This player likely to glam onto newbies, hoping to recruit them to become regulars. BUT, the amount of information provided to the newbie in a single session is enough to make them feel inadequate and want to get up from the table and run away.

Experience has allowed me to witness other newbies walk into a club and gravitate to the weakest players. This type of newbie asks for advice from people who may not know the ‘best’ answers. It is sort of like asking a good cook how to solve a quadratic equation.

Like the guy on TV who sells Fram Oil Filters says, “Pay me now or pay me later.”

I am an educator by profession (M.A. and B.S. in Education ((Wayne State University)).
I am a scrabble director, sanctioned by NASPA (North American Scrabble Players Association).
I have directed more than 250 sanctioned tournaments and 2,500 club session (1989-present).

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Like the 3rd Little Pig, I only build with bricks, providing the strongest foundation possible.