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‘LESS COMPETITIVE’ VERSION OF THE GAME
LONDON (TND) – A new version of Scrabble is set to be released
for the first time in 75 years and the updated rendition of the
iconic board game is reportedly aimed at a Gen Z audience.
The updated version, to be released in Europe, will include two
sides, one side with the original game for players who want to
stick to the traditional version and a second, "less competitive"
version to appeal to Gen Z players, BBC first reported.
The second side, called Scrabble Together, will include helper
cards, using a simpler scoring system that will be quicker to
play and allow people to play in teams.
Broadcaster and British Scrabble president, Gyles Brandreth,
told BBC Radio 4 Today that Mattel, the maker of the game,
had done some research and found that younger, Gen Z people
don’t like the "competitive nature" of the game as much as older generations. In response, he said the newer version would be
"easier" and "more inclusive."
FOX NEWS
‘’FROGMAN’’ HAS DIED AT AGE 87
EW ORLEANS (AP) — Clarence “Frogman” Henry, who was one
of New Orleans’ best known old-time R&B singers and scored a
hit at age 19 with “Ain’t Got No Home," and later with the hit song
”(I Don’t Know Why) But I Do” died Sunday night. No cause of
death was given.
FIRST ASTRONAUTS INTRODUCED IN 1959
On April 9, 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) introduced America’s first
astronauts to the press: Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon
Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil “Gus” Grissom,
Walter Schirra Jr., Alan Shepard Jr. and Donald Slayton.
The seven men, all military test pilots, were carefully
selected from a group of 32 candidates to take part in
Project Mercury, America’s first manned space program,
planned to begin orbital flights in 1961.
From Top Left: Alan B. Shepard, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, L.
Gordon Cooper
Bottom Left: Wally Schirra, Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, John
Glenn and Scott Carpenter.
‘’HAMMER’’ HITS HOME RUN NUMBER 715
On this day in 1974 — In the opener in Atlanta, Hank Aaron broke
Babe Ruth’s career record by hitting his 715th home run off Los
Angeles left-hander Al Downing in the fourth inning. The Braves
beat the Dodgers 7-4 before a crowd of nearly 54,000.
Henry “Hank” Louis Aaron (1934 – 2021)
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