Aardscrabble

Help Aardscrabble

Aardscrabble is a special ongoing contest.  Players can form words using
game pieces they find on mobs.  These words may be turned in to Oladon,
Flat, Dreamfyre, Madcatz, Rumour, or Elvendar.  The other immortal staff
are NOT to be bothered about words.

The basic format will be as follows:

A.  Playing pieces will be distributed by randomly giving
them to mobs, awarding them as prizes, and other methods.

B.  There will be several sets of playing pieces distributed.
There will be two types of pieces in each set.

Letters and multipliers:                                           

Legend:  Keyword, Value (# in set)
-A-, 1 (9) -B-, 3 (2) -C-, 3 (2) -D-, 2 (4) -E-, 1 (12)-F-, 4 (2)
-G-, 2 (3) -H-, 4 (2) -I-, 1 (9) -J-, 8 (1) -K-, 5 (1) -L-, 1 (4)
-M-, 3 (2) -N-, 1 (6) -O-, 1 (8) -P-, 3 (2) -Q-, 10(1) -R-, 1 (6)
-S-, 1 (4) -T-, 1 (6) -U-, 1 (4) -V-, 4 (2) -W-, 4 (2) -X-, 8 (1)
-Y-, 4 (4) -Z-, 10 (1) -blank-, 0 (2)

Multipliers - Restrictions (# in set)
Keyword, description
-dls-, Double Letter Score - Position 1, 3, 5, or 7 in word (3)
      Double Letter Score - Position 2, 4, or 6 in word (3)
      Double Letter Score - Position any in word (3)
-tls-, Triple Letter Score - Position 4 in word (3)
      Triple Letter Score - Position 1, 2, or 6, or 7 (3)
-dws-, Double Word Score - Position 1, 4, or 7 in word (3)
      Double Word Score - Position 2, 4, or 6  in word (3)
-tws-, Triple Word Score - Position 1, or 7 in word (2)
      Triple Word Score - Position 4 in word (2)       

125 pieces total in each set.

Scoring

- Words will be scored according to the point value of the pieces.
- Building a word with length of 7 letters or more will get a 50 point
  bonus after the word is scored.
- No more than 2 multipliers may be used per word.  Only one multiplier may
  be used in any given position.
- All letter multipliers will be applied before any whole-word
  modifiers are calculated.
- Players will get 1 qp for each point in a word they submit.
- A word will be considered legit if it can be found in the Official
  Scrabble Player's Dictionary - Second Ed. Redwood Ed., or if the word
  is permitted as part of a special contest.
- The BLANK tiles can be used to replace any letter in a word, but have a
  value of zero.
- Only ONE blank tile may be submitted per word.

Periodically contests will be held with prizes for the best word in a
category. All players are expected as a matter of course to respect the MP
rules of this MUD at all times, including during this contest.