W₄H₄A₁T₁ G₂A₁M₃E₁?

The game pieces, as I bought them, I doubt are complete (some of the letter-dice I picked up off the floor, there was no Scrabble branded box or lid, no instructions). I'm pretty sure it's an 'official' Scrabble product though. The letter dice have values exactly matching traditional amounts.

The plastic 'board' is a molded grid of only 11x11 cells. The center one is slightly different than the surrounding ones. Nothing denotes bonus spaces (Double Word Scores, or the like). There are only 72 letter cubes (but again, some might be missing). The same letter appears on each face of aparticular cube, so the 'dice' seem not to be for randomization, but rather simple it fit well in the plasic grid.

My best guess is that this is some sort of 'travel' version of the game. Maybe the grid was placed over a paper with special bonus square markings?

If any readers have further information, I'd love to jear about it (leave comments below). The small images on this page are linked to slightly more detailed pictures.

-- Eric

P.S.: Well, about 5 minutes after posting this entry, I more carefully perused Boardgame Geek and discovered the game's identity. It is Scrabble Brand R.S.V.P. Three Dimensional Crossword Game from 1958. Evidently 84 letter dice came with the original, so, as I suspected, I'm missing a few pieces.

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