Trickster tale leaves word game wizards reeling

FOR much of yesterday morning, the literati were reeling in shock as the BBC news website heralded Armageddon.

For the first time in its history, the makers of the much-loved board game, Scrabble, were to allow the use of proper nouns, it reported. Mattel said the rule change would appeal to younger players.

Such rule changes, it stated, would allow players to use people’s names, place names and company names.