Alfapet (1994)

When Scrabble was introduced in Sweden in the mid-1950s, it was translated as Alfapet, and sold under that name for decades. In 1994, the rights to the game reverted to the original publisher for some reason, but the rights to the name Alfapet stayed with Alga.

Alga published a new letter-tile-laying game as Alfapet, while Mattel started publishing Scrabble in Sweden under its original name. The name Alfapet was much more known, so this game sold better (most people who had heard of "Scrabble" thought it to be the English version of "Alfapet").

To a large extent, Alfapet and Scrabble are very similar games. The boards look a bit different; in Alfapet, there are for instance squares that decrease the number of points you get for a word, and there are +4 and *4 squares. With special arrow tiles it is possible to make a turn in the middle of a word. With a stop tile, you are allowed to lay a word directly after another without actually using the letters from the original word. It is also legal to lay a word in parallel adjacent to an existing word, as long as all the words thus created the other way are legal.

To celebrate Alga's 90th anniversary a special limited edition was released called Alfapet Limited Edition. The only known difference in this limited edition is that it has a new dark design.

Re-implements:

• Scrabble