This is going to sound crazy, I know, but there was a time before smartphones when people played board games right in front of other actual people and Scrabble was (and is) one of the best. Get this version in a retro package and have some good old fashioned nerd fun.

(OK, sometimes my husband and I play Words with Friends while sitting next to each other, but I digress...)

FIND IT: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001IWCW9Q/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mothisblisort-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=B001IWCW9Q">Amazon*</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mothisblisort-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B001IWCW9Q&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" />, <a href="http://reviews.walmart.com/1336/10268773/scrabble-retro-edition-reviews/reviews.htm">Walmart</a>

<em>*affiliate link</em>