As a big fan of Scrabble, I anxiously purchased the Deluxe edition for Christmas for my 10 and 13 year old, remembering the days of playing the old Deluxe version with my Mom. My anticipation and excitement was quickly replaced by surprise and disapointment at the cheap and flimsy board that I found in the box. What happened?!?!?!?!? (...)I don't feel they put $10 worth of work into this thing. While still nicer that the standard version, it defintely comes short of the old version with the plastic board that keeps peices in place; this one is a cheap imitation with a thin cardboard playing board with tiny ridges that is not even attached to the playing surface - there are actually waves in the board!! Very disappointing effort all around.