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George Duke wrote on Fri, Jul 13, 2007 03:57 PM UTC:
Scrabble(TM) has greater SE quadrant 8x8. For convenience a-h and 1-8 differ from professional Scrabble(TM) notation. Only * (=Double or Triple Word) corresponds to actual official bonus squares. ~ is (Quadruple Word), - is (Quadruple Letter). There are seven(renewable) tiles and two chess pieces in hand each player: White b&n, 
8  *H___E___D___G___E___R___ ___*   Black r&n. Pieces are blockers and     
7    ___ ___ ___ ___ ___O___ ___    no tile or piece may stand             
6    __- ___ ___ ___ ___O___ ___    on same square. Each turn has
5    ___ ___b___ ___ __-K___ ___    two mandatory legs in order:
4    ___ __~ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___    either dropping or moving any
3    ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___    chess piece on board and
2    ___ ___ ___ __- ___ ___ ___    playing lettered tiles normally.
1   *___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___*  1)White plays: b-f8; a8 HEDGE,20 pts. 
    a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h  1)...Black: b f8-c5;
                                     f8 HEDGER ROOK,             34 pts.