I just did a rough attempt, having added all letter frequencies cited so far and trying to find a comparable point value:<div><br></div><div><div>Letter Number Points</div><div>'<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>10<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1</div>
<div>a<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>10<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1</div><div>e<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>8<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1</div>
<div>I<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>8<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1</div><div>H<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>6<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1</div>
<div>o<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>6<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1</div><div>u<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1</div>
<div>j<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1</div><div>v<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1</div>
<div>m<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1</div><div>D<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2</div>
<div>g<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2</div><div>l<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2</div>
<div>q<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3</div><div>t<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3</div>
<div>ch<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3</div><div>b<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4</div>
<div>S<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4</div><div>p<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4</div>
<div>n<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4</div><div>w<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5</div>
<div>y<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5</div><div>r<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>8</div>
<div>tlh<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>8</div><div>Q<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>10</div>
<div>ng<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>10</div><div>?lank<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>0</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>100<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>87</div><div><br></div><div>The number of tiles (100) and the total point value (87) equal the English version of the game. What do you all think?</div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Michael Roney, Jr. PKT <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nahqun@gmail.com" target="_blank">nahqun@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Robyn Stewart <<a href="mailto:robyn@flyingstart.ca">robyn@flyingstart.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> Another question from the Canadian Scrabble-maker:<br>
> <a href="http://www.creativetrophies.ca" target="_blank">http://www.creativetrophies.ca</a><br>
><br>
> "Another question, how would you advise me to make the tiles; English and<br>
> pIqaD letters and numbers to help learn Klingon and/or just Klingon???"<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Personally, I would be interested in a pIqaD-only set.<br>
But I know that there are plenty of Klingonists who have no interest<br>
in learning pIqaD.<br>
<br>
I also know that I'd be more likely to get my wife to play if she<br>
could read the tiles...<br>
A few years back, my wife gladly played with qurgh's set and my pocket<br>
dictionary.<br>
<br>
Not knowing the costs to the tile maker, I'd suggest offering two sets.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
>>Now does anyone want to suggest which letter frequencies we diminish in order to bring the qaghwI' frequency up close to the 'at >>frequency? I'm fine with leaving the letter values as they are, even though it looks that tlh is overvalued, but it might improve >>playability to have a few more qaghwI'mey kicking around.<br>
<br>
</div>I would take all of the frequencies that have been tossed out, and do<br>
a bunch of math to get a more averaged frequency set.<br>
This way we're not basing it all off of one text or one person's writing style.<br>
<br>
I would then stare at those numbers and study the distributions here:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrabble_letter_distributions" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrabble_letter_distributions</a><br>
<br>
And try to find something comparable.<br>
<br>
As it's 7:30 in the morning, I'm going to get some sleep and I'll let<br>
someone else stare at the numbers...<br>
<br>
~naHQun<br>
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