I played this game over 20 years ago and thought about buying it again and finally bought it. The game itself is great and a lot of fun. We're Scrabble players so this is a welcome change. The turntable and game board are fairly cheaply made. For those who had the original, this isn't nearly as high quality. The biggest complaint I have is that letter tiles that look the same when you change orientation aren't checked. For example M and W or N and Z. You can't tell them apart so we had to tag ourselves. The game itself is very addictive and for $17 it's well worth the hours you put into it.