Three more team games at Scrabble club Tuesday night, this time as Mosaic. Mosaic's experience as a team did make a difference; I'm not sure how to quantify it. I know it affected our time management. We KNOW each other's strengths and weaknesses; we don't have to spend time arguing over which decision is better in a certain scenario. (Although we still do at times.) We defer to the "strong" one in a lot of areas. This saves time. We have also developed some shorthands for things.

We each track, which helps our accounting. We each write the racks (mostly out of habit).

We had several plays where our entire "collaboration" consisted of "that?" "Yeah." "Wait, what about…" "It's okay, because of…" "Oh, yeah." With no pointing, writing down, anything. Can't beat telepathy, man.

Our opponents, Cheezchick and Ataraxy, joined later by Mrsscheisskopf, were a blast. They are hilarious and sharp. We kept them in time trouble, which I'm convinced was pretty much our only advantage (that and the incredible patented Marsh Luck which has helped me out of many a jam.)

I really am lucky. I have proof.