Yeah it also has an interesting aspect where the loser can win all of the sudden. It makes it a little more exciting. To win you have to plan carefully. If you leave the wrong set of black tiles on the board, you can get surprised.

Also I like how you can attack and defend simultaneously. If the opponent goes first, then they'll stake out a corner. And then I will attack their corner and stake out my own corner simulataneously, as long as there's a big enough word on the board.