There is now a new CrossDowns Variant conceived by David and heyred72 that is even more challenging!

It is called Stay In Your Lane.

If you are familiar with Stacking Word O'Rama Race-Around you know there are 2 paths - one Yellow and one Green.

In this variant, each player is restricted to making all plays within their path. The only way to move to the center of the board is to cover all six of the squares on their path.

Only then can they leave their path and head to the center!

PS- David beat me in the above game.