tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post1730717674429033787..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: Family Game NightLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-90929419069868409732007-05-24T16:37:00.000-04:002007-05-24T16:37:00.000-04:00As a kid, I loved "Clue," and then--as an adult--I...As a kid, I loved "Clue," and then--as an adult--I found this more sophisticated mystery game called "221 B Baker Street." Kind of Clue on steroids--with complex investigation materials, etc. It also, was LONG . . . and therefore got put aside for rainy days that most often got filled up with other stuff.<BR/><BR/>Most recently, we've been introduced to a game called Chicken Foot Dominoes, or Mexican Trash Train.<BR/>It's fun too . . . and, yes, I live in a community where most folks are like . . . retired. So board games happen. A lot. And always accompanied by wine.Candy Calverthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07991835886974318472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-21329203576848777452007-05-24T14:35:00.000-04:002007-05-24T14:35:00.000-04:00You know, Monopoly always brought out the worst in...You know, Monopoly always brought out the worst in my family. We were all so greedy that there was usually a big fight before anyone had a chance to win. Same with Life. Whenever I went to the poorhouse instead of the mansion, I'd sulk for hours. Maybe Chutes and Ladders is the best for its simplicity. You rise or you fall. Period.jbstanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839153589205692508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-41482383946671102242007-05-24T10:37:00.000-04:002007-05-24T10:37:00.000-04:00Wow, board games, what memories! As a young child ...Wow, board games, what memories! As a young child I lived in Massachusetts and we'd often get together Saturday nights at either our house or one of my uncle's. The adults would be in the dining room playing hearts and my cousins and I would be in one of the bedrooms playing Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, Sorry, Parcheesi. The older kids would be in another bedroom doing the same. We lived more in the country so whenever a hurricane came through, we'd go to one of my uncle's to wait it out and often played games by kerosene lamp.<BR/><BR/>Both my father and mother loved playing games all their lives. (I do think it's part of growing up in a very cold climate.) My mother loved Parcheesi, Yahtzee, and cards. My father and I played hours of cribbage from the time I was a child until he died at 79. Even today, my boyfriend and I play a lot of Scrabble over take out food and I love playing it online.<BR/><BR/>Now there's a theme for a series... give each book the title of a board game.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-70555859400671495362007-05-24T09:52:00.001-04:002007-05-24T09:52:00.001-04:00I am one of five siblings who grew up in the pre-g...I am one of five siblings who grew up in the pre-global warming winters of the Western PA Appalachians. I believe my parents dropped to their knees nightly and thanked God for the invention of board games.<BR/><BR/>Clue is the family favorite. There are copies in each family household just waiting the arrival of three or more of us. We've taught it to the next generation, but my nieces and nephews remain suspicious (and probably justly so) of anything that gets five middle-aged Boomers that excited.Chuck Zitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926980453768531554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-84822950720147349152007-05-24T09:52:00.000-04:002007-05-24T09:52:00.000-04:00As a kid I didn't play games with my parents or si...As a kid I didn't play games with my parents or siblings - but I did with my friends. We'd get Monopoly tournaments going that would last for days and we'd have to stuff the board under Warren's bed for the night and of course the damn pieces would move and we'd accuse Warren of cheating and we'd all storm off in a huff - for about five minutes. Then we'd get a pick-up game of baseball going and be best friends again....<BR/><BR/>As the song goes, "Barefoot children in the rain, no need to explain."Mark Combeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01270361794228887282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-51897231400635431242007-05-24T09:35:00.000-04:002007-05-24T09:35:00.000-04:00We don't have planned game nights. Sometimes my so...We don't have planned game nights. Sometimes my son (age 12) and I will sit down and play a game of Risk or Life, and recently we got Rummikub which is fun. He likes Stratego too.<BR/><BR/>But I wouldn't call us gamers, per se. When we do things together that are interactive (as opposed to watching a movie together or something), it's usually physical as well. Go shoot some hoops, or throw the baseball. We do that a lot. We can throw the baseball for hours.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, I don't really enjoy board games much. I play them with him because he likes them. But I'd rather go out and garden with him or something if it was up to me.Bill Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796321136771189464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-28705458988537289332007-05-24T07:56:00.000-04:002007-05-24T07:56:00.000-04:00We played Monopoly as kids with my mother, which w...We played Monopoly as kids with my mother, which was how we learned to count back change. When I worked as a cashier, I was the only one who would/could count back change -- that is by starting with the cost of the item and not just repeating what the computer told you was the correct change. When the computer was down, I was the only one who could make change. Sadly, the others were forced to use calculators.<BR/><BR/>When my now 5-year-old grandson was just learning how to talk, we played "punch bug" in the car, the game of identifying VW Beetles. He'd have to identify the color, too, and keep track of how many he had. We also play card games with him, like war and concentration. He loves these activities far more than his video games.<BR/><BR/>...Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772310179223546476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-65307349409537016452007-05-24T07:47:00.000-04:002007-05-24T07:47:00.000-04:00Off and on. Last Christmas we got the kids a Pirat...Off and on. Last Christmas we got the kids a Pirates of the Caribbean game that utilizes the DVD (I'm ambivalent about these; we've also got a Harry Potter one. The video part is cool, but it ties the game location to a single site). It's actually a really cool, although a bit slow, board-type game.<BR/><BR/>What has struck me about these board games as an adult that I didn't necessarily appreciate as a kid is how looooonnnnnngggggg most of them last. Sure, everybody knows Monopoly goes on forever, but Clue? Or Life? Life in particular seems to last forever (and I gotta tell ya, as an adult, some of the fun of this game came and went--I really don't want to play a game where I deal with paying a mortgage, student loans and life insurance--give me pirates, please. Rum and booty and...)Mark Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410424046477699059noreply@blogger.com