Bored? Games!

GC and Sue @ Weekly Prompts ask the following question:

“Do you remember the good old days before computers when board games ruled the roost? Scrabble, Yahtzee, chess, checkers and a host of other interactive games wended their way into our hearts and lives.”

I don’t have to remember ~ I’m living this life now. I’ve always loved board games, and luckily I’ve had a great group of friends for many years who love them too. My eldest and her hubby also love games. The image up top is of Ticket to Ride, one of my favorite games to play with the family, along with Splendor and Catan. Friends and I enjoy Codenames, Taboo, Dixit, Quiddler, Qwirkle Cubes, etc. We gravitate toward word games and some noncompetitive ones where you try to guess people’s answers.

During the lockdowns, some of us played Codenames over Zoom on a weekly basis. Granted, games are not as much fun this way, but it was better than nothing. We’re starting up again (probably monthly) now that it’s dark early and cold. It’s a nice way to keep in contact when we can’t all get together in person ~ some friends are in different states, so we get to “hang out” in this way.

Chinese Checkers is probably my favorite game, but not that many other people enjoy it. My mom and I played it a lot while I was growing up, along with Scrabble and cards. My childhood friends and I also liked Clue and Battleship. I got one of my daughters into Chinese Checkers, but she’s too busy to play these days; occasionally, a friend will play it with me. I like to use all the triangles! (If there are two players, we each get three.) At some point, the board is an utter mess ~ and that’s when it’s the most fun!

I used to play a bunch of games on my phone, such as various versions of solitaire, chess, scrabble, trivia, etc., but I became too addicted and wasn’t reading enough books. I won’t even touch Wordle now and all the variations ~ they’re like potato chips.

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