tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post7847949526130858506..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: PlayingZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-80356190911309676412011-08-24T23:41:04.782+01:002011-08-24T23:41:04.782+01:00Mexican trains, is an exciting version of dominos ...Mexican trains, is an exciting version of dominos that my daughter introduced us to on a recent visit. She gifted us a set at Christmas. I could play it all day every day if someone was of a like mind.luckyzmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176703683321469118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-16448505872205873102011-08-24T16:40:35.568+01:002011-08-24T16:40:35.568+01:00Pictionary and Rapidough my favourites.
As a child...Pictionary and Rapidough my favourites.<br />As a child we played endless games of Consequences and Charades when we gathered for family Christmases.Zighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325808421083028026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-27922977912820109952011-08-23T23:15:29.666+01:002011-08-23T23:15:29.666+01:00I don't know OhWahRee, Mancala or Rack-O, Geor...I don't know OhWahRee, Mancala or Rack-O, Georgie, I'll have to look them up. Yes, my sister and I played checkers/draughts, too. Haven't played that for years, though.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-20969717311524124632011-08-23T23:06:35.557+01:002011-08-23T23:06:35.557+01:00My two favorite games, aside from Scrabble were Oh...My two favorite games, aside from Scrabble were OhWahRee which is similar to mancala and Rack-O where you had to get sequential numbered cards on a plastic rack.<br />Of course there was checkers too. No one played chess.kippyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715389823789274487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-55779248786833010622011-08-23T20:15:14.172+01:002011-08-23T20:15:14.172+01:00Hi Peter, that looks rather good, thanks.
I'v...Hi Peter, that looks rather good, thanks.<br /><br />I've got a totally irrational reservation about playing strangers, John - I don't even know why. I'll look for you on Facebook, though.<br /><br />Bet you could beat them if you tried though, Dand.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-16070474599765641702011-08-23T15:50:38.985+01:002011-08-23T15:50:38.985+01:00I play chess with my two nephews, 3 and 5. They lo...I play chess with my two nephews, 3 and 5. They love it.<br /><br />Oh, and BW, you and me both. To date, I've never lost a single match at Wimbledon. Good going, eh?Dandelionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302932867084357713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-31411710972991187052011-08-23T15:44:30.260+01:002011-08-23T15:44:30.260+01:00I play poker on Facebook every night. It's fre...I play poker on Facebook every night. It's free, and you meet some great people!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11346682505354790114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-84174220425743003232011-08-23T15:37:09.440+01:002011-08-23T15:37:09.440+01:00There are some brilliant board games available now...There are some brilliant board games available now which take the monopoly style game much further than before.<br /><br />As well as blokus, Pugsley might like Labyrinth http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/gamesin.php?UniqueNo=5519 and by allowing him to have a collection of targets whilst you only have one, the game can be competitively played by all ages.<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-27312328304733008422011-08-23T14:34:21.106+01:002011-08-23T14:34:21.106+01:00Playing Monopoly strictly by the rules usually mak...Playing Monopoly strictly by the rules usually makes it disappointingly one-sided. House rules make it a lot more fun. <br />Someone introduced us to the idea that payments to Chance and CC should be put on the Free Parking square and the person landing on it gathered the money. Only downside there was that the bank eventually ran out of money, having no income!<br />My sister and I used to play cards a lot, and I played chess with my sons in their teens. <br />There are a lot more two letter words allowed now, BW, as I discovered when I started playing online Scrabble.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-79265936241961557352011-08-23T14:19:51.492+01:002011-08-23T14:19:51.492+01:00Oh, and, while I don't play 'cards', I...Oh, and, while I don't play 'cards', I have never yet lost a game of rummy!Blue Witchhttp://blue-witch.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-24952596704780126462011-08-23T14:19:15.420+01:002011-08-23T14:19:15.420+01:00Lovely to hear of young children being brought up ...Lovely to hear of young children being brought up on board games. <br /><br />I often teach bright 7 and 8 year olds to play chess, although they're often hard pressed to find a willing adult to play with them (the joy of high-paid City jobs for dads and yummy mummies with loads of money and time but no brains), and often end up resorting to online versions (which, I feel, largely negates the best reasons for playing).<br /><br />I collect packs of playing cards from other countries. Monopoly would be far too complicated! <br /><br />Mr BW won't play Scrabble with me, because I always beat him, having memorised the more useful parts of the OSW.<br /><br />I think board games first taught me that life wasn't fair (particularly in our house) - unless I let my brother win, he'd have a massive temper tantrum and throw the board and all its pieces up in the air. I, of course, always got the blame, whatever happened.Blue Witchhttp://blue-witch.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-56066155747277644712011-08-23T13:00:02.260+01:002011-08-23T13:00:02.260+01:00We played cards mostly, like Rommee, Canasta, MauM...We played cards mostly, like Rommee, Canasta, MauMau, 66. Sometimes what Roses mentioned "Mensch ärgere dich nicht", a simple board game with dices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-80224974080647615432011-08-23T10:53:25.668+01:002011-08-23T10:53:25.668+01:00All this sounds very healthy and a far cry from Mu...All this sounds very healthy and a far cry from Murder in the Dark, which has been evoked elsewhere recently. <br /><br />House rules delaying progress? Yes, definitely. Among ours were if you landed directly on Go you got £400 instead of £200. Among the more desperate expedients for raising cash were selling the right to move one's piece (few takers), selling one's turn, plus commission, to the highest bidder (occasional windfalls) and buying the Community Chest or Chance cards unseen from other takers (occasionally raised a few £££s). Maybe it's not surprising that games rarely finished.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-58118419782910329452011-08-23T10:52:38.454+01:002011-08-23T10:52:38.454+01:00I grew up in a board-game-playing family, then mar...I grew up in a board-game-playing family, then married into another. We played Scrabble, Clue, and yes, Monopoly. I hate Monopoly, though. I had another favourite, 'Masterpiece', less of a commercial success, to do with buying and selling art. There was a deck of large cards with prints of Great Art. I loved it. Wonder what happened to it?<br /><br />My gran was the card shark, and taught me a few varieties of rummy and a few others. I remember Pitt, using special cards, a very rowdy, everyone-shouting-at-once bidding game. That was fun.<br /><br />My children's current favourite is one called "Blokus", whereby you aim to win space on a board by strategically placing coloured squares of odd shapes. Great for the spacially-inclined.<br /><br />Fun!MaryPhttp://daycaredaze.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-46387617688774034742011-08-23T09:36:24.721+01:002011-08-23T09:36:24.721+01:00We used to play Monopoly, Scrabble, Trivial Pursui...We used to play Monopoly, Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit and a German board game roughly translated means: Don't get Angry, when I was a child.<br /><br />Never play cards with my Sister-in-Law's side of the family. Ever. They will take the clothes of your back and the breath from your lungs. Serious card-sharks, the lot of them.<br /><br />Boy likes Monopoly too.Roseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469442580348062913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-2123237266233665302011-08-23T08:54:27.386+01:002011-08-23T08:54:27.386+01:00Pugsley will be 5 at the end of next month. His s...Pugsley will be 5 at the end of next month. His sister loves school and both his parents are born teachers (not that Al would ever be a teacher, all the record-keeping, lesson plans and so on would be his nightmare) so he's got the influences.<br /><br />We started with a French edition that we bought on holiday, although most of that one got lost. I used to have a couple of French board games that my sister acquired on exchange visits, and it was good fun.<br /><br />Oh yes, Dave, I forgot Trivial Pursuits. We were all pretty good at that.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-66148873735753626182011-08-23T07:02:18.687+01:002011-08-23T07:02:18.687+01:00Trivial Pursuits was my speciality, having a very ...Trivial Pursuits was my speciality, having a very wide general knowledge (except for popular culture - so the pop music questions were always a problem).Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-38983491000131715222011-08-23T00:20:35.701+01:002011-08-23T00:20:35.701+01:00My family wasn't interested in board games. I ...My family wasn't interested in board games. I played a lot of Monopoly with the neighbors instead.<br /><br />That's a good idea about getting a foreign language edition.LẌhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337382169476392640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-79259672868214861432011-08-23T00:17:18.294+01:002011-08-23T00:17:18.294+01:00Scrabble was our favorite games. Never kept score,...Scrabble was our favorite games. Never kept score,whoever ran out of tiles first was the winner. The paternal side of the family always loved board games, the maternal side loves card games. Pugsley sounds incredibly good at math if he can do sums at age 4(isn't that his age?)kippyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715389823789274487noreply@blogger.com