I had a nephew who had lost everything – all his Monopoly money – and borrowed from me so he could build houses and hotels on the last of his mortgaged properties so he could collect more rent every time I landed on one of them. Who hasn’t tried to accumulate all the houses and hotels on the board that they could?
And when we’ve found the right game, the age of the players hardly matters.įREE assessment by a Registered Nurse Call Now! 41 Want the best care for your parent?Ĭall Now! Monopoly a classic, fun board game With board games, all the players engage directly with each other. Not for nothing is there a new medical problem called “text neck.” That doesn’t happen with a board game. Six smart phones around a table don’t compare with one big board game.Įven when competing players share an electronic game, each player is head-down, totally absorbed in their screen. Happily, there are plenty of both kinds of game.
Other times, like when the “kids” and grandkids are over for dinner, and dinner’s in the oven, we’re looking for some fun that can be wrapped up in half an hour or less. Sometimes the fun is in settling into a long, lazy afternoon of dice rolling, conversation and fun board-game play. And I always have more fun than I ever expect. I stay within them, but I make my answers silly when I can. I’m also the person in the gathering who has the most fun with the game. My family always liked playing a game called “Balderdash” which is a real board game from Parker Brothers that has been around since 1984.I never admit to being a fan of board games.
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