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March 8, 2006
Boardgames are for Suckers
I was never one for boardgames. Charades- good fun. When I suggest, "let's play charades!" please don't mistake this for sarcasm. I also enjoy Pictionary. No box of plastic pieces needed and you can stop whenever you find yourself just too darn exhausted from all that belly laughter. Monopoly- I'd rather stare at my poo-colored walls, that's how boring I find it. Not to mention it takes four days to finish and encourages greediness.
But for our upcoming trip, I bought a few mini-boardgames as I know we'll have plenty of time on our hands and we will probably appreciate some of Parker Brothers' diversions. They make tiny versions of everything nowadays- the mini-industry has really gotten out of control.
So I got the mini-Scrabble, which is the size of a business card and as soon as I opened the box, some "pieces" fell out in between the couch cushions and are forever lost. I don't think this one is going to fare too well on the back of a cramped bus barelling down some pot-hole ridden road in the middle of Nicaragua (did I mention we are taking A FORTY HOUR BUS RIDE from Costa Rica to Honduras?)
Anyhow, the other game I got is called Cadoo, from the makers of Cranium, a game everyone goes insane over. I thought Cadoo was just a slighty different version of the game. So last Saturday night, after we gorged on some of the 40 pound lasagna I slaved over (and while it took four hours to make, its cheesy goodness is still providing us with leftovers) we busted it out and gave it a go. After about twenty minutes, somewhere around the time I had to draw "birthday cake" and Rafe had to guess, we realized the game was intended for children. The box was so small I guess I missed the "for kids" part of it. That it took twenty minutes of play to realize this indicates we are either stupider than we thought or that boardgames just aren't for us. Although I must say we do appreciate the occassional round of Boggle, wherein we play until someone becomes such a sore loser that they throw the whole Boggle apparatus to the floor. Not that I'm naming names.
Posted by debbie at March 8, 2006 1:28 PM