Real quick: if you have Hulu, stop reading and go watch In and Of Itself. I don’t want to write about it because it would be far too easy to spoil but, seriously.
We play several cooperative games. Some that are a bit involved like Eldritch Horror or Pandemic Legacy. Others pretty quick to pick up. We are fortunate to be within walking distance of a quirky comic book & game store, so they're very patient with my endless questions and to show me how to play. Monopoly is from Satan, I swear. All the cousin fights as kids seemed to originate with a Monopoly game that felt eternal but was all our grandparents had besides cards & dominos.
Massive board game fan here. At 5 my oldest is able to play Carcassonne and sushi go with us - so great to move on to adult games from the kids ones! Grew up in Switzerland and monopoly isn't so dominant there (I'm in the UK now where it is - that and trivial pursuit) so it's always been a family thing for us, including certain card games to play with cousins or grandparents for tradition.
Probably there's a good reason for them, but I find the generic link titles (things like "this is fun" or "this game is great") really frustrating and disruptive - it feels like reading a paragraph with some of the nouns redacted ("Suzy went to this thing to get that.")
Otherwise, love your work - been reading various forms on and off since Sweater Quest.
I’m not much of a game board fan either. My brother turned Monopoly into blood sport with his kids under the guise of teaching them “ life”. It was Not.Fun.
The documentary sounds neat. I love to learn about occupations I’d never even thought of.
I was a Forensics team nerd - we didn’t have a debate team. Nerve wracking but I loved it AND since I went to an all girls HS the bonus was meeting the boys teams from all the boys HS teams. Good read Adrienne!
We play several cooperative games. Some that are a bit involved like Eldritch Horror or Pandemic Legacy. Others pretty quick to pick up. We are fortunate to be within walking distance of a quirky comic book & game store, so they're very patient with my endless questions and to show me how to play. Monopoly is from Satan, I swear. All the cousin fights as kids seemed to originate with a Monopoly game that felt eternal but was all our grandparents had besides cards & dominos.
Even before the actual pandemic, I couldn't play Pandemic because it made me too anxious. I can only imagine what would happen now.
Massive board game fan here. At 5 my oldest is able to play Carcassonne and sushi go with us - so great to move on to adult games from the kids ones! Grew up in Switzerland and monopoly isn't so dominant there (I'm in the UK now where it is - that and trivial pursuit) so it's always been a family thing for us, including certain card games to play with cousins or grandparents for tradition.
Probably there's a good reason for them, but I find the generic link titles (things like "this is fun" or "this game is great") really frustrating and disruptive - it feels like reading a paragraph with some of the nouns redacted ("Suzy went to this thing to get that.")
Otherwise, love your work - been reading various forms on and off since Sweater Quest.
Thanks! And I'll take it under advisement and not use generic links. :)
I’m not much of a game board fan either. My brother turned Monopoly into blood sport with his kids under the guise of teaching them “ life”. It was Not.Fun.
The documentary sounds neat. I love to learn about occupations I’d never even thought of.
I was a Forensics team nerd - we didn’t have a debate team. Nerve wracking but I loved it AND since I went to an all girls HS the bonus was meeting the boys teams from all the boys HS teams. Good read Adrienne!
Thanks!
Monopoly is band in our house too. My husband and son turn it into a hunger game thing. We have a family game night every Sat. night.
Monopoly has led to more family fights than it's given credit for.