I think we should start up our game days with the kids again (my son and his wife). We have snacks and whoever hosts picks the game. ^-^ We sort of got into a Trivial Pursuit groove though, so we might just fall back into that. I have always loved board games, and on the rare occasions my parents got us a new one, we played it to death.
I also had a best friend who lived next door and we played card games and board games all summer.
There's something about a good board game that reminds me of a play-with minimum furnishings, somehow your mind fills in a whole world in a play, and that can happen as you move around the board in a game where a world is presented.
These are the games that formed me as a gamer.
Clue
The mansion was fascinating, the characters intriguing. I always leaned towards Miss Scarlet's guilt. This game is as fun today as it was when I was young.
Easy Money
I don't know if it was cheaper than Monopoly or what, but we had Easy Money at our house. It didn't seem to take as long as Monopoly did to play, and this game is where I came to love play money. No good in the real world, but there was just something satisfying about accumulating it.
Sorry
We played and played this, yelling Soooorrreeeee obnoxiously at every opportunity. We have a copy on our shelves today for game nights.
Candyland
I spent a ridiculous amount of time looking for just the right picture of the Candyland game board. Candyland was so appealing to me, and I wanted to visit it as if it were a real place so bad. I'd just open up the board and trace the roadway, imagining what I'd eat at every stop.
My last game is The Barbie Game. My neighbor owned the game, and we played every day all one summer. My only regret is how often I seemed to get Poindexter as my prom date. It made me so mad when I got him.
