Board Games

[Woody]

Should we play domination board games such as Monopoly and Risk?

YOu know - the kind of games where you have to knock your opponent into submission. The board equivilant of football.

[Bravus]

I learned most of my world geography playing Risk.

[Bravus]

I learned most of my world geography playing Risk.

[M. T. Cross]

Twice even

[CoAspen]

You can now play those games with your iPad!!

[Woody]

Yes Bravus - if it were not for Risk - I might not understand where down under is.

[phkrause]

I don't see why not!

[Igakusei]

If you want a recommendation for a good non-competitive board game, try Pandemic. I got it for Christmas this year, and it's both challenging and a ton of fun. Players work as a team, so you all win or lose together.

[cricket]

Should we play domination board games such as Monopoly and Risk?

YOu know - the kind of games where you have to knock your opponent into submission. The board equivilant of football.

Interestingly enough, you don't really have to play these games such that you are knocking your opponent into submission. Our family plays a variation of Monopoly in which we cooperate with one another and try for goals other than "he who has the biggest set of properties/most money wins". We also play Scrabble with a different goal than what is written on the rules. We play using coopertition (a term coined by First Robotics) in which we aim for longer words, higher total scores and interesting patterns.

I don't see any reason that others cannot play as we do.

[Woody]

I am far more interested in beating my competition into the ground Cricket. My mother and I play Scrabble for hours. And it is very competitive.

[M. T. Cross]

We got Operation for the family for Christmas. My 5 year old is really good at it. I suspect however she is cheating cause she is a lefty and none of us can figure out what she is doing.

[debbym]

i don't think it is so much what game you play, but what spirit you bring to the game.

deb is opining away....

deb

[Woody]

I like your opining deb

[BelizeMissionary]

I wouldnt play them on sabbath of course but other than that I see no problem. They are just games after all. :-)

[Gail]

I like Operation!

We used to have cooperative board games, where all players work together towards a common goal. mountaineering was one, Deep Sea Diver was another:

Mountaineering game

[JoeMo]

Quote:

I learned most of my world geography playing Risk.

Best board game ever. I still have the game; but I can't find anyone to play it with.

Are you busy tonite Bravus? Wanna come over and get beat at Risk?

[JoeMo]

Another fun "newer" game is Headbandz. It's a cross between Indian Poker and 20 Questions. You get a "noun" (person, place, or thing) that everyone but you can see. By asking yes/no questions, you have to guess who, where, or what you are. It's not really competitive, but it's a hoot.

[cricket]

That sounds like a lot of fun, Joe!

[M. T. Cross]

I used to really like The Game of Life

[Gail]

Used to? Don't you like it anymore?

[Gail]

Filling up your car with pink and light blue babies?

[aldona]

i don't think it is so much what game you play, but what spirit you bring to the game.

deb is opining away....

deb

I agree.

You can play chess, Scrabble, Monopoly or any other game in a spirit of fun, fairness and respect for your opponents.

Or you can become completely ruthless, insist on winning at any price, enjoy grinding your opponent's face (figuratively) into the board, and employ every devious trick you can think of to annihilate them.

If you bring that kind of attitude to games and sports, then you will also bring it to other activities such as running a church board meeting, playing music or washing the dishes.

AJ

[Woody]

Church Board is the worst Board game that I've experienced.

[M. T. Cross]

Used to? Don't you like it anymore?

I have not played it in years.

[GoLions]

Should we play domination board games such as Monopoly?

YOu know - the kind of games where you have to knock your opponent into submission.

You don't have to knock your opponent into submission in the game of monopoly. You can play it and not build on your property, or only a house or two. And if everyone plays that way, the game can go on forever. Everyone will have so much money, that the bank will be broke and owe you money. What if, you paid tithe on the increase, and put that money in the "church" and if anyone needed help they could just take from the church?

Alas, that would only work if everyone that played, played that way. Kind of like Heaven huh?

But who wants to play a game that lasts forever? Monopoly sure brings out our worst. That in itself is a learning experience.