Western Publishing's STOCK MARKET
About 35 years ago, my uncle helped my grandmother write her autobiography. He later updated it after her death. The book contains a section on games, talking about how much the Archer family has always enjoyed games. My grandmother used to play dominoes every day, without fail.
I inherited the game-playing gene. My dad and I used to play board games almost every night when I was growing up. I would play games by myself, finding that almost any game can be played alone. When video games and computers came out, I quickly took to electronic game playing.
I am overly competitive. I play games to win. I analyze games more than the average person, studying strategies and tactics for winning. (I remember someone complaining loudly during a Clue game because I was taking notes when it wasn’t my turn) Doesn’t mean that I always win or that I’m always good at games; just means that I take them seriously. One thing I learned to appreciate about computers was they never complain when they lose, and they’ll let you start over if you’re losing.
When my family gathers at Christmas, we always play games. Risk, Monopoly and Stock Market are favorites. (Don’t know why Western Publishing’s Stock Market never caught on more than it did; it was a really good game) Card games are also popular.
So how about you? Are you a game player? What are your favorite games?
I guess I should include some of the current games that visit my free time: Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook and Words With Friends usually find their way into my daily routine.
Call us old-fashioned, but me and my oldest son love a good game of chess.
Risk, Spades, Texas Hold ’em, Loaded Questions, Parcheesi, Joker Pursuit, Chess, Catch Phrase, Scattergories, and getting into (and learning more how dumb I am) Words with Friends
Scrabble, Apples to Apples (though it depends on the company), Cranium
i am nostalgic about Rook, my grandmother’s favorite game. we played every thanksgiving.
i love games, too. We are have a game day at the building today!! we bought Taboo, or outburst, something like that. Can’t wait
Our family plays games a lot too. Most of them are for little ones. And our church has frequent game nights. One of my latest favorites is Catchphrase – it is so fun to play when we host college students and friends.
STOCK MARKET! oh my goodness i totally forgot about that most excellent game!
I like Axis and Allies, and Avalon Hill’s Advanced Squad Leader. I also like to play table-top role-playing games (Dungeons and Dragons, ShadowRun, and White Wolf Game Studio, et al).
I love the anecdotal history of Rook – how it was a “replacement” for the devil’s deck. I love spades and euchre.
I *love* chess, but I’ve never had the stamina to become a strong player.
We usually get in at least one game of Stock Market when we get the family together. It’s really well done; good game for the competitive and non-competitive alike.