I'm an only child and board games weren't really a huge part of my childhood, other than Scrabble. We played a lot of Scrabble. Mostly my mother and I played a lot of Rummy and Beggar My Neighbour (this game takes forever if you're playing it with two people by the way), and occasional games of dominoes. Currently a friend and I are playing Words With Friends to while away some of the time.
I love Monopoly but because my mother hated it I very rarely got to play. Eventually we reached an agreement that we could play it every other Christmas.
I have played video games about three times in my entire life. Unsurprisingly I am very bad. We didn't have a tv for most of the time I was a child/early teen, so I first encountered video games when I went to university. I do currently have Round The World in 80 Days in my Steam account and this might be the thing that gets me to actually make it around the world!
Board games have definitely become more of a thing in my adult life. I live alone so don't own that many of them - I have a copy of Ticket To Ride and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle, both of which are a lot of fun. But friends own lots of them and it's always fun playing them when I visit.
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on 2020-03-23 02:08 pm (UTC)I love Monopoly but because my mother hated it I very rarely got to play. Eventually we reached an agreement that we could play it every other Christmas.
I have played video games about three times in my entire life. Unsurprisingly I am very bad. We didn't have a tv for most of the time I was a child/early teen, so I first encountered video games when I went to university. I do currently have Round The World in 80 Days in my Steam account and this might be the thing that gets me to actually make it around the world!
Board games have definitely become more of a thing in my adult life. I live alone so don't own that many of them - I have a copy of Ticket To Ride and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle, both of which are a lot of fun. But friends own lots of them and it's always fun playing them when I visit.
I got the following link via an email newsletter last week which seems helpful for people who enjoy playing games but can't right now! - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Dwn5ZUX3WiCnod6xDboTRzZ7fUol6IWSwPs4hXLDxz4/htmlview?sle=true - it's a spreadsheet of various games and how to play them with other people/solo.