RISK!

[kz_blogorambling]

Kidlet's school has the game Risk available for aftercare, and after playing it there he begged us to buy it. I felt some reluctance because my memory of the game from childhood involved long, drawn-out games that never ended. My husband caved, and I have since used that excuse to avoid it every time my son asked. "Get your father to play; he's the one who agreed to buy it."

Well, for some reason I agreed to play a few weeks ago. Why did I wait so long? We are loving it. I almost bought a second game so kidlet and I could play without disturbing the 3-person game that awaits Mark's return from GDC. We decided, instead, to write down the locations of all the armies and reset the board. Now we're in the midst of a heated 2-person game. I have not had a dining room table for weeks, and we're changing around bedtime routines to accommodate more playing.

I find myself wondering this morning if I should just cede Africa and focus on other continents, or keep fortifying Egypt to keep the kid on his toes.

Comments

[scout1222.livejournal.com]

I've never played it. But I'm glad that you guys will play games with him. I am convinced that the reason I'm not a "game person" (social party games aside, which I'm coming around on nicely thanks to you folks) is that as an only child, I never had anyone to play with. My mom never played games or cards or whatever, and dad only had so much time. I had a bunch of games as a kid, and did a lot of solo game playing. Which kind of sucks.

Hey, is that a violin I'm hearing? =p

[crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com]

I always LOVED board games, and my mom always played really grudgingly. I had my sister, fortunately, but I never got as much plahing time as I liked. There are a lot of things I don't really like to play (like video games) and I decline most all the time. But board games, I'm nearly always up for. Part of it is simply that I enjoy them, but part of it is remembering how much I wished my own mom would play.

For that reason, whenever I'd say no to Risk, I'd generally suggest something else, like Sorry or Yahtzee or whatever.

[gundy.livejournal.com]

That's exactly the reason I'm not a "sex person".

[sauronwrap.livejournal.com]

Because your parents didn't have sex with you?

Or am I misreading that?

[gundy.livejournal.com]

What, is that weird?

[crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com]

Remember where he was brung up.

[aries28.livejournal.com]

I was coming in here to post almost the same thing. :o)

[sauronwrap.livejournal.com]

Are you referring to the Cultural Center of the Southeast?

[aries28.livejournal.com]

With the one traffic light?

Why yes...I am.

[sauronwrap.livejournal.com]

To paraphrase Doc Brown: "Traffic lights? Where we're going, we don't NEED traffic lights."

[scout1222.livejournal.com]

Good Christ, woman.

[blanx73.livejournal.com]

Because you never got railed by your brother?

[gundy.livejournal.com]

Come ON, people. I didn't mean the parents stuff, I meant the general not having anyone to play with stuff! I mean, have you even SEEN my parents? I'm way out of their league!

[blanx73.livejournal.com]

Now look who thinks she's too good to sleep with her folks!

[blanx73.livejournal.com]

My problem with board games when I was a kid is that my brother was both younger, and dumber than I, so I always won. Which I grew to like.

[scout1222.livejournal.com]

And it's what has made you into the fine attorney you are today....

[blanx73.livejournal.com]

That and selling my soul to the devil.

[aries28.livejournal.com]

I had this problem too with my younger sister. Of course, I always cheated so maybe I have a different problem.