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

[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.