Nov. 19: House of Games
When we were kids, we got the brilliant idea to do something called
Board Game Olympics, which involved us gathering up all the board games
in our collective homes, playing them all, and keeping track of the
winners. At the end, we'd tally up the results to determine the ultimate
board game champion.
I don't think we made it through one game of Axis & Allies.
Axis & Allies was a military strategy game that used the Second World War as its campaign setting. As such, it required one player to assume the role of the allied troops while the other player controlled Germany. My friend, Matt, loved Axis & Allies and one day, when we were 11 or so, he invited me over to play it. I got to be Germany, which was fine with me and that's because I was completely ignorant of World War II. Today, I can't help but wonder if Jewish people would enjoy playing it.
Sometime later, I was in a bookstore and I saw a collection of short stories about what the world might be like today had Germany won the Second World War. I didn't buy it but I wish I did. I probably could have learned a lot.
According to Yahoo answers, the world's population would likely be a lot smaller had Hitler been victorious. America and Europe would have fallen under the control of Germany and the Jews would have been eradicated along with homosexuals, Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses and Socialists. Earth would be paradise for white men who believed people not just like them deserved death or slavery.
In point of fact, I did not enjoy Axis & Allies and I resented that my leisure time was being used to teach me history. I have no idea why I had any friends at all when I was 11.
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One of the games we played was Electronic Detective.
Electronic Detective is my favourite game ever. I keep it in my office. No one ever plays it with me. I am the only Electronic Detective player in the world. If you go to youtube and type in Electronic Detective, I am the very first hit. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
I was obsessed with detectives when I was a kid and I pretty much wanted any board game that revolved around them. I got a game called Stop Thief much later but it paled in comparison to the magnificence of Electronic Detective.
And of course, I LOVE Clue!!! However, I am the world's most competitive Clue player and I can't find anyone who takes Clue as seriously as I do. There's no such thing as a World Clue Championship. As such, I have to satisfy myself by playing Clue against computerized opponents, all set to expert level. That's the only challenge I can get.
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I don't like chess.
I suppose that's wrong. I like chess but I won't go out of my way to play it with someone. I don't study chess problems and I have no desire to be a grand master. I think I was the best chess player in my Grade 6 class and then when I got to junior high school and joined the chess club, I was routinely demolished by better players. When I was about 33, I got to interview a very good chess player. He challenged me to a game. After my fourth move, the guy said: "Okay, you just made a terrible mistake and you're going to lose soon." He was right.
When it comes to classic board games, I prefer Othello and backgammon.
And that's a tour of my House of Games.
I don't think we made it through one game of Axis & Allies.
Axis & Allies was a military strategy game that used the Second World War as its campaign setting. As such, it required one player to assume the role of the allied troops while the other player controlled Germany. My friend, Matt, loved Axis & Allies and one day, when we were 11 or so, he invited me over to play it. I got to be Germany, which was fine with me and that's because I was completely ignorant of World War II. Today, I can't help but wonder if Jewish people would enjoy playing it.
Sometime later, I was in a bookstore and I saw a collection of short stories about what the world might be like today had Germany won the Second World War. I didn't buy it but I wish I did. I probably could have learned a lot.
According to Yahoo answers, the world's population would likely be a lot smaller had Hitler been victorious. America and Europe would have fallen under the control of Germany and the Jews would have been eradicated along with homosexuals, Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses and Socialists. Earth would be paradise for white men who believed people not just like them deserved death or slavery.
In point of fact, I did not enjoy Axis & Allies and I resented that my leisure time was being used to teach me history. I have no idea why I had any friends at all when I was 11.
-
One of the games we played was Electronic Detective.
Electronic Detective is my favourite game ever. I keep it in my office. No one ever plays it with me. I am the only Electronic Detective player in the world. If you go to youtube and type in Electronic Detective, I am the very first hit. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
I was obsessed with detectives when I was a kid and I pretty much wanted any board game that revolved around them. I got a game called Stop Thief much later but it paled in comparison to the magnificence of Electronic Detective.
And of course, I LOVE Clue!!! However, I am the world's most competitive Clue player and I can't find anyone who takes Clue as seriously as I do. There's no such thing as a World Clue Championship. As such, I have to satisfy myself by playing Clue against computerized opponents, all set to expert level. That's the only challenge I can get.
-
I don't like chess.
I suppose that's wrong. I like chess but I won't go out of my way to play it with someone. I don't study chess problems and I have no desire to be a grand master. I think I was the best chess player in my Grade 6 class and then when I got to junior high school and joined the chess club, I was routinely demolished by better players. When I was about 33, I got to interview a very good chess player. He challenged me to a game. After my fourth move, the guy said: "Okay, you just made a terrible mistake and you're going to lose soon." He was right.
When it comes to classic board games, I prefer Othello and backgammon.
And that's a tour of my House of Games.
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