Board Games!
In the modern age of watching old television programs on Hulu and killing people all over the world via Xbox 360, the idea of sitting around a table playing board games seems downright antiquated. I was surprised, then, when some of my friends suggested meeting for a game of the classic strategy game Risk. To clarify: They weren’t talking about an online version or an iPhone app, but the actual, physical game.
After months of planning the fateful Risk day arrived, but lo and behold, several people cancelled at the last minute, and the game was aborted. Perhaps the idea of sitting around a table without wires or controllers was too ‘Amish’ for them. The survivors, Dan Dominguez, Karl Hess and I decided to play Scrabble instead.
What surprised me most wasn’t that Dan won handily and Karl lost (although it was surprising), but that it was actually a great time. I figured we would play a quick game and then decide to go watch football at a bar, but the game stretched on, and we talked about a variety of subjects, primarily dude-related. We learned that Dan hates James Bond, and Karl hates Dan for it, and we learned that both Dan and Karl think (not thought) Gambit was a cool X-Men character.
The three of us have agreed to a rematch soon, so Karl can avenge his brain’s honor, and we can continue discussing the finer aspects of Robocop, Kurt Vonnegut books, and everything we hate about stand-up comedy.
