Last night we christened Okinopoly: Hilary and Gabe's marvelous new board game that they have slaved over day and night for the last few months. This christening was especially exciting because Rachel brought oatmeal raisin cookies (not sure how she found Quaker Oats) and Hilary and Gabe made pesto and tomato salad. Oh yeah, it was oishii.Here you can see the board. It probably won't be interesting unless you are familiar with Okinawa:
Having never played Monopoly in my life (and being proud of it, as a good anti-capitalist child should) I was relegated to Jeff's team and mostly just watched and made bad suggestions that involved cooperation or other non-Monopolistic ideals. It's a pretty cut-throat game, this Monopoly. Whatever happened to the nicer games I remember from childhood, like the Women's Suffrage card game, UNO, and North to Alaska? The world's going downhill, I tell you. But you probably didn't need Okinopoly to tell you that.
4 comments:
Did you ever play Oregon Trail? That game was the best.
no, but it sounds quite wholesome. maybe i ought to purchase it when i get home. glad you got good news on sunday!
It's a computer game. You and your pioneer family have to successfully complete the oregon trail. You have to decide what supplies to bring with you. And you try to keep your family alive on the way. But someone always dies of cholera or a broken leg or whatever. And you can also go hunting. Practice shooting squirrels. yee haw
I played that game in grade seven!
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