tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post4700745196499728206..comments2024-03-28T01:35:19.028-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Exploding Kittens Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-20891728294475163942022-10-27T23:07:42.649-05:002022-10-27T23:07:42.649-05:00Nobody has time to sprawl on the floor for four ho...Nobody has time to sprawl on the floor for four hours playing Risk anymore. But I certainly remember when folks did. We played on kitchen and dining room tables during high school, in the mid-60s. Sometimes my buddy's snarky beatnik-wannabe older sister would participate when she came home from art school. That livened things up...a lot. Plenty of alliances and backstabbing in those long Risk contests.<br /><br />Fast-forward to the mid-70s. My cousin and I lived in the same Florida college town for a while, and we would participate in all-night, all-male Risk marathons, often until the sun came up. After too many beers, or when the games became stalemates or blowouts, the worldwide conflict would occasionally end in a "worldwide earthquake" that sent dice and game pieces flying. <br /><br />Before the Great Divide estranged us in the Bush years, my cuzz and I still played Risk at Easter or Thanksgiving, with our wives, and with his son. He was still very young, and he sometimes cried when he lost. I'll always remember those occasions fondly. And then one day...they went away. Thank you, Rush Limbaugh. Thank you, Glenn Beck.<br />Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-47513713515722668472022-10-27T16:20:43.629-05:002022-10-27T16:20:43.629-05:00We're suckers for good "board" games...We're suckers for good "board" games. We should be getting our Kittens in a few days. It's one of the things we enjoy doing when we visit our son. <br />We had been playing a relatively new game called Wingspan which is fun and informative. Worth looking into.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16679840606511726447noreply@blogger.com