Monopoly turns 75 this year — well it sort of turns 75 this year.  There are “folk” versions of the game that exist which were handmade by people long before the credited inventor, Charles Darrow (below right), created his game.  One of these folk games was acquired by the Strong Museum this year.  (see the “Heap” folk game made by John Heap at right)  This creates some haziness to where Darrow got the idea for Monopoly and who really came up with it.  In recent years, most have started to credit Lizzie …

I’m impatient.  My father would say that it’s because I’m a girl – but I like to think it’s because I have better things to do than, for example, wait around for other people to take their turn during a long painful game of Scrabble.  While I like the premise of the game, the waiting thing KILLS me.  I also haven’t taken the time to memorize lots of words with odd mixtures of letters, which puts me at a distinct disadvantage when playing against some of my family members.  Thankfully …

I like word games, but only specific word games.  You will probably never see me review Scrabble on this site because I think it takes far too long to play and I find waiting for slower players to take their turn agonizing.  I also refuse to memorize the Scrabble dictionary, which I feel that you need to do to gain a solid win against the stronger players.  Boggle, however, I love.  It’s “the 3-minute word search game” that everybody plays at the same time.  And for those of you who …

I love dice games, really love dice games. Every time I pick up a handful of dice there’s something about the shake and the throw that makes me feel lucky. Fortunately, this passion doesn’t extend into the world of craps; gambling just isn’t my thing, but I digress.
Thankfully, it’s not just me; I think my entire family has a weakness for dice games. Every one of us has at least one well-loved copy of Yahtzee and if you asked, I’d say we probably all have a copy …