Had Fun With Board Games

In the era of media domination when XBox360 and PC gaming are kings, movies are favourite past time, and people indulge themselves into YouTube and cable TVs, hardly do we remember that board games can be just as fun if not more. It is a great opportunity for friends to interact and for us to laugh at each other rather than to a television or a screen.

I have decided to, instead of our usual movie escapade, invite my buddy Tong Kiat over to my home to have dinner with Cynthia and myself and to play some board games. Dinner was delicious (roast chicken and chips), Ayu’s concert (DVD) was entertaining, but nothing beats our fun trying to outwit, outplay one another … in the name of Risk and Scrabble.

We did not take long to get ourselves familiarised with the rules of Risk. Round #1, Tong Kiat’s European yellow army took onto my African black army at Egypt and as a revenge, I took onto his Southern Europe. Meanwhile Cynthia’s Asian red territory of Middle East was at constant war with the yellow and the black armies. While our war focus was on Middle East, Egypt, and Southern Europe, Cynthia’s empire expanded into North America and without warning, she took over 24 territories and fulfilled her mission. Cynthia won the first round.

Round #2, my black army was determined to take over South America and Australia. Tong Kiat’s yellow army has decided to gave me hell and he has deployed all his troops at both South America and Australia. His mission was to eliminate my army. Without knowing Tong Kiat’s intend, I went frontal with his troops and right from the start, both the black and yellow armies were severely weakened. Cynthia’s red army took the environmental advantage, painted Asia and Africa red, and won the game.

Next, we moved onto Scrabble. Tong Kiat and I am both terrible in spelling and against all odds, Tong Kiat has won the game with a score of 176 (Cynthia – 152, Me – 140). Our final collective effort can be viewed by clicking here.

A very fun evening and we all agreed that we shall do it again.