Weird, right?
I just can't really remember enjoying them much. There were a few I played with my sister when I was a kid that I think I liked, but as I got older I really didn't enjoy them. The only exceptions I remember in the last decade that I had fun playing, or that at least seemed like fun, were Risk and, more recently, Scattergories. I'm much more of a puzzle kind of a gal, so that might be a reason why. Also, and here's another new piece of info about me, I am absolutely tone deaf*. So, this really limits my ability to play games like Cranium or anything that has a musical ("hum or whistle this song while your team tries to guess it") element to it.
The reason why I am telling you this is that, even though I don't like playing boardgames, I really love vintage boardgames... Makes no sense, right?
I am irresistibly dawn towards the boardgames at any thrift shop. The older the games, the better. I have an unexplained weakness to collecting colorful playing cards and cute game pieces.
![Vintage game pieces](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8125/8620059604_8d87822df9_z.jpg)
Even though it's very hard for me to top the joy in finding the vintage treasures I've been searching for a long time, like the globe and the trunk, I did make a little squee of happiness when I recently found these two in the shop! how amazing are these cards? I simply adore them!
![Vintage game pieces](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8251/8620059378_f9aa7cd8e3_z.jpg)
![Vintage boardgames](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8618981749_9980b22304_z.jpg)
![Vintage boardgames](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8246/8618982161_fc11df380c_z.jpg)
Anyone else out there who dares to confess not being a fan of boardgames?
*) and I don't mean this in "oh, I can't really sing very well" -kind of a way. Oh, no! I mean this in a "everyone who has ever heard me even hum along a song, has asked me to stop" -kind of a way.
I love boardgames. No sympathy from me!
ReplyDeleteYeah... I figured you might say that... Only the puzzle kinds for me!
DeleteI like board games as well. I particularly like those that involve spelling or word combinations or sound combinations or noises- I think you get the picture. A combination of great art or interesting art and linguistic stimulation is lots of fun for me.
ReplyDeleteI like them ;-)
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