I’M ON THIS GAME KICK

When you’re into Perfection, Keep on Your Toes
You have to be quick, cause here how it goes
Push the plunger down, set the timer
Put the pieces in place
Don’t be slow, with Perfection
You gotta move on fast, move on fast
Before the pieces pop-up before you put in the last
And that’s perfection

I still remember the song to that commercial from many years ago when growing up and it keeps ringing in my head to the extent that I’m on this game kick. Not electronic, video, computerized or internet games; but board games. I’ve been having this fear that the board games that I grew up with will no longer be available and will eventually become obsolete; because everything is either or going electronic, video, computerized or internet.

I had some of these board games growing up and don’t remember what happened to them. Even some of the stores that only specialize in board games are folding. I remember Game Keeper, they had a couple of locations, well they all folded and now there’s only 2 places left; Game Towne and Game Empire that sell an extensive selection of board games.

You can still find some of these board games at drug, department and toy stores, but these places don’t have the variety of sizes, various kinds of woods and creative game pieces in Chess, Checkers, Backgammon, Mancala, Dominoes, Chinese Checkers or Mah Jong. These places lack the originality and uniqueness of these board games because most of them are made out of cardboard with plastic game pieces. The game stores game pieces come in wood, jade, marble, stone, tile & metal and of course you would have to be willing to spend booco bucks for wood, distinctive game pieces and larger sizes of these board games. I must admit that the average board games such as Monopoly, Clue, Life, etc are less expensive at drug, department & toy stores than these games stores.

Another thing that I like about these game stores is that I saw a lot of games that I never even heard of in addition, they still have some of the older games that I would estimate date back to the early 1900’s maybe even older. They also have different kinds of Chess; I even saw a Star Wars Chess set. You’re not going to find these games at your typical drug, toy or department store.

When I went shopping for these games there are some many versions of Monopoly I was overwhelmed, but I still prefer the original version. There were also several Pop Culture Games that interest me, but they were expensive. Mulysa, I went to a couple of places that only specialize in board games, Game Towne & Game Empire but still no luck in finding that game you described to me with blocks and marbles; I’ll keep my eye open though. I bought some of these games for TC; her birthday is coming up soon, Mulysa’s kids and myself.