rethinking appreciation #12

have you played board games lately? 

I'm not talking about monopoly and jenga and feelings jenga and coping skills jenga and multigenerational family relations jenga. we're way past all of that. 

board games continue to take us into strange new worlds.   

i appreciate that people are pushing the boundaries of what a board game can be.

generally speaking, i'm a big fan of exploring options and asking what if. 

what if we get rid of the board?

what if it's a game for only one player?

what if it's about cooperation instead of competition?

what if we throw in some zombies? 

i could have written about any of the artistic endeavors. but i spent a lot of time this summer down the board game rabbit hole, so here we are.

you'd be hard pressed to think of an idea that hasn't been turned into a board game.

you can be a fisherman in 19th century new england. 

or a wine maker. 

or a medieval gem broker. 

there's a game about roasting coffee!

and zombies everywhere.  

i appreciate the innocence of board games. it's nice to know we still have entertainment options that don't involve countless batteries and increasingly faster blinking lights. 

i lean towards simpler games. the fewer rules and pieces, the better. but i appreciate that there's a board game for every person and every interest.

even for the zombie people.

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