My husband and I took my parents and Aunt on a holiday to Cairns for 5 days and we spent the evenings playing Rummikub, a board game. It was so nice to sit around a table together interacting with conversation, laughter and using our brains, instead of sitting as individuals in our own worlds watching TV, being on technology or reading. I usually stay at my Aunt's one night a week, when we are home and she and I have 3 games of Rummikub after tea. It is good for getting the brain going.
My daughter and her husband often play board or card games in the evenings with their children instead of letting them disappear into their rooms and simply spend time on their phones. The kids enjoy playing various games and love it when they bet their parents. When I visit them, they include me, and generally bet me every time. They play one game called Labyrinth, which I really struggle with as you have to anticipate a few moves ahead and use spatial thinking, which I really struggle with.
As children, we played monopoly quite a bit, I don't like it now and call it monotony. As we got older, we learnt different and harder ones, such as scrabble, 500, and Euchre. We played 500 at school in our lunch times and at one stage, when I was picking asparagus we played Euchre in our breaks.
What games do you play with your families?
My daughter and her husband often play board or card games in the evenings with their children instead of letting them disappear into their rooms and simply spend time on their phones. The kids enjoy playing various games and love it when they bet their parents. When I visit them, they include me, and generally bet me every time. They play one game called Labyrinth, which I really struggle with as you have to anticipate a few moves ahead and use spatial thinking, which I really struggle with.
As children, we played monopoly quite a bit, I don't like it now and call it monotony. As we got older, we learnt different and harder ones, such as scrabble, 500, and Euchre. We played 500 at school in our lunch times and at one stage, when I was picking asparagus we played Euchre in our breaks.
What games do you play with your families?
