And to be honest, it's a little sad that my ten year old sister beats me every time. I mean, I'm nearing 30 (in a few years) you'd think I could handle this basic game. I was the one who taught her! Sigh... But I'm still a checkers chump. I will still play and get stomped. I did much better when I made her follow the rules of actually jumping someone if you can. Something about her not jumping produced a killing spree on her end. Partially because it allowed her to not move out of the 'king' spot.
As mentioned in a previous post long ago "Bringing Back the Board", I have a soft spot for board games. And with the help of my in-laws am learning to enjoy playing cards. Games that I rarely get to play anymore, but love are the act-it-out, draw, sing and dance silly melody games. And since I'm paying tribute to board games, I feel I must give a shout out to the KING of Best Games (in my humble opinion), one that I remember playing with aunts, uncles, and cousins and laughing til we cried-- BALDERDASH! Hands down, one of the most enjoyable games among quick-witted people. However, one that combines the quick wit and creative drawing is Scribblish or it's twin Telestrations.
It's crazy that I ended up played both of these games in a span of one month, and I quickly wondered how both games so similar could be released in span of one year. Actually Telestrations (USAopoly 2009) was released first and Scribblish (by Hasbro the same people who created Cranium) was released 2010. Scribblish appears to be geared towards a bit younger age listing 8 and up, where Telestration lists 13 and up. But what really weirded me out was to see these games listed as a board game to begin with! I remember playing this game in 2008- maybe early spring 2009 while in grad school under the guise of 'Word/Pictionary'. It was a laugh-so-hard-you-cry-party-game that merely required 10 pieces of paper and pens. I love how such basic games somehow get snatched up and now required $20+ to play because they provide for you 5 cheap pencils and a basic sand timer. I can't find in my online research who created Telestrations and I can't help wonder if it was a party game craze on the West Coast and someone 'picked it up'...? Someone needs to write a wiki article and let me know! :)
