This afternoon after work, I happened to be walking near a park close to my hotel when I came across this scene, which you don't see so often in Singapore and Malaysia these days, two men sitting on the ground, out in the open, enjoying a board game of Chinese Chess.
In later years, a slew of fancier board games were launched, like Monopoly, Careers, Risk, Cluedo, Trivial Pursuit and so on. Some pretty creative ones, but (maybe I'm biased) I reckon they lacked the rustic nature of the earlier board games.
These days it's getting quite rare to see the younger kids play board games. Most of them are keener on the digital stuff. Which I feel is a pity, because the tactile feel of moving pieces around a board with your hands is something that an electronic game machine just can't replace. Not to mention facing another human opponent, rather than pixels on a screen. Well, that's my view anyway.
Anyway, do share your memories and views on games (board or otherwise) that you enjoyed as a kid ...
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