Things I Miss Friday: polite games
Friday, August 13, 2010 at 6:00AM When I was a kid, there were two games I really enjoyed.
Croquet
and
Chess
No, seriously. C'mon now, don't try and tell me you didn't have favorite games. Sure, I loved Monopoly and Connect Four and Simon and Operation and Battleship and Mastermind and Uno. But I could play those all the time; people were always willing to play at least one of those.
But chess requires 1 - someone who knows the rules and 2 - someone who's willing to take the time for a game. Croquet requires a lawn and, of course, the equipment, which not everyone has. Even if someone doesn't play chess, they might have a set on display. My godfather and his wife had a croquet set and it was my favorite part of going to visit them because it was the only time I ever got to play - no one else I knew had a croquet set and we didn't have a yard, so we couldn't have one.
Nerd child, party of one. I know. But, come on, you can't tell me you didn't have some somewhat odd likes as a child... come on now, you can tell me...
things I miss, things that make me happy in life 
Reader Comments (2)
My sister and I loved playing Trivial Pursuit, but for years the only version we had was our parents' Baby Boomer edition, ha! We picked up a lot of random trivia from the 40s-70s...
Oh.. I LOVED croquet as a kid! It was always a special occasion when the wickets and mallets came out! Never did get the hang of chess, though.
My favorite as a kid? - Darts. We had a real-for-real dart board in my house, with real (sharp!) darts and everything. Man, I was terrible at that game, but I loved to play!