By crazy I mean write a post without thinking about it. I ate some salmon & chicken at Megan's house, played some Ticket to Ride (settlers meets...trains). It was fun, maybe the game wasn't the most well thought-out (no trading? What kind of modern railroad game is this!? hah jk) game ever, but it was enough to hold people's attentions. And that's all a game really has to do, it's the people playing and their interactions that make games fun. Take Apples to Apples. In a normal setting I think this game could very well be the most boring game ever. However, take 5 people with the right sense of humor (say, my friends back in Oregon) and it becomes a game that ride's as close to the edge (and over it, frequently) as you want to get. Belly aching laughter for hours (not to mention the endless inside joke possibility). And in the end it's the game that gets the credit for this. Unfair, because it's the people that make it good, not the game. The "game" is that good because we make it that good, we change the rules to work with our group dynamic instead of having to box ourselves into a possibly "lame" game. So, Ticket to Ride was fun because the people playing were fun, but I bet with a few modifications there could be endless laughter and a riotous time had by all. These are good times no one wants to end. However, it's really a utopia that this possibily exists in, it doesn't happen that often and when it does it's hard to hang onto it. Movies, TV, anything is like this I think. Right people, right place, right time. Finding what each group is best for isn't tough, but finding the right "game" (movies and tv can be great games with different kinds of commentary) for the given group is more difficult. I remember watching movies with my old friend Jen and afterwords we'd spend a few hours discussing the desicions each character made and why it made sense, I loved it. Or watching Anchorman with my friends back home. Right movie, right place, right time. I think board games are in this realm...
However, I spend long times between these moments and any touch of social gameplay is cherished. Thanks Megan again, I love your fam. Tell your mom I'll play sequence with her too.
-Peace
