Archive for April, 2008

Monopoly - Addicting Games for Every Age

With so many forms of entertainment available today, games and puzzles remain a fun way to pass the time, a means of instilling good sportsmanship in children, and a way to bring families together. In fact, there are addicting games for people of all ages. Monopoly, however, has to rank on almost everyone’s list of […]

Fun Games And Activities For Enjoyable Family Get Togethers

Family get togethers are lots of fun and besides getting to catch up on all the latest news the kids get a chance to play together that may be a rare occasion. There some things you can do to make these times a lot more fun such as games and other activities. Some of our […]

Training: Using Games to Embed Learning

Too much training is boring. Too much training barely raises itself above level one in Kirkpatrick’s four levels of training evaluation. That is, the reaction of students; what they thought and felt about the training. Too much training ignores the learning needs of the participants. Too much corporate training spending is wasted.
Adults have some simple […]

The Most Addicting Games on the Planet

If you’re an avid gamer, you’ probably enjoy most genres of games and puzzles. Someone asks if you’d like to play, and you immediately say, “I’m in!” In an admittedly informal survey of avid gamers (and after some very heated discussions), here are the games that they claimed were among the most addicting games on […]

Are Traditional Family Games a Thing of the Past?

Board games have evolved massively over the years. As a child my memories of board games were Monopoly, Draughts, Cluedo, Guess Who and many many more. All games that we could play as a family to pass the time away. Hours of fun was had by all.
My favorite game was Monopoly a game that give […]

Chess Board Games

Chess is one of the oldest board games around, and it is definitely the most popular and competitive one. It is a relatively simple, yet sophisticated form of entertainment that offers hours of enjoyment involving strategic movements between two players. One player ultimately outwits the other and is crowned champion.
It is believed that Chess originated […]

Board Gaming - Explaining Modern Board Games to Non-Gamers

Your Hobby is What?
How many times have you heard this question?
Your hobby is what? You play board games? Are You Kidding?
As I started to become fascinated by these modern eurogames, I got a lot of funny looks from people - my wife, brother, and sister included. Their response was “Ok, if that is what you […]


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