We played jacks and marbles in the schoolyard, and I never got very good. My friend had a big, shady screened in porch, and the two of us would sit out there in the summer and play Monopoly, Scrabble and Clue, as well as quite a bit of Canasta. She seemed incredibly lucky - always landing on Boardwalk and Park Place while I always landed on Go to Jail, and she'd always get the better cards and all the high point Scrabble letters. I didn't really enjoy any of that very much, but I liked my friend, and I know she didn't cheat. Now I sometimes play Words with Friends on Facebook, and one of my old friends from my home town plays pretty regularly. For some reason I seem to be the one with all the luck when I play with her. She will complain that she has nothing but all vowels or all consonants and I'm drawing the high point letters with just enough vowels time after time, until it's not even all that much fun to play.
Thought I'd add some of the ones my kids enjoyed: Hungry, Hungry Hippos, Battleship, Operation, and the some of the first electronic ones we had, Blasto (my personal favorite because you'd shoot things down and they never shoot you back!), Parsec and a little later, Simon. I'm not sure how we missed out on Pacman - they played it at friends' houses. We still have Simon, but sadly it doesn't work any more. My kids are in their 40's now, so it's okay to be nostalgic for electronic games, right?
Last edited by Rose_P; 04-03-2018 at 07:56 PM.