Samantha and I had been talking for a while about buying a board game or two to keep around the apartment in an effort to quell the restlessness that typically drives me out to spend money (food, entertainment, etc.). So tonight, we bought two games, Scrabble and Monopoly, in these nifty little bookshelf boxes from Target.
Our first round was with Scrabble, a game that I had thought would be a bit more evenly matched. Two college graduates with a penchant for writing were bound to have a fairly deep vocabulary. I was out gunned, and ended up losing by a few hundred points. She managed to empty her cache of tiles, I was left with both blanks and a "V". The picture is of the final board.
I avenged the loss in the second, winning an abridged game of Monopoly by a little under $1,000. We had to cut it short because of the self-imposed deadline of 9 p.m. so that we could still vacuum the floor. I take a little bit of satisfaction in beating an MBA in a game of business. She questioned my morals in all of this, but as they say, business is business.
We had a blast this evening, and I think we have already got our money's worth out of the board games. I think it is worthwhile for any married couple or even roommates to invest in a few board or card games, provided the competition does not get too heated.