While it seems computer games are increasingly popular, I like to play “old-fashioned” boardgames whenever the opportunity presents itself. I was therefore pleasantly surprised to see The Economist offering what seems to be a hilarious simple boardgame called Credit Crunch in their latest issue – snippet of the board on the left.
You get the board with the great Christmas double issue, or you can download and print one yourself, along with all the other required stuff, from here. I’ve yet to play it, but it sure looks like fun.
There are some challenges with boardgames, however. One is people – while I prefer Settlers of Catan or Puerto Rico to television, Ticket to Ride or Power Grid to an ice hockey game and a round of Citadels to going to a bar, many others don’t. Ever since the key person of our games group moved away (hey Michael, how about coming back to Finland? 
), boardgames activity has been far too light. Sure kid(s) present some challenges, but it shouldn’t mean game nights (or days for that matter) are impossible to organize.
On a semi-unrelated note, I’ll try to focus on some of my favorite offline activities like reading, cooking and photography during the holiday period, so I might not (or might, who knows) be blogging very actively for the next ~2wks. With that in mind, I wish Peaceful Holidays to all of my five readers and to be on the safe side, Happy New Year 2009 also!
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to you too.
Merry x-mas and thanks for the blog – it’s a nice read with an interesting mix of topics. If you get around with the board games, write a few words on those as well