My Online Monopoly

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 […]

Let me describe the way my house looked a few weeks ago. My younger children (six children from 6-18) were on winter vacation and by five o'clock at night and the children were BORED. You know what that means: some were fighting, some were ignoring the others, and some were simply obnoxious.

If this sounds like […]

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 […]

There's been much debate about the effect that video games and online games have in the development of our children and even in the socialization of adults. Reams have been written about the ways in which video games isolate youngsters and encourage a sedentary lifestyle. Some argue that, when adults play video games and online […]

Getting children to learn has long been a dilemma faced by today's teachers and parents. How do you make something like the industrial revolution interesting to an eight year old? It's hard, but have always been intrepid folks out there who try their hardest to make the act of learning fun and entertaining for children. […]

Playing games is a great way to spend your time relaxing, but with all the different schedules people have it can be hard to get together to play such games on a regular basis. There are plenty of online computer games you can play at home though in your spare time. This is a great […]

There are many games out there for kids, including board games, video games, and computer games. It is very easy to just go out and purchase games for your kids however, you should be taking the time to focus on how educational the games you buy will be for your children. No doubt your kids […]

If you learn how to make up your own board games for parties you?ll find that you can create an easy themed board game for every party.

You?ll need:

? Heavy Cardstock or cardboard

? Printer

? Poker chips

? Color ink

? Glue

You?ll be able to create the playing board for your themed board game with a simple paint program. […]

There are a lot of different types of games that people play. There are online games and home video game systems, but it seems that one type of game that used to be played a lot is not as “in the spotlight” as it used to be. These are board games, and although they have […]

I guess my interest in board games started during the World Cup draw in 1965. I had gone to stay with one of my Cousins back home in the east end of London, my parents having moved to Surrey 4 years before. It was early January and we were nearing the end of the school […]