I think we all have an Achilles Heel. Mine is board games. I may have alluded to it a few weeks back when I told you about Mall Madness. Really, though, you have no idea how much I love games. I love them. All of them. Not like, “Oh, I love to have game night.” Every night is a game night. Derek plays games with me all the time. When we first got The Game of Life we left it set up on our table for two weeks. We just kept playing it over and over.
We love games.
And cards. I hate to think about how many decks of cards we own. It’s a collection of its own.
Anyway, I’ve amassed a sweet board game collection. The problem was that all my precious games were hidden away in the back of our coat closet.
And for a collection as sweet as this, the back of the closet just wouldn’t do. So I made a new home for my games.
Back in 2006 my mom’s office was getting new furniture. This bookshelf was given to Derek for his college house for free. Since then it has moved five times and is on it’s last leg. When I took everything out of the office to start renovating, the bookcase was up there. The books are now stashed in the basement until next winter when we finish the basement. Until then I figured I’d either throw this piece of junk away, or pretty it up and try to get another year of use out of it. Being cheap, I did the latter.
After a coat of paint and adding a few extra nail and screws when it started to totally fall apart, I had a new place to stash my games. All of them.
I totaled them up last night. And you won’t believe this. We own 58 games. I could host a game night every week for a year and never play the same thing twice. Yes, they are all fun. Yes, I’ve played them all. They range from the common {Monopoly, Life, Checkers and Chess} to the obscure {Pipeline, Punchline, Hoopla and Picture Picture.} I have vintage games, discontinued games, new games, card games, easy games, hard games, word games, party games. I just love games.
So, just tell me when you want to come over and play.
Amy
