Christmas in jail

It's a great time of year to break out the board games. Click here for a list of some of the top board games of all time. We got into the swing of it at Thanksgiving, which included the unlikely coincidence of all of us landing in jail in a hotly contested game of Monopoly.

It's been our philosophy that the person who controls all the Railroads usually wins. But this year the winner (Roy) controlled the low rent district, with lots of houses & hotels!

The college kid (Cynthia) won at Scrabble. (I guess our money is being well spent at UW-Eau Claire!)

Now for a blast from the past.

Four-and-a-half-year-old Aaron (2002) cleaned up at the game of R*I*S*K. His approach was keep fighting until you were out of options. That goes against the logic that many people take of keeping a couple of areas of strength. There was no need to 'let' him win. I couldn't beat him. And it took years for me to finally beat him at R*I*S*K.

I hope your family game nights create some long lasting memories!

Merry Christmas