Board Games, do you ever finish a game.....

[Pearl5]

My DS was a total nightmare when we sat as a family playing board games the worst one was monopoly, well that would just be flung off the table, card games would end up where they were all stuck into each other, other games, i would end up taking the game away, no more games....spoil sport aren't I...

Well we tried to play monopoly at the weekend and all i can say is T is the same as his dad, and to top it all he was shouting everyone else was cheating when he landed on a house or got a card where he had to pay money, after so many chances he ended up getting taking away from the game, started a new game and he promised to play properly, ended up exactly the same he just cant help himself....anyone else have a spoil sport in the family...

[aggie]

I had an audio recording of the fight called Monopoly , I wish I still had it , every time it was mooted I threatened to play the recording .............. how no blood was shed I have no idea !!

[Gemini]

LOL Aggie!

Pearl we mostly play board games with our friends. We enjoy them and no one sulks and doesnt finish the game

GD , 6, is good at playing games properly. GS, 3, thinks he can play snakes and ladders, Buckaroo and Guess Who. In his own way and the games don't last long!

[Shemadee]

My nephew would throw the board up in the air if he started losing. GSs take an existing game and make up their own convoluted rules almost by osmosis. Don't hear any discussions but the rules just seem to appear.

[Oma]

We play games as a family and I am the one who always loses I'm sure they cheat 😀

[Nana]

Pearl your post has me in stitches. I can just picture the scene. It's funny how a little healthy competition can suddenly turn into a life or death situation.

[Nanto2girls]

We haven't played a board game for ages.Grandaughter has a passion for playing dominoes at the moment. Fortunately she doesn't lose her cool if she doesn't win.

[aggie]

The only board game I really enjoy is Scrabble .............. I nearly always win ............ my sister refuses to play with me

[Daisy]

I'm probably the nightmare board player in our family. I get fed up, don't concentrate and then do silly things which annoys other people. I don't care whether I win or lose, or whether we play by the rules or whether we finish the game or not, and it has been known to annoy other people.

In my defence, I do try very hard to set a good example to the children if I get dragged into playing a board game with them.

[Plantaholic]

Sounds like me Daisy, my DD is the same we are not competative. I refuse to play Monopoly, it goes on too long and usually end in arguments.

[Daisy]

The best board game we have is Balderdash, which in the right company (not small children) is hilarious. It's a kind of Call my Bluff game, and generally people who like crosswords, Scrabble, word games etc enjoy it. But even then, I'm not competitive. I think Ludo is the least stressful game to play with the GCs, but I sometimes manipulate it to speed it up! It's not my best grandparenting skill!

[Shemadee]

Must admit my heart sank when a new version of trivial pursuits was brought out at Christmas but it had been speeded up considerably and was a big improvement. I can't stand games that go on and on and on. I starGSt to lose the will to live! The boys quite like Happy Families and it is more fun now that GS2 can hold and sort the cards himself.

[Daisy]

Shem - I noticed there was a new Trivial Persuit game out, but didn't realise it had changed that much - I thought it was just new questions and categories. I might be tempted!

[Gemini]

Ooh, I loved Trivial Pursuit, I may look into the new edition too!