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Good thing the overweight and impoverished white folks are still chock full of funny, too.
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At least her son didn't live to see this. Hey, maybe they can make a Ouija board for Nicholas Hughes, too. I mean, why not? Fun fun funny!
05/17/09
I'm not trying to rant, I just think that just because someone like pink, and yoga, and ponies, and whatever else gets made fun of quite regularly on this site, is not a good reason to deride them or the products marketed towards them.
05/17/09
I'm not saying yoga, yogurt, ponies and pink are bad things, actually all of them are great things, it's just annoying that 50% of us are put into that box when marketers are trying to appeal to us. It's like saying men NEED a beer/football/boobs version of Scrabble- but of course they don't, there already IS mens' Scrabble, now that we have a woman's version!
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This however, just plain sucks.
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Not that they need to market a separate Scrabble to women, but it might be better to actually use fashion rather than spell "fashion" on the board. And men actually might like playing with it too- you could actually just market it as "Missoni Scrabble Deluxe."
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Also, the fact that the Monopoly one is shaped like a jewelery box...with a mirror...that's not great. What is this, Paris Hilton's real estate company?
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"nstead of buying properties like Boardwalk and Park Place, players buy malls, hair salons, spas and fashion boutiques (like Jillian's Jewelry Store and Savannah's Super Spa) , go shopping, pay cell phone bills, and instead of Chance and Community Chest cards, players pick Text Message cards and Instant Message cards. Even the money, dice and property cards are pink!
Monopoly Pink Boutique comes in a pink case that looks like a jewelry box. Even the game pieces are girly. Houses and hotels have been replaced with pink and purple malls and boutiques, and tokens include sunglasses, a hairdryer, flip flops, a cell phone, a skateboard, a soccer ball, a purse and a dog. The tokens can even be worn as charms on a bracelet."
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I justify my ruthlessness by pointing out that it is the one freakin' game that I can actually win. Monopoly, Life, Sorry... I lose every game.
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I haven't played any of those games in years, but I did sometimes win at Life. The others...not so much.
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I REALLY love "Citadels" and "Jet Set," though! And, of course, no one has ever beat me at "Balderdash."
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I do not know these other games of which you speak. What are they like?
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Citadels (sounds a lot dorkier than it is, but I picked it up in about three seconds, because everything you need to do in a turn is written on the cards you're holding.)
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Balderdash= MOST FUN GAME EVER!!!!!! Basically, there are 5 categories: Word definition, Acronyms, Movie titles, People, and Laws. Say the "name" is someone like "Harry McNulty." Obviously, no one has heard of this person, so every player must make up a "definition" for that person. So, say "The winner of the 1973 Great Chili Cook-Off." The real definitions are always something kooky like that. Anyway, the goal is to get as many people to pick your answers as possible.
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