Yahtzee Jr? How hard is Yahtzee Sr?

My Leverage water bottle got a laugh in the break room based on nothing but the quote ("Geek power baby. Stay strong."). I'm pretty sure he didn't recognise the show, because he didn't mention it. Still not taking it to meetings, though. Only for peers.

Yahtzee Jr? How hard is Yahtzee Sr?

It's more that it is fun with the pictures (and there is no scoring to do). Sadly, the original Mickey Mouse version is out of print and you mostly only find movie tie-in versions.

Good to know my Guillotine set is not a collector's item. No. wait.

Guillotine from Wizards of the Coast is another favorite,

Playtesting that thing was a PAIN.

So is Apples to Apples. (especially if you play it with people you know, and try to play to the judge that way).

This was proven over the weekend when a friend won the round I was judging by playing the "Count Dracula" card.

Playtesting that thing was a PAIN.

I'll bet, given the heated Rules discussions on BGG.

Apples to Apples is one of the few party games I don't like, specifically because of its subjectivity.

Does anyone else remember having the Which Witch? board game? That was one of my favorites in my pre-teen years, although it took forever to set up.

I'll bet, given the heated Rules discussions on BGG.

I'm trying to think what the controversy could possibly be, but maybe I'm just not remembering the game very well.

Ooh, Harry Potter Clue! That sounds fun. I don't think the boy has gotten into Harry Potter yet. That might be something to read together this summer.

Do you think it's too scary for an 8 yo? The movie version, I mean.

Can a person who thinks that there should have been another solution/physical place for creating the state of Israel think that way without being an anti-semite?

I think Israel should not have have been created, or at least not as a Jewish rather than secular state. But that ship has sailed so to speak. Peace between Israelis and Palestinians has to be based on the understanding that Israel exists and has a right to continue existing. But it also needs be based on the understanding that Israel's creation, at least in the form it was created, was a crime. And that many of the actions Israel took over the years to preserve and expand its state were crimes. And also that much of the resistance to the the crimes of Israel over the years also took the forms of crimes. There is no "just" resolution to this conflict. We need a resolution everyone can live with. That lease the (increasingly slim) chance of a two state solution.

As to Helen Thomas. That was definitely an anti-semitic remark. Don't know if relects something that was festering all these years, or if she has a brain tumor or something. (Derailment: Sometime serious brain disease can create racism or anti-semitism as a symptom. The interaction between social causes and biological causes is interesting. Presumably in a Hindu nation, the symptom would be a hatred of untouchables or Muslims or something. Not always racism. No joke, one of Heinlein's worst novels turned out to be due to brain disease - not tumor but something along those lines. The one where a guy's brain was transplanted into the body of his sexy secretary. )