In A Galaxy: Games People Play: Do you play board and video ...

So you all know it, we're a game-y family. ?No, I don't mean the kind that tastes slightly off or smells a week old (although the boys are getting a bit ripe..summer, you know.) ?I mean the kind that plays all kinds of games...together and alone. ?The boys were practically born with a Nintendo DS in their hands and Rodney has been a video game lover since he was a kid too. ?I was an Atari generation child so I can't pretend that I grew up a video gaming pro, but I was a serious master of Pong, just ask my sister (ahem....). ? I think part of how I managed to snag the hubby's affections was the fact that I liked to play video games, owned a Super Nintendo system, and had beat Zelda: Ocarina of Time before I met him. ?Before we were dating, when we were in the "just friends" phase still, we used to get snacks and appetizers and have video game nights. ?Ahhhh the courting rituals of the young.
There wasn't really any chance at all of our boys not growing up to be serious game addicts...and not just video games. ?Hubby loves role playing games, board games, any game at all really. ? Shaman Boy was a master of Clue before he was even in Kindergarten. ?Hip Hop Boy has been wrecking Star Wars LEGO galaxies since he was old enough to hold a controller. ?I'm okay with it all. ?I loved board games and card games growing up (my Granny taught me to play solitaire and gin rummy as soon as I was old enough to count to 10) and I really enjoy playing video games once in awhile.

I was highly skeptical of World of Warcraft when it first burst onto the scene. ?Hubby really wanted it, and as his birthday approached I decided I'd purchase it for him and have it all set up for him when he arrived home from his business trip to Texas. ?Of course I wanted to make sure that I had it set up properly so I logged in to make sure he was all ready to go....and I was hooked. ?I was 6.5 months pregnant with Shaman Boy at the time, alone at home with a 2.5 year old Hip Hop Boy, so I thought "I'll just play a little here and there until hubby gets home." ? We had to buy another copy because once Hubby was home I didn't want to share.? My 'hunter' was up to level 10 and I was just settling into my groove!

For quite awhile before Shaman Boy came along the Hubby and I bought each other video games for

Christmas, as well. ?He obsessively alphabetized and categorized them, and gave me strict instructions for which ones I was permitted to purchase. (They could be previously owned but had to have booklets and original case and needed to be in good shape, of course. ?They could NOT be one of the 'Players Choice'? or 'Greatest Hits' games...or whatever they were called.) ?I used to get spreadsheets with the games, prices, and best places to purchase them given to me as a Christmas (and birthday) list. ?He got all cozy when I dusted them...his "collection" (insert Little Mermaid tunes here...or maybe "his Precious" ala Gollum). Fast forward almost 10 years and we have come a long way. ?From one Playstation 2 game system and a Nintendo Gamecube (that I bought for Hubby while we were dating, as a Christmas gift) we now have the same Gamecube, the same Playstation 2 as well as a PS 3, three Nintendo DS handhelds (of varying types) and two PSP handhelds as well. ?This is on top of the two laptops and desktop computer, all of which are loaded with Steam (each of the boys...and yes, I include my husband in that...has their own Steam account, too.? (Steam...that's an entire conversation unto itself, coming soon.) ?I can't count myself out...I have my own Guild Wars 2 account that I share with the boys (however, I have four characters to their one each...priorities, y'all).

Long story short? ?We like to play games.

To that end, I have been feeling a bit left out of the boys geekier game playing sessions, lately. They have something now called Dungeon Command and the best I can tell each person gets his/her own army and then does their best to totally wipe out other family member's armies. ?Bonding at it's best. ?They also play Pathfinder and Dungeons and Dragons quite often (the latter was something I played a bit way back in middle school but not enough to call myself a role player...just enough to impress Billy Gardener and Danny Black who really liked D&D and who I had major middle school crushes on.) ?And this all has me thinking...am I missing out on something fun?

So in order to have more fun game time with my husband and kids I am setting out on a new adventure...Adventure into Role Playing games. ?Since we are headed to GenCon Indy in about a month or so I reckon I need to get acquainted with what I'm going to be experiencing once we arrive at our destination. ?More on GenCon next week...but for now I have a question: ?Do you play games with your kids? ?Did you love games as a kid, too? ?And if so...which games were your favorites? ? Would you ever pick up a role playing/table top type game to play with your kids? ?Why or why not? ?Looking forward to hearing about your experiences, and to sharing my own!

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