The Weekend Board Games

Yesterday was a very exciting and fun filled day as I joined my friends for The Board Game Weekends at Puruke Games Inc.

What are Board Games?

According to Wikipedia, a board game is a tabletop game that involves counters or pieces moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules.
Examples of Board Games include Scrabble, Chess and Monopoly.

Yesterday’s Board Games

Starting at 01:00PM, I was privileged to connect and play Scrabble with some of my very good friends like Che Francis who is the author of The Weekend Board Games and CEO of Puruke Games Inc., Gevala Cyril who is the CEO of Extended Limits and his fiancee, and lots of wonderful people.

CEO of Extended Limits, Gevala Cyril and his Fiancee

It was a great game and I am proud to say I emerged victorious in our Scrabble round.

Why do I play Scrabble?

I think it will be great if I shared with you some of the benefits of playing Board Games and most especially Scrabble.

• Scrabble teaches me vocabulary and strategy
• It’s helping to fortify social bond and cooperation as young people
• Since scrabble is a challenging and competitive game, It helps to build intellectual capacity, increase self confidence and improve emotional wellbeing
• Scrabble is fun!

I reap all these benefits each time I play Scrabble and one of the most exciting moments for me was winning yesterday’s scrabble game.

Monopoly

From Scrabble, we then dived into Monopoly and it was really an interesting game. While my business friends were thinking of how to win the game, I used sustainable thinking or let me say “green thinking” to emerge the Robert Kiyosaki of the game.
For six hours, my friends and I laughed and played together and it was really a great day.

Like Scrabble, Monopoly too has a lot of benefits. Generally, Board Games have a lot of health and social benefits such as;

• Better memory and increased cognitive functioning
• Lowers blood pressure, reduces stress and reduces risk of mental illness
• Speeds up responses and can greatly help in child development
• Promotes socialization among people, etc.
  
  Che Francis, author of The BoardGame WeekEnds and CEO of Puruke Games Inc.

Chess

Chess was great except for the fact that I know nothing about Chess. However, I have given myself two weeks to learn how to play Chess and of course, become a Chess Pro.

The take home message

If there is one thing I am taking back home from yesterday’s Board Games, then it’s definitely to buy my own scrabble, chess and monopoly so that I can teach my wife and kids how to play.
Participating in The Weekend Board Games was awesome and I will make sure I play these games with my friends every weekend.

If you think you are a great scrabble player, contact me let’s play online.

Special thanks to Che Francis of Puruke Games Inc. for starting this wonderful initiative in my community.
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