FANCY GAMES? BOARD GAMES

Fancy a game?BOARD GAMES

1. Say which of the board games below you have played, who you have played them with and how difficult you think they are.

a) Players create words using letters. b) The pieces have different shapes, like a top hat, a car, an iron, a boot.

Look at the sentences and decide whether they describe chess, Monopoly or Scrabble.

c) The goal is to score more points than other players. d) The goal is to attack the opponent’s king so that it cannot move.

e) Players roll the dice and move forward on the board. f) It can only be played by two people.

Watch the first part of a video (to 00:40) and say where the speaker is.

Vídeo

• What do you think about the idea of a board game library?
• • Would you borrow a game from the library? Why/Why not?
• • Would the library be popular where you live? Why/Why not?

DISCUSS

1. • Have you played any of the games from the video? How good are they? If you haven’t played them, which one(s) would you like to try?
2. • Do you prefer strategy games or games in which you only need luck? Why?
3. • Do you enjoy playing cooperative games or do you prefer games in which you play against your opponents? Why?
4. • How important is winning a game for you?
5. • What other board games have you played (as a child or an adult)?
6. • Would you agree that board games are not only for kids? Why/Why not?
7. • Do you know anyone who collects board games? If so, do you sometimes play with them?
8. • Have you ever created or thought about creating your own game? What was it about?

a game of skill for two players using a chessboard on which chessmen are moved. Initially each player has one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns, which have different types of moves according to kind. The object is to checkmate the opponent's king.

Scrabble, board-and-tile game in which two to four players compete in forming words with lettered tiles on a 225-square board; words spelled out by letters on the tiles interlock like words in a crossword puzzle.

Monopoly is a multiplayer economics-themed board game. In the game, players roll two dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents and aim to drive them into bankruptcy. Money can also be gained or lost through Chance and Community Chest cards and tax squares. Players receive a salary every time they pass "Go" and can end up in jail, from which they cannot move until they have met one of three conditions.