Ritika<\/b>: \u201cAvani, finish all your work before lunch today, it\u2019s Saturday, we\u2019ll sit and play Ludo ??.\u201d<\/p>\n
Avani<\/b>: \u201cYippeee Dippee Dooooo ??!\u201d<\/p>\n
Vidhi<\/b>: \u201cNo, dude! Today is Monopoly Day! ?\u201d<\/p>\n
Anu<\/b>: \u201cPlease! UNO! Pleaseeeeeeeee ??\u201d<\/p>\n
Ritika<\/b>: \u201cOk Baba! We\u2019ll play all – We have Sunday as well ?\u201d<\/p>\n
OMG! Some of the lovely days of my life!!<\/p>\n
Ludo, Uno, Monopoly – these names were are music to my ears. I also have a taste for Carrom and Scrabble – but I usually don\u2019t win in these.. So you know.. ? Then comes Chess (my dad\u2019s favorite) that I don\u2019t want to play and I won\u2019t play ? – if it involves the brain; it is not a game ?!!<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s revisit some of our favorite indoor games today! <\/p>\n
Derived from the Indian game Pachisi, it needs to have a minimum of 2 players and maximum of 4. The actual fun comes with 4 players. Entire board filled with all four colors and the joy that comes when it’s your turn to roll the dice ?; the joy doubles when the dice brings a \u2018six\u2019 and triples when you get to cut someone\u2019s gotti <\/i>?. However, ? breaks when yours is brutally slashed by the other person. <\/p>\n It is a bonus that comes along with Ludo ?. Again a classic Indian contribution to the world for young and old alike ?. While the rolling of dice defines your fate, the shrewd snake waits at the end to wreck your hard-earned race ?. With a hot cup of tea and players with heads down, the one who reaches 100 first, receives the crown ?. I still remember we never used to plan playing this game, it just popped up by chance when we were all done with other games or using it as time pass<\/i> while waiting for someone. <\/p>\n My personal favorite ?. Play it anywhere anytime – though I have a lot of memories of \u2018us\u2019 getting thrashing while we untimely enjoyed this game (during office times ?). Contrary to what I said earlier, these games too involve the use of the brain – at least all are the play of numbers ?. While trying to peep into our neighbor\u2019s cards, we often missed shouting \u2018UNO\u2019 or \u2018CATCH\u2019 on time – and that\u2019s when the game truly begins ?!<\/p>\n Monopoly or Business or as we used to call it \u2018Binness<\/i>\u2019 made our indoor Sundays a lot more fun than visiting malls or watching movies! The multiplayer game with a minimum of 2 players brought in a sense of responsibility of making every move cautiously and the victory gave a super Richie Rich<\/i> feeling with holding a lot of money ? and owning huge properties. Impressed by the game that I was, I gifted the same to my dad on father\u2019s day, on which he didn\u2019t know what to say ?!<\/p>\n I am sure many of us would have re-lived these moments recently during the pandemic-induced circumstances and lockdown. These are not just moments but pleasant rhythms \u266b that set a magical tune between family and friends. Be it momentary, these games make us forget the twists of life and be involved in the current time enthusiastically yet peacefully.<\/p>\n Having talked about the pandemic specifically, this change in everyone\u2019s life did reveal some significant life facts and hacks we never even thought of at some time. In the end, the present era\u2019s game is all about making the smart move and rolling the right dice. <\/p>\nSnakes<\/span> & Ladders<\/span><\/h2>\n
Uno<\/span><\/h2>\n
Monopoly<\/span><\/h2>\n