Games

[stranger]

Shooters, steelies, glasses, cats eyes, marbles, solids...like the teeter hotter/seesaw the games taught us not to play with just anyone, who is wiling to cheat, who is fun to play with. Playing for keepsies and funnsies.

That bag I marbles was a fearsome weapon.

I still have some old marbles from those days (actually found a lot of them in the dirt at my grandmother's house. No telling how old they are). When I see them I feel sort of like a kid and I think I could still make a shot or two if I got the chance. I always liked the keepsies, the stakes were a bit higher so it was a mixture of fun and seriousness.

 

[wil]

My grandfather worked in an ice cream factory that had little indicators on the sticks for ice cream bars....you saved so many of them you mailed them back and got a box of marbles.. When the company went out of business he brought back cases of these little boxes. .the boxes held 10 marbles. Whenever we came to visit (across country so every other year) he would give me a box of marbles...every time I would lose my marbles and he would give us kids another box. It was seventh grade when he gave me the last box out of the last case. Of course I lost them. And he had no more.

Maybe I should have put this in tje introductory section...it may help to explain my posts, knowing I lost my marbles long before I got here!

 

[Ahanu]

Cards for Decolonization

Description:

"Cards For Decolonization, formerly known as Cards Against Colonialism, is a satire and humor based game created by and for native people. Cards for decolonization contains cards about stereotypes, social issues, and cultural icons unique to indian country. There are some mature themes in Cards for Decolonization, so if your uncle who used to be on council is playing, maybe consider removing the “nepotism” and “embezzling tribal chairmen” cards.

The game comes with 100 red question cards and 380 white response cards. We also include a handful of blank cards to write your own jokes. Great for writing in that one time your nephew snagged his cousin.

" through this short and profound experience, I realized how putting these stereotypes on the table can help with the decolonization of the individuals who would be playing the game. It also drives the conversation to a deeper level, shift paradigms and awakens consciousness. It leads to the storytelling of one's culture, which can be liberating, transformative, and set the trajectory for culture healing and revitalization.....and it is so hilariously wrong!"~Gerry Ebalaroza-Tunnell Hawaiian​

 

[stranger]

Sounds like quite an experience. But alas, the time. I am already into too many games.