{"id":46,"date":"2008-08-27T17:25:38","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T16:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=46"},"modified":"2008-08-27T17:26:54","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T16:26:54","slug":"good-games-played","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"Good games welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I like to play games: mostly card games, but I can do the Rubik&#8217;s Cube and I am reasonably good at various forms of solitaire including Mahjong and Sudoku.<\/p>\n<p>I like games which, once mastered happen quickly so I don&#8217;t like Civilisation though I adore Age of Empires. Chess has always eluded me but draughts is awesome. Chinese checkers too though I wouldn&#8217;t necessarily play my dad too often. It&#8217;s nice to have a chance of winning if only occasionally!<\/p>\n<p>A game should have entertainment and moments of joy and delight as well as small moments of frustration and reaching reserves you never knew you had. I like honorable battle.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t like some of the games people play which include causing people pain &#8211; I don&#8217;t like one person running the game where they can be the only winner as they&#8217;re the only ones in control of the rules.<\/p>\n<p>If games are not fun for all, what&#8217;s the point?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like to play games: mostly card games, but I can do the Rubik&#8217;s Cube and I am reasonably good at various forms of solitaire including Mahjong and Sudoku. I like games which, once mastered happen quickly so I don&#8217;t like Civilisation though I adore Age of Empires. 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