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Board games, with the exception of chess, are mostly played at boarding schools. This is simply because of the time needed to play most popular board games. One of the advantages of boarding is there are always plenty of friends available to play games. They are mormally played during free time, especially during the weekends when more time is available. Some schools make board games a kind of club activity. Most schools have quite a range of board games available for the children. Chess of course is a board game, but it is really a separate activity of its own.
In Board Games this year we have a lot of fun. It gives me a chance to play games which I would not normally play because at home there are not enough people to play them with me. Board Games also gives me a chance to play new games. The school has a very good selection of games like Scrabble, the Game of Knowledge and Connect Four. The teacher that takes us is Miss Miller; she is very nice because in the hockey term and in the rugby term we play Murder in the Dark, but now the school times have been changed, it is harder to play it because it does not get dark enough.
Mark Thomas, Junior Wyvern (Queen's College Junior School), 1989-90.
Monday evenings in the Winter Term saw many playing a variety of games. 'S Star' proved the most popular. Though some of the games are the old favourites, most of the games are not so well known, but once the rules were understood, play was much better. So, I shall want some wardens who are prepared to learn and explain the games, set an example with patient playing and an ability to lose graciously, and to look after them by checking that no bits and bobs are lefy lying on the floor afterwards.
CCH, Great Walstead Magazine 1987.
