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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Hottest Board Game on Earth (FF)


FF-Friday Fictioneers

It looks like a village out of  the dawn of history, but it is actually Feringie Way, the hottest board game on Earth now literally being played all over the planet.

"Seven!" shouted Fred. Now I have 24 Chieftains. You roll, Kevin!"

"Hah!  A nine!" laughed Kevin. "I'm going to begin moving my 640 Archers to Bas Plateau. I'll mow your Chieftains down!"

"Not with my 3,000 Horsemen and Desert Fighters. Here goes: a five!  Moving my Sun Chieftain to Sirkhan Ramp.”

"Harry! Harry! The giant hand is grabbing me again! We should have never let the new arrivals play. "

"Just shut up and let Fred Xontar move you, Blanche!  Humankind has no choice."

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So?  Been moved to any interesting places lately?  I tend to prefer Sirkhan Ramp because there are frequently hundreds of Buxom Goddesses positioned there, although I'm not particularly enamored of Nebbish Row where everyone is a guy named Murray.

 When I meet a Buxom Goddess I actually like, I make sure to tell her that this week I brought in my contribution to the Friday Fictioneers based on the picture prompt above at 100 words, just like a good little game piece should!

 You can check out the work of some of the other Chieftains, Desert Fighters, and Buxom Goddesses by clicking upon them here. But you better hurry, it's Kevin Klingon's turn!  Ouch, Kevin, not so rough grabbing my tuchas! 

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36 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 13, 2013 at 11:30 PM

    Ah, it's so nice to smile! Thanks for that!
    Scott
    Mine: http://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/5564/

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  2. Sandra CrookNovember 14, 2013 at 2:56 AM

    Pawns, nothing more than pawns. Sometimes it seems that way. Nice one Perry! :)

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    1. Perry BlockNovember 14, 2013 at 3:02 AM

      A pawn? Why I'm a Courtier Sans-a-Belt! Which is ... yeah, a pawn.

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  3. Linda PalundNovember 14, 2013 at 4:07 AM

    Ah to be a pawn in their game... The wonders of the board game, now played on contraptions I know nothing about. I've never even seen a computer game since husband Charley was addicted to Miss Packman! The last game anywhere near this I played was RISK. Stormed off when everyone broke my clever Treaties. Just like real life.

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  4. Perry BlockNovember 14, 2013 at 11:58 AM

    Ms PacMan was lots of fun 30 years ago. My kids were mostly into sports games like Madden and high speed racing games, not so much shoot-em-ups. It takes a race of alien giants to bring back the good old board game. I can't wait to be the top hat in Monopoly! Ooops, gotta go ...

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  5. AnonymousNovember 14, 2013 at 12:30 PM

    Great article, Perry! Funny, too! Leaving now to find some of those other chieftains...Joy Ross Davis

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    1. Perry BlockNovember 14, 2013 at 2:13 PM

      Thanks, Joy. I've got to leave now too; many of us Buxom Goddesses are being moved to Bas Plateau. Yep, in this game it's whatever Xontar wants you to be!

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  6. AnonymousNovember 14, 2013 at 12:50 PM

    Dear Giant Hand,

    Stop touching my Buxom Goddesses! If you don't, I'll get Giant Foot to intervene ;-)

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    1. Perry BlockNovember 14, 2013 at 2:15 PM

      Giant hand gets to have more fun in 15 minutes of this game than I did in my entire lifetime before the alien invasion! Not fair!

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  7. AnonymousNovember 14, 2013 at 1:16 PM

    I'll take a board game over a computer game any day of the week, except the second Tuesday of every third month, unless its a holiday or a Tuesday. I wouldn't want to be a gamepiece though. Hope those giant hands are gentle, otherwise it's going to turn into a very dull game of flinging dead bodies around... actually, that sounds kind of fun- if you're the giant hand anyway.

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    1. Perry BlockNovember 14, 2013 at 2:21 PM

      I understand that everything's fun if you're the giant hand because that also means you have a giant .. um... talent for this game. But let's play before the dead bodies start piling up too high or it turns the second Tuesday of the third month .....

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  8. AnonymousNovember 14, 2013 at 2:06 PM

    And here, I thought my 2 knights and 2 rooks were going to be able to compete. Not against all those horsemen and desert fighters! A fun story, Perry -- just watch out for that giant hand!

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  9. AnonymousNovember 14, 2013 at 5:01 PM

    Hi Perry,
    This sound suspiciously like Risk. I'm pretty sure I once played this at a toga party in Serbia with Bosnian freedom fighters. Or maybe it was with Somali pirates and Tom Hanks. No, now I remember, it was at my Aunt Shirley's last night. A big fight broke out when we caught my aunt using loaded dice and the big hand had to break it up.
    Once again this week, your imagination is totally out of control. Ron

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  10. Perry BlockNovember 14, 2013 at 6:27 PM

    Aunt Shirley?!! AUNT SHIRLEY THE THUMB?!!! She's the one that always sticks her thumb way up where the moon don't .... !!! It's not just the dice that's loaded when she plays!

    Oy, I wish the Somali pirates would get rid of the aliens already. I am so tired of being a Buxom Goddess!

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  11. vb holmesNovember 14, 2013 at 6:47 PM

    Sorry, Perry--my Marilyn Monroe and her 30,000 Look-Alikes trump your Buxom Goddesses any day. Surrender and join the party.

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  12. UnknownNovember 15, 2013 at 6:57 AM

    So Adam Smith was a board game afficiendo. More so than Keynes, I guess.

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    1. Perry BlockNovember 15, 2013 at 4:47 PM

      Well, Patrick, you've succeeded in making me feel like a moron. I deserve to be a pawn!

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  13. AnonymousNovember 15, 2013 at 10:40 AM

    aaaaand... I have no Idea what just went on there. I feel like I just walked into a comic book store on game day. But I walked away with a smile on my face, darling, and that's all that matters.

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    1. Perry BlockNovember 15, 2013 at 4:48 PM

      I hope you and I land on the same space and get stuck there for a long time, darling! Thank you!

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  14. AnonymousNovember 15, 2013 at 2:34 PM

    I've been played! Well done Perry. I enjoyed this and I believe it some days.

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  15. Perry BlockNovember 15, 2013 at 4:49 PM

    Except for the Buxom Goddesses. Not too many of those these days in my life. Thanks!

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  16. AnonymousNovember 15, 2013 at 7:01 PM

    sucks to be human. never really liked board games but this was definitely fun :-)

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    1. Perry BlockNovember 16, 2013 at 12:48 AM

      It does suck to be human, and it does in the story too. Thanks, Kz!

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  17. janetNovember 16, 2013 at 8:51 AM

    I don't think it's going to edge out Monopoly, but it was a fun read. However, I'm definitely neither buxom or a goddess, so what do I know? :-)

    janet

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    1. Perry BlockNovember 16, 2013 at 5:03 PM

      If I can be a Buxom Goddess in this game, so can you, Janet!

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  18. AnonymousNovember 16, 2013 at 1:44 PM

    Ha! Sounds like a great game!

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  19. AnonymousNovember 17, 2013 at 1:44 PM

    Fun read, Perry. Like the life size game of chess, but more exciting. I don't think that one has any Buxom Goddesses.

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  20. Rochelle Wisoff-FieldsNovember 18, 2013 at 5:09 AM

    Dear Perry,

    Why do I find myself longing for the good old days of Pong. Remember when that was cutting edge? Or how about a good ole game of Parcheesi? There I go showing my longevity again.
    Fun story. Well played.

    shalom,

    Rochelle

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    1. Perry BlockNovember 18, 2013 at 8:52 AM

      And remember the good old days of "Pin the Mustache on Glover Cleveland?" Yes, I'm really talking longevity here!

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  21. brudbergNovember 18, 2013 at 3:52 PM

    Oh this was fun.. poor humankind

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    1. Perry BlockNovember 18, 2013 at 7:21 PM

      Poor Fred and Blanche anyway. You and I are with the Buxom Goddesses!

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