Boardgames Can Provide More Than An Entertaining Distraction

Writing Prompt

Select one of your favorite boardgames, Sorry!, Life, Battleship, Operation!, Trivial Pursuit, Chutes and Ladders, etc. Brainstorm a list of words that come to mind when you think about the game. Use your list and your experiences with the game to write a piece.

Suggestions:

• Write about how the game reflects some dynamic in real life
• Write the game into a story; think Alice in Wonderland or Zathura
• Write about a memory that you associate with the game

D.M.H.