Two Parlour Games

At a party the other night, I got talking to some of my wife’s work colleagues, one of whom mentioned that they were getting into board games. I mentioned two parlour games – by which I mean games that need no special equipment – just pen and paper – or no equipment all. For example Charades, which my family played to excess on childhood ski trips. Since they hadn’t heard of either of these games, and I dug out a write up of these games I made for a another friend some time ago. As an experiment, I figured I’d publish them here. ...

May 5, 2025