Discovered a new trick accidentally. Go into the wrong folder in your database of photos and stumble upon things you photographed a year ago to the day with the intention of blogging but never did.
A year ago today, after a meeting with my playwright collaborator Oliver Mayer to work on our play, I took some snaps of some old “Chinese Checkers”* boards on the wall. We were at the Brite Spot, a legendary cafe in Echo Park. I found them rather pleasant to look at, and wish I could have got a better angle to photograph them properly, but it was not practical. Anyway, here they are (click for a larger view):
Wow, I just realized that I have not played this game in decades. I remember it being fun, but have no recollection of the actual structure of the game, although I imagine I’d remember in a few seconds if presented with a game. I’ve also realized that I’ve not heard it even referred to in recent years. Has it disappeared? Do people play it still? Do you?
Do tell.
-cvj
(*If I recall correctly, the name was just a marketing ploy. The game has little to do with China.)
On this day on Asymptotia...
- A Retreat - 2008
- Science on TV - Having Your Say - 2007
- Science Sense - 2007
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In my family, we played when we were kids, sixty years ago or so. I didn’t recall how to play, either, but Wikipedia has an article that tells all.
I still have my homemade Chinese checkers board. I haven’t dragged it out of the closet for a few years, but I used to love the game (which I played largely by myself for some reason). I’ve never tried to teach my kids. Interesting.
We used to play when we were kids on an old Chinese Checkers board of my granmother. I recently (3 or 4 days ago) rediscovered the game and have played it everyday ever since over the internet (with skype) with my girlfriend. Excelent game!