Board Game Night

Mrs. Myrtle Standich attended an official gathering of the Board Game Club hosted at the residence of Mrs. Dorothy Lamour (of no relation to the famous screen star). Mrs. Ida Willaby, Mrs. Jillian Kirby, and Mrs. Immogene O'Reilly were also in attendance. The featured game of the night was Risk. The game lasted approximately five hours. It should be noted that Mrs. Ida Willaby left before the end of the game. She had complained of aching feet which was seen with little or no connection to the matter of playing a board game.

Mrs. Myrtle Standich controlled much of Asia at one point. She held Afghanistan China, India, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Ural, and Yakutsk. She longed for countries of which the names she could pronounce and this became evident in her gameplay as she made many a move for the sunny, purple valleys of the Australian continent.

Mrs. Dorothy Lamour realized at one point how many times the Middle East, owned by Mrs. Jillian Kirby, fought or was forced to defend. She noted that it was frightening how real this simple board game was getting and moved for a lemonade break. After a short vote, a motion was passed to put down the artillery and drink some lemonade.

Polite chat was conducted and all laughed when Mrs. Immogene O'Reilly suggested substituting the houses and hotels of Monopoly with the traditional Risk army pieces. The laughter seemed too real, though. And it was decided after an awkward pause that Mrs. Immogene O'Reilly was right. The army pieces, shortly after, were removed and replaced by the Monopoly houses and the game was finished as more of a cross country vacation adventure.