parcheesi

It’s time to clear the docket! This week, we’re tackling BOARD GAMES. And we get some help from a very special guest: Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and board game enthusiast David Lindsay-Abaire is here! He helps decide on issues of Monopoly house rules, the layout of the Clue board, and how to win at Life! (The board game, not, y'know, life.)

David's musical KIMBERLY AKIMBO is on Broadway right now, at the Booth Theatre. Get tickets here!

When was the last time you read the box of your favorite boardgame? There may be more to its history than you imagine! 

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Music: "Strollin" by Elin Sandberg 

Sources:

Parcheesi

https://thebiggamehunter.com/games-one-by-one/parcheesi/

parcheesi | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com)

Parcheesi. Pawtucket, RI: Hasbro, 2001.

Falkner 1892, pp. 257-58; quoting M.L. Rousselet: India and its Native Princes, 1876.
 

Jumanji Universe

https://screenrant.com/zathura-movie-jumanji-connection-sequel-shared-universe-explained/

https://www.michiganradio.org/post/mastermind-behind-jumanji-gives-his-take-updated-film-version

https://jumanji.fandom.com/wiki/Jumanji_(Milton_Bradley_Board_Game)#:~:text=The%20Jumanji%20board%20game%2C%20stylized,Chris%20Van%20Allsburg%20in%201981  
 

Cowries

https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/33334/fairness-of-cowry-shells-as-dice

https://www.nbbmuseum.be/en/2007/01/cowry-shells.htm

Music sourced from Epidemic Sound