In today's tech savvy times it can be easy to forget that most online games and mobile apps take inspiration from the humble board game. These traditional games are now getting big in Brisbane, quite literally.
Video games tend to divide people into two categories - those who love them and those whose inability to play them means they hate them. Finding myself firmly in the latter category, I reminisce for the much simpler era of the board game. We played them because,during Christmas holidays ,or the often equally cold and wet Irish summer, they were sometimes the only thing we had to play. These games like Scrabble and Monopoly have been making a bit of a comeback. First came the app versions and then the seal of approval from hipsters craving the nostalgia and retro feel of a truly 'interactive' game. Like most things, a gimmick can lend momentum to a comeback (just ask Betty White) and there aren't many gimmicks as eye-catching as a chess piece that could look eye to eye with a four year old child. That's just what Brisbanites may come face to face with on Thursday evenings in the city's St. George Square.
Games Night is a monthly event held where people can come to mix and play giant (and normal sized!) board games.
The next date for Games Night is 28th March 2013. For more information visit http://www.games-at-event.com/index.html .
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