Hypothetically

Have you ever played Chinese Checkers?  I loved this game growing up and remember playing with my best friend for hours. I just introduced the big kids to the game a couple of days ago, and they enjoy playing too. Instead of regular Chinese Checkers, though, it has a twist...it's hypothetical Chinese Checkers. Is anyone else familiar with this version of the game?  Talk about playing for hours...you see, the possibilities are endless.  My kids like to play like this:  one makes a move; the other says,"What if you did this? (He or she moves the ball/marble to another possible hole)  Then I could do this."  (Then this child moves another ball several different ways, and then we have to try to remember where all the balls were at the end of the last person's go, before all of the possible variations were played out.)  Then the next person goes.  One of the kids says,"What if you did this?  (They then proceed to move the ball just played into a new spot which could have been a possibility, except the ball had already been moved)  Then I could have done this..." (and then they move their own ball all around, skipping and jumping across the board in several different ways, and then we have to figure out where all the balls were at the end of the last person's go, before all of those variations were played out.) This is a mentally exhausting game, not to mention a test of one's patience and endurance.  It is always amazing how well they remember where all the balls were originally, though.  I have to give them credit-they can come up with some interesting stuff (however crazy it might drive me at times).  One good thing about this game is there may not be a winner, because the whole thing is hypothetical.

Comments

[Hubba]

My absolute favoritest game when I was a kid was Parcheesi. (I don't know why)

[Mindee@ourfrontdoor]

I think I'm going to start hypothetically eating.

"What if I ate this entire pie?"

(chomp, chomp, chew)

"Then I wouldn't have to obsess on it anymore."

It might be hard to put the pie back in it's original spot though.

[Christina]

Hypothetically speaking, it's the way to go!