A Court Game and a Board Game September 4, 2014

Ona is a Level 2 PC TECH student, an American citizen whose heritage is Lithuanian.  She writes about one of her favorite interests:

I would like to tell you about a small country in eastern Europe.  This country is called Lithuania and is one of the three Baltic States, [the others being] Latvia and Estonia.  They are small countries, with Lithuania having the largest population of the three, about three million.

It is hard to find anyone in the country who doesn’t like basketball.  Some are really  crazy about it!

I am not an exception.  When I lived in my country, I [used to] watch every game.  After each game, we discussed – at home and at work – all the players, how they played, and all mistakes that they made.

My favorite games were when they played the Russians.  It was not only to win a game, it was prestige to beat the Russians.  [Russia has always had a powerful basketball team. –Editor’s note]  After the game, the whole country would celebrate with the players!

Flavio from Spain describes a more sedate game:

At this time [in my life], I don’t play video games, but when I was a child, I [used to] play with some friends.

Nowadays I prefer to play board games.  I play several kinds of games: strategy, knowledge, memory, etc.

My favorite board game is Risk.  This games is about the conquest of several territories.  One of the highlights of Risk is how you can use your creativity to design your strategy:  You shouldn’t show your main intention, so you don’t reveal your real strategy.

To win territory from your opponents, you will use the dice.  This is fun because the opponents you have attacked will try to attack you in return.

Another thing that I like so much is the end of the game because I have [already] prepared dinner [Flavio enjoys cooking. –Editor] and we have a couple of beers.  Good things!

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