Here's a quick array of some of the games that must be brought out from some nook for the holidays. There should be travel sets and novelty cards and battered heirlooms held together with yellowed sellotape. I don't understand cribbage, canasta, bridge or backgammon, but you can always play with the pieces idly, and their presence is comforting somehow.
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| Good old games, from bridge to yahtzee. |
Only a few weeks ago, I discovered the chess & bridge shop on Baker Street. It's curiously entrancing, even for someone who plays neither game (at least without getting frustrated), and a warming presence in a famous but quiet part of London.
Now, as the weather outside truly is frightful, I wish everyone safe journeys and warm firesides.
