IT CAN happen! A rainy day in summer. Too hot to play outside. The television is on the blink. Kids have lost their game-boys, or every single battery is ‘OOO’ – Out Of Order!
That’s when you need to reach for the books. Or, one particular book – Parlour Games for Modern Families.
Myfanwy Jones and Spiri Tsintziras released their game-plan for reviving the tradition of indoor family games and bringing some mental stimulation, silliness and laughter, joy and connection back into the family living room.
You don’t need to spend big money to have fun, the book is bursting with games of logic and memory, workplay, card games, role-play and rough and tumble.
There are games with pictures, games with numbers, games of motion, mystery and make-believe, games to play with a straight face, and some where a silly face will do just fine, games for rainy days, games of cards and marbles and games to confuse and confound.
Win the book
The Mail and Scribe Publications have three copies of Parlour Games for Modern Families to give away … just in time for summer!
To be in the draw just write your name, address and a contact phone number on the back of an envelope, along with the name of one of the authors, and send to Mail Parlour Games Competition, PO Box 470, Healesville, 3777. Competition closes last mail, 11 December.
