Games are a traditional part of our family gatherings. On any given occasion you are likely to find games in process as varied as Lord of the Rings Risk, Settlers of Catan, pinochle, Quiddler, and n-tuple sol, and a long-time family favorite, Boggle (the 5x5 version, of course). Because one of our number is the perennial, unassailable Boggle champion, I need to stay in practice to be any kind of competitor at all. To this end I occasionally indulge in an Internet version of the came, called WordSplay.
There's some fierce competition out there, and I'm usually happy when I find myself around the 50% mark at the end of a game. Once I almost made it into the top 10 and was elated. (It helps to play at odd hours, such as early on a Saturday morning, when the number of opponents I face is much smaller.) This morning I saw my name in third place, only one point shy of the top score, and can't resist reporting the accomplishment.
