Went To A Game Shop The Other Night.

I was playing in the local Magic: the Gathering draft on Friday night. We started at 6pm, and the final match wrapped up sometime around 11pm. It was getting pretty late, but after prizes, last minute trades, and goodbyes, midnight found just myself, the shop owner, and these two guys playing a board game in the corner.

I realized the two board game players hadn't participated in the draft and had in fact been playing their game the entire night. It was the one where you make words with wooden tiles. I point them out to the owner, and ask him why they're up playing so late. The owner explains that these two rock climberswanted to buy the same rock climbling-themed board game from the store, and they had both gotten into a heated argument over who got to buy it. Not wanting an all-out fist fight on a crowded night, he had them play a "best of nine" tournament of the board game, and the winner would earn the right to buy the set.

I nodded sagely. It's clear these climbers were Scrabbling for purchase.