A young friend who wasn’t Sara or Dora came to do nails with me and we talked and talked.
Somehow, the subject turned to gaming, and I told her about the board game Sara and I used to play when Sara was young. It was called Hero Quest. It had the usual four hero figurines: barbarian, dwarf, elf, and wizard. We painted them with eye shadow, lipstick, and glitter and gave them female names, because why should heroes always be men?
We also made up our own rules, since there were only two of us, so one had to be all the heroes and one was the game master. The first rule was:
The heroes always win.
My friend agreed that the heroes should always win, with this caveat:
Unless the villain’s hot.
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A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Should the heroes always win?
MA
circadianreflections
February 2, 2023 at 2:13pmLOL!!
Dan Antion
February 1, 2023 at 8:11amI like making new rules for games. I’m also glad that I didn’t create a hot villain.
Marian Allen
February 1, 2023 at 9:37amBack in the day, I bought an album of Country Joe and the Fish that had a game board in it. The instructions said, It’s your damn game — make your own rules. I’ve taken that as my credo.
Dan Antion
February 1, 2023 at 11:42amHaha – I hadn’t thought about Country Joe and the Fish for a long time.
Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt
February 1, 2023 at 7:47amMy villain is hot; do you think she should win? After all, it’s the logical solution.
Marian Allen
February 1, 2023 at 7:52amYou don’t have a villain. That’s one of the many things I love about your work. You have protagonists and antagonists, and sometimes they’re the same people. It’s amazing.