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Hurry Up and Pass Go
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

This article about gamemakers speeding up board games because busy parents don't have time to play an entire game of, say, Chutes & Ladders, is very interesting. But it's TOO LONG! If you don't have time to read the whole thing, here's the essence:

Board game makers are heeding pleas of parents like Hastings [who complains a game takes days to complete] and introducing games tailored to busy lives and shorter attention spans that take only about 20 minutes to play.
Hasbro Inc., the largest U.S. game company, is releasing a streamlined version of The Game of Life that uses a Visa card rather than cash and a "LifePod" that electronically keeps track of points — which can keep the game moving. The Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based company is also introducing three "Express" versions of classic board games this year: Monopoly Express, Scrabble Express and Sorry Express.

"A lot of people like playing games, but they want resolution," said Jim Silver, editor-in-chief of Toy Wishes magazine. "And that's why you see some of these quicker games coming out."

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