(The following blog entry is for entertainment purposes only. If it offends you, that means I'm a good writer)
For those of you who are too young to remember, before Gameboys, Xbox and the Wii, there lived something called a Board Game. Considered a cherished historical artifact today, the board game lacked both computer chips and violence and would come neatly packaged with small plastic game pieces and a cardboard playing field that folded away neatly into a cardboard box. Board games were games of strategy, played by moving pieces on a board and sometimes involving dice, way smaller than the enlarged furry one’s from the 80’s seen hanging from a Z28 rear-view mirror. Small cubes with each side having a different number of spots on it, ranging from one to six, are thrown and used in games involving chance.
I have fears. Not of board games but of the next presidential election. I am afraid that a very liberal president will enter office and start waving the white flag, and not taking the threat of Islamic extremism as seriously as it should be.
I wonder if a board game like That's Jihad! would be a hit at the next New York Times staff party...
(To be read in an enthusiastic radio announcer voice)
New from Milton Bradley, a game board for the whole family!
THAT’S JIHAD!
The player with the most beheading shoots first!
There's Suicide Sammy-is that an Israeli coffee shop?
Double your points! But watch out! The Israeli's got Uzi's.
Lose a turn and take the monkey bars back to Guantanamo Bay!
Land on Osama and pick an Al Qaeda card.
Al Akbar! You've blown up the French Embassy!
Free parking in Tora Bora for some fun in the sun!
Spin a seven and surfs up! Ride on the back of an RPG rocket!
Triple your points!
The first player to kill all enemies and infidels, wins!
New from Milton Bradley-
THAT’S JIHAD!
A blast for the whole family!