FReeper Canteen ~ Canteen Kids: What Internet Games Do You Play? ~ March 1, 2006

Feb. 28, 2006 | Goldstar

[Goldstar]

I would like to thank the troops who are fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world, protecting us here in America and fighting to save innocent Iraqis from the torture that they used to go through. That is why I chose to participate in the “Canteen Kids” for this week. This time, it’s about games!



I hope that you will like the games that I have found. The last one has an enormous amount of games there, with some that you can edit your own level! And if you get a chance, sign up with Neopets!

Neopets



Parker Brothers

The name "Parker Brothers" is probably familiar in most American households. People know them for at least several popular board games-- Monopoly, Risk, Clue, and Sorry. But who were the Parker Brothers?

George Parker was born in 1867 in Salem, Massachusetts, the youngest of Mr. and Mrs. George Parker's three sons. Although he wanted to be a journalist, Parker was an avid game player and even had an informal game-playing club with several of his friends. When Parker was only a teenager, he invented his first game, Banking, in which players borrowed money from a bank and attempted to make money through speculating.

One-hundred-and-sixty cards determined each player's luck. In 1883, with the encouragement of his friends and older brother, Charles, Parker decided to publish Banking. After being turned down by two Boston book publishers, he spent forty dollars having 500 sets of Banking printed. By the end of the year, he sold all but two dozen of the games and made a hundred-dollar profit.

Milton Bradley

Milton Bradley was a game pioneer, credited by many with launching the game industry in North America. But years before he invented his first game, Bradley enjoyed a successful career in lithography.

Born in Vienna, Maine, in 1836, Bradley chose a career in printing and lithography in his late teens and set about learning the trade. In 1860, he set up Massachusetts' first color lithography shop in Springfield. One of his lithographs, a likeness of Abraham Lincoln, sold especially well, until Lincoln grew a beard and rendered Bradley's beardless image out-of-date.

At about the same time Bradley's lithography business was beginning to wane, Bradley visited a friend who challenged him to a game. Although it hasn't been recorded, this was probably an imported European game using a spinner to determine how many spaces a player moves. Bradley was inspired with a new idea—he would invent a game. Bradley designed a board game called The Checkered Game of Life. The object was to obtain a happy old age instead of financial ruin and a player's luck was decided by a numbered spinner. Players moved game pieces over sixty-four squares, which could be good, bad, or neutral according to their color.

By 1861, Bradley had sold more than 45,000 copies of his game. He formed Milton Bradley and Company in 1864 to print other games and game manuals.

Real Arcade



North Pole





Disney Blast

Student Links





Surf Net Kids




These are a few of the games that my Gramma likes.

Sudoku

Word Search+

Escapa! (try to do this for 18 seconds)

Puzzles, games, trivia

Yahoo! Games

The reason why computer games are played more often than board games these days is because computers are more common.

What games do YOU like to play?

 

[trussell]

Hello dark
Hugs!
How are you today?

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Beachn
I missed you today. :)

[GummyIII]

YOu did a wonderful job on this thread! I'm so excited to see it! I know I'm slow, but I finally got here! Woohoo!!!

[HiJinx]

Hey, Gummy!

How ya' doin'? Got any rain you can send back this way?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[Radix]

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During a refueling stop in Shannon, Ireland, on Wednesday, President Bush greets members of the 7th Marine Division on their way to Kuwait.

 

Anti Bush protesters were observed in Ireland today ....oh wait...that's my liberal media caption....never mind.

 

 

 

President Bush (left) greets U.S. and coalition troops at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on Wednesday during a surprise visit, ahead of his planned trip to India and Pakistan.

 

President Bush  pointed a finger at a Troop today, and the media is upset because they were not immediately informed.

[vigilante2]

Thanks for the ping

[vigilante2]

The kids all seem to know about the good games..Another great Canteen thread

[luvie]

hee-hee! Very good. I am so proud of this man for visiting the troops, even though it could be quite dangerous for him....and Laura was there with him, too. That's even better.

[MoJo2001]

Hi GS!! Fabulous thread!! Woohoo!!

My family thoroughly enjoys Neopets! As a matter of fact, one of my neopets just turned 6 years old last week.

The Sailor likes to play those silly free poker games online. *SNORE*. Hehe! However, it keeps him busy when MoJo needs to play music for the Troops. Hehe!

You did a fantastic job! We all look forward to your next thread!! Keep up the great work! We are all very proud of you!!

*HUGS* to you and that hot Grammie of yours!!

[GummyIII]

Hi, Jinxie! No rain! Nada, zilch! It's in the 60's here today! Sheesh! My daffodils are getting ready to bloom, and they will be frozen and killed sure as the world before March is done. Since March came in like a lamb here, it's gonna go out like a lion fer sure....dang it!

[luvie]

Golly...you did such a great job on this thread. Looks like you really like to play games. Thanks for entertaining all the grown-ups for a change? :o)

[AZamericonnie]

Fantastic thread Goldstar! What a wonderful job you did!

I don't play games on-line but I do like to play a good game of canasta or backgammon when I get the chance!

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

060225-N-0000X-010 Persian Gulf (Feb. 25, 2006) - Boarding team members assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) prepare to board an Iranian dhow. The vessel had been adrift for ten days before Gonzalez provided assistance to the dhow's crew by providing them food, water and coordinating the crew's repatriation after determining their engine was beyond repair. Gonzalez is currently on a deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO). MSO help set the conditions for security and stability in the maritime environment as well as complement the counter-terrorism and security efforts of regional nations. U.S. Navy photo (RELEASED)

060227-N-9362D-007 Mediterranean Sea (Feb. 27, 2006) - An F-14D Tomcat assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31) launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Randall Damm (RELEASED)

060228-N-4776G-187 Persian Gulf (Feb. 28, 2006) – The guided missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71) transit the Persian Gulf in support of U.S. and Coalition Forces. Cape St. George is currently serving as the flag ship of Combined Task Force Five Eight (CTF-58) and is deployed as part of a routine rotation of U.S. maritime forces in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, as well as conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the region. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Kathleen Gorby (RELEASED)

[StarCMC]

LOL!!!! Good ones RAdix!!

[Radix]

"I am so proud of this man for visiting the troops, even though it could be quite dangerous for him"

 

President Bush is a good man, and I like him a lot.

 

I do not believe that he is perfect, but who among us is?

 

I'd remind you of a passage that I have long thought of concerning him, especially when I hear some of the lamest critics.

 

"And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."

 

That would be from Exodus Chap 4 verse 10.

 

I especially think of it whenever I hear Senator Kennedy criticize the president.

 

Around these parts  Kennedy is often referred to as "The Wizard of "Uhhhs.""

[EsmeraldaA]

LOL!

Love it Jack.

[minor49er]

Good Evening troops! Good Evening everyone! I've been busy at school, trying to make it through each day. Since we have this big huge winter storm coming through, not even Aleve works anymore. I currently spend about half of the school day either in the nurse's office or in class but unable to concentrate. I can't wait for this storm to get out of here so that things will settle down and Aleve will work and I can be in school normally again (well, as normal as school ever is anyway). Anyway, here is today's humor attempt!

There was this statistics student who, when driving his car, would always accelerate hard before coming to any junction, whizz straight over it , then slow down again once he'd got over it. One day, he took a passenger, who was understandably unnerved by his driving style, and asked him why he went so fast over junctions. The statistics student replied, "Well, statistically speaking, you are far more likely to have an accident at a junction, so I just make sure that I spend less time there."

[fatima]

We will never fit with the whole family:)Ed is going through it tom.but being down the shore is like being in Las Vegas-as soon as we put a bid in 3 more will come.
Whats you got for the window-tell me-tell me-tell me:)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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