ILA decodes Board Games for family fun

TDT | Manama

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Are you zoning out over binge-watching movies and sappy serials? Then you are in the right mood to sign up for an invigorating session on how to bond with the family over board games.

Organised by the Indian Ladies Association’s ‘Share Your Skills’, the virtual session titled ‘Bonding with Board Games’ will take place on June 26 from 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm. The session is open to the public.

The first part will include tips and tricks from World Scrabble Champion Akshay Bhandarkar and a demo game with Bahrain ace Irfan Siddiqui where the audience families can give suggestions and analyse moves.

You can also get introduced to the joys of Catan, a trending board game with millennial boardgamers Stephan and Gina. Catan is about the trading, the collaboration, the cooperation required to build a community as the settlers in new lands did centuries ago.

“Bonding with Board Games is an initiative to rekindle the joy of gathering around a board game as a family, play to win triumphantly, learn to lose gracefully and understand how life is an act of collaboration just like the Board games,” said ILA President Nisha Rangarajan.

“These games are more than just moves on a board – they teach us life skills and attitudes,” said Share Your Skills subcommittee member, Rekha Utham. “Besides insider tips, we shall also explore winning attitudes and the power of these simple joys to bind a family together.

The session will last over a couple of hours and is open to everybody.” Non-members will be charged a small fee of BD 2 per family while ILA members can join for free.

Once registered, a link will be sent by e-mail and text message to the people registered. To register, call or message +973 3654 4054.