Waiting Games

"Boredom," I explain, "is the mother of playfulness. Desperation, the father. This is one truth that you can explore, in depth, while waiting in line with kids. The particular joy of this realization is the attendant discovery that almost anything goes. The longer the wait, the lower the criteria for gamish acceptability. Even games that are just barely games. Even games that you have to make up as you go along.

Here are some of my favorite creative word games, and several games that are less creative, mildly challenging, and comfortingly time-spanning."

These games could save your very sanity.

from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith