Writing Prompt

“All right, who is going next?” ,Asks Deven. This game sucks, hissed Sara. Why don’t we play that one? Says Ashley as she points at a box labeled “Hex, overcome your fears with friends!” Oh no I think I will pass, says Deven shaking at the thought of what horrors lie beneath the carboard box. Was that there before? , Asks Ashley. No, I found it behind the library dumpster, declared Deven.

Bef...

Charlotte brought a game called backgammon. The board itself, a leather case with stripes down the middle, metal buckles, was fancier than the old folding chess board and bag of plastic chessmen that Jen had brought, along with the checkers in the broken box.

Inside the box were neat rows of stacked heavy discs, white and brown, and matching dice with dice shakers, and an incomprehensible die ...

“Your turn.”

A chill rattles down Rory’s spine, and he flicks his long black lashes up to Beth as she frowns quizzically at the cards on the floor between them. He wiggles in his sleeping bag, shimmying further into it before pulling his hat down over his forehead. The torchlight flickers, and Beth glances down at it from her own sleeping bag.

“Do you think your parents are asleep...

I want to be a wildcard, an escape from normal things..

to live on the edge of this game called life.. to be the crow that sings.

I want to move on the throw of a dice,

to count the spaces ahead

to never regret the things i missed

or the words i never said...

Tiktok is banned

Capcut is too

This isn’t a game

This is my life

Our lives

Trump might bring them back

So it’s just a short time

I hope

We all hope

This game isn’t fun

I’m bouta crash out...

Like candy land, or snakes and ladders, boy meets girl’s rules are quite simple, and easily learned through playing a round or two

Like chess, opening moves are very important and strongly impact the rest of the game. The French defense, the two knights, the common friend the I saw you from across the room.

Like the first few rounds of poker, the first rounds of boy meets girl is learning abou...

My hands were clutching my controller tightly as I proceeded through the game thinking about the chances of me winning which I knew myself were very slim. On my screen as I traversed across the area looking for anyone to kill so it would make my chances higher in winning this game. If I could just possibly win a grand prize that would change me completely and would help my parents and I a ton. Thi...

Every Wednesday night our family plays uno no mercy. It’s been in our family for many generations and we continue the tradition. As I separate the deck evenly between us I set the final deck in the middle of the table to start the game. The first card on the table is a red one, so I place a red four card. I notice a shadow in the hallway coming closer and closer as each one of us place down a red ...

"Argh! I blundered my queen!"

"It's just a game."

"Just a game! Chess is the game of kings!"

"Seems like a game of queens to me. You know. Queens are so powerful and all."

"Right."

"Well, now that you lost one, you wanna head out for a real bite to eat or something?"

"Huh? No. But if you wanna play, I can teach you. That way you can participate instead of just watching."

"Thanks. Bu...

Once distant, the clacking of the approaching train explodes in one almighty whoosh from the tunnel. It rattles the umbrellas of waiting commuters, a sea of quivering grey fabric wrapped around aluminium skeletons. A platform of freshly styled hair, lightly dampened by drizzle, is knocked out of place.

Nearer the back, a page is fluttered by the wind as a young woman stares deep beyond the small...