Games People Play
A 20th century Ohmie story10 total reviews
Comment from Write Right Writer
Wayne...
Though I've only seen a few, your Ohmie/Blado characters are an interesting way to explore, or at least envision, the origins of many things, and how those breakthroughs might have been received or rejected by the status quo. I especially like how Ohmie is the innovative dreamer who is ahead of his time and pushing the limits of comfort zones and shared values. Well done.
Curt (WRW)
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2023
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Wayne...
Though I've only seen a few, your Ohmie/Blado characters are an interesting way to explore, or at least envision, the origins of many things, and how those breakthroughs might have been received or rejected by the status quo. I especially like how Ohmie is the innovative dreamer who is ahead of his time and pushing the limits of comfort zones and shared values. Well done.
Curt (WRW)
Comment Written 03-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2023
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Thank you. We need more Ohmies.
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Agreed!
Comment from Ric Myworld
Ohmie must have came up with every popular game we know of, and in reality, similar versions of all these games were invented and played long before these were patented under these names. LOL. Thanks for sharing.
reply by the author on 03-Feb-2023
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Ohmie must have came up with every popular game we know of, and in reality, similar versions of all these games were invented and played long before these were patented under these names. LOL. Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 03-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 03-Feb-2023
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Thank you. The research only went as far as Wikipedia, such as that's worth.
Comment from PoemsOfDD
I enjoyed this lighthearted story. The language used was authentic and the games described brought back memories. I'm sure one of them was snakes and ladders and I spotted scrabble and cluedo. A very clever way of one character - Ohmie - being the inventor of all games. Nicely done on this fun read.
reply by the author on 31-Jan-2023
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I enjoyed this lighthearted story. The language used was authentic and the games described brought back memories. I'm sure one of them was snakes and ladders and I spotted scrabble and cluedo. A very clever way of one character - Ohmie - being the inventor of all games. Nicely done on this fun read.
Comment Written 31-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 31-Jan-2023
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Thank you for your very nice review.
My wife just informed me that Snakes and Ladders was the Canadian name for our Chutes and Ladders and that her Canadian friend had nightmares over the Snakes and Ladders game.
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I like snakes and ladders. You can buy bigger boards now too so it makes it more fun, I think.
Comment from Wendy G
A fun read - and now I know that Ohmie thought up all these clever games!! Who knew? Love the informative notes as well! As we speak, my husband has a jigsaw puzzle spread out on the dining room table: the image is donuts. 1000 pieces, plus five extra pieces, no edges, all pieces are pretty much the same shape. Only three sorts of donuts! I hope he'll be finished before Christmas! Lol
reply by the author on 31-Jan-2023
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A fun read - and now I know that Ohmie thought up all these clever games!! Who knew? Love the informative notes as well! As we speak, my husband has a jigsaw puzzle spread out on the dining room table: the image is donuts. 1000 pieces, plus five extra pieces, no edges, all pieces are pretty much the same shape. Only three sorts of donuts! I hope he'll be finished before Christmas! Lol
Comment Written 31-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 31-Jan-2023
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Thank you for your great review.
Some puzzles are heinous!
Comment from jessizero
I enjoyed reading all of the games as Ohmie considered what to call them. This was a fun read. Thank you for always sharing such fun, and best wishes to you.
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2023
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I enjoyed reading all of the games as Ohmie considered what to call them. This was a fun read. Thank you for always sharing such fun, and best wishes to you.
Comment Written 30-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2023
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Thank you for your very thoughtful review.
Comment from Carol Hillebrenner
This was a fun encounter with Ohmie thinking of all the games he could make. Blado sounds about as bright as he was in the Stone Age. Looking forward to the next Ohmie tale, maybe around King Arthur's table or out in space?
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2023
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This was a fun encounter with Ohmie thinking of all the games he could make. Blado sounds about as bright as he was in the Stone Age. Looking forward to the next Ohmie tale, maybe around King Arthur's table or out in space?
Comment Written 30-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2023
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Thank you. You my wife and I both laugh!
Comment from dellsworthpoet
An interesting piece. We seldom think about how strange games might seem when they were first invented. Ohmie is turning into the odd duck who is always two steps ahead of the times. And it is compelling and telling of the human condition that his friends always try to redirect him.
The language is smattered with slang which makes era placement easy. The humor is very tongue-in-cheek. The dialogue is believable. The flow is good and the narrative stays on point.
Thanks for a good read.
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2023
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An interesting piece. We seldom think about how strange games might seem when they were first invented. Ohmie is turning into the odd duck who is always two steps ahead of the times. And it is compelling and telling of the human condition that his friends always try to redirect him.
The language is smattered with slang which makes era placement easy. The humor is very tongue-in-cheek. The dialogue is believable. The flow is good and the narrative stays on point.
Thanks for a good read.
Comment Written 30-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2023
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Thank you your very kind review.
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You are welcome. Always happy to visit Ohmie again.
Comment from Katherine M. (k-11)
This was a fun story, but you'd never get a Brit to have written it. We're all too busy either playing these wonderful inventions of our compatriots (I challenge you to hook a [UK spelling] scrabble upstream of an E already on the board, using all of A, I, O, U, D, Blank, Blank) or inventing new ones (at least one excellent British-conceived game is rolled out for the Christmas market each year for each of three age groups to cover the full spectrum of players...) me, did you ask? I'm currently working on a manual of illusions for young magicians, the secret is how to make it limited edition with the correct readership only. kay
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2023
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This was a fun story, but you'd never get a Brit to have written it. We're all too busy either playing these wonderful inventions of our compatriots (I challenge you to hook a [UK spelling] scrabble upstream of an E already on the board, using all of A, I, O, U, D, Blank, Blank) or inventing new ones (at least one excellent British-conceived game is rolled out for the Christmas market each year for each of three age groups to cover the full spectrum of players...) me, did you ask? I'm currently working on a manual of illusions for young magicians, the secret is how to make it limited edition with the correct readership only. kay
Comment Written 30-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2023
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Thank you for a fun review. Wow! It sounds like you have bitten off a huge chunk with your illusions manual. Good luck.
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oh, it's wonderful fun. I'm thriving on it (one of the several reasons I'm not posting on FS at the moment) kay
Comment from TDLRasmar
Nice job again. I believe I have read your work before. There are just a couple places =
"Oh, we're Jake. Daisy. She's the best, hotsy-totsy." - Oh, we're Jake, I can't figure that out. Could that be something like Oh, we're good, Jake. Maybe.
Down lower you wrote "Blado struggled with his armload, turning back to find a sack of sugar". Did he turn back to find a sack of sugar on the ground or did he turn back to buy a sack of sugar?
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2023
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Nice job again. I believe I have read your work before. There are just a couple places =
"Oh, we're Jake. Daisy. She's the best, hotsy-totsy." - Oh, we're Jake, I can't figure that out. Could that be something like Oh, we're good, Jake. Maybe.
Down lower you wrote "Blado struggled with his armload, turning back to find a sack of sugar". Did he turn back to find a sack of sugar on the ground or did he turn back to buy a sack of sugar?
Comment Written 30-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2023
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Yes. I tried to set this in the 1920s. Jake meant good.
sugar - I'll have to fix that. thanks.
And thank you for your very nice review.
Comment from prettybluebirds
What a cute and creative story this turned out to be. You included quite a few of the more popular games that used to be played. I think most folks play games on their computers or phones now.
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2023
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What a cute and creative story this turned out to be. You included quite a few of the more popular games that used to be played. I think most folks play games on their computers or phones now.
Comment Written 30-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2023
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Sad to say that you are probably right.
Thank you for the review.
