When we realized that our 12 year old had never played Backgammon, Scrabble, Pinoccle, Crazy 8's, Monopoly, Yachtzee, Sorry, and a host of other games, we started a new tradition last year. We found out a few things. We have more fun playing games without technology. We get to know each other better, but, the best things: We don't turn on the TV or the Computer nearly as much as we used to! Why play games alone on the internet (if you're sitting by yourself, you're alone)? WHY pay a fortune for technology and get ripped off before you leave the store? Too Much for the GAME Console to begin with, Too Much for Extra Controllers, Too much for the games. Then the max that can play at a time is 4 while every one else sits around doing nothing!?! Thanks but, NO THANKS....We're regressing to our own ********* with our ******** and we're ALL loving it! We are actually listening to music more as well while we play it. A mix....nobody gets left out.