My six decades of playing board games was mixed with hundreds (thousands) of trips to the library (I love reading) and watching movies and shows (mostly Science Fiction). I remember watching the original Star Trek when it was first broadcast. While in grade school I used to ride my bike on a 5 mile trip to the public library to check out as many books as they would allow. The next week I would return them and check out another bundle of books (mostly Science Fiction I think). I’m sure the bike riding was good exercise for me, but it was the books!!! It was the books!!! I could sit and read for hours. I remember reading The Lord of the Rings trilogy (and The Hobbit) and liking it so much that I made my own 3D map of that “world”.
Well, thanks to my daughter inviting me and buying me tickets, I just found out that the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy is back in the theaters! Movies like this need to be seen on the big (huge) screen! Marcus theaters have a special reduced price system to see the three movies in their system called Passport which lets you see all three movies for just $12 (plus get a 20% concessions discount with Reward member number).
Then on the Marcus Theaters PASSPORT page I noticed that they had a similar offer to see all episodes of season 4 of The Chosen (not available on DVD or streaming yet) for just $15 (and 25% concessions discount). So I am going to see all 8 episodes of The Chosen on the three days prior to Easter now too!
I am rewatching seasons 1, 2 and 3 now to get back in sync before going to see season 4. You can watch all the shows in these three seasons for free from their website (as well as on YouTube):
=> The Chosen (streaming site)
While I truly believe that playing board games can enrich your life (see more below), The Chosen can enrich your spirit… and personally, I needed that right now! It relates the story of the Gospels from the Bible in a way that makes them come alive. I appreciate the time and effort (and financial cost) that went into creating the stories of Jesus’s life along with his apostles and followers (and Pharisees, Romans, etc). And what was extremely interesting is that they gave the show away for free on their streaming site! They funded it mainly with donations (kind of like Kickstarter) and at the end of season one they included the names of the donors! You can see them here in this YouTube video (queued to the right spot):
And now, back to enriching your lives by playing board games… I queued up this documentary to a spot that says this extremely well:
Scroll down under the YouTube video and read some of the comments! Board games actually really do impact peoples lives!
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