Custom Classic Game

Author

Patrick Kucharson
November 26, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

Today’s Preview 

Hi gift-givers! This week's gift idea will have you reaching for your top hat, mustache, and monocle. Forget Monopoly money—this week’s idea is all about cashing in on memories.

Here’s what we’re unboxing in today’s edition:

Enjoy!

 

 

Best Gift Story:
The “Custom Classic Game“ Gift

I love to play Monopoly when the family gets together. One year, my grown children surprised me with my very own version of Monopoly. The board featured properties named after places I love—my childhood home, my favorite restaurant, and the lake where we spent summers fishing. Instead of railroads, they added my favorite cars through the years, and the chance cards included funny family moments, like the time I dropped the Thanksgiving turkey. It’s my favorite gift ever!

Dan from Illinois

 

 

Brainstorming 
your version of this gift

 

General guidance:

  • Don’t delay - this gift will take a lot of time to make

  • Great gift to a group - think of your family, friend group, workplace

  • Fun learning tool for kids - a game can be reimagined to fit their interests or to include familiar people/places

 

Helpful tools:

 

Classic games ripe for customizing:

  • Monopoly: Replace property names with meaningful places, events, or achievements.

  • Trivial Pursuit: Create trivia questions about the recipient’s life, hobbies, or milestones.

  • Pictionary/Charades: Create a custom deck of prompts tied to shared experiences, hobbies, or inside jokes.

  • Go Fish: Instead of the standard fish-themed cards, create ones tied to the recipient’s interests or shared memories

  • Snakes & Ladders: Use ladders for positive memories or achievements and snakes for humorous “oops” moments.

  • Apples to Apples/Cards Against Humanity: Replace the standard cards with custom prompts and answers tied to shared memories of a group of people

  • Guess Who?: Swap the standard faces with photos of family, friends, or celebrities they love. OR create a themed version, like “Guess the Vacation Spot” or “Favorite Movie Characters.”

 

 

Helping others
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  • Someone whose partner is a board game enthusiast

 

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Leaving you with a smile

Building hotels on Nostalgia Avenue,
Patrick Kucharson
Better Gift Coach

 

 

 

 

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