Forty-Three.

I have never been one to consider myself a gamer.  I enjoy games, though I am not very good at them.  We have always been big tabletop game players in my family.  It started when I was younger.  I have fond memories of my Nanny teaching me how to play poker for pennies, my grandfather teaching me how to be a card shark, and my uncle was always a big 21 guy.  We would play a lot of Trivial Pursuit and other games of the like (my mother’s way of trying to make learning fun or just sneak learning into fun time), but my favorite was always Pictionary.  Surprise, surprise. 

Over the years I have branched out from board and card games and got into the more electronic side of gaming.  Hey, I love playing Left 4 Dead and shooting zombies and chopping off zombies heads as a chainsaw wielding cheerleader in Lollipop Chainsaw (I really like zombies), and I recently thoroughly enjoyed throwing myself back into the twisted wonderland of Alice Madness Returns and the steampunk aristocracy of Dishonored.  I happen to be a terrible video gamer though.  I get overly excited and before I know it my character is looking the complete opposite way of that in which it is moving.  I’m a fail.  Though I do enjoy the time I get to spend with my brother as I play and jump a bit into his world.

Tabletop games, however, will always be my favorite.  Halloween is around the corner and there are so many great tabletop games that you can play that help you get into the Halloween spirit.  You can try to survive the zombie apocalypse in Last Night on Earth, or even try to cure a disease epidemic in Pandemic!  My favorite and probably one of the darker games is Gloom (I know I have talked about this game before but I’m doing it again damn it).

Four.

Once upon a time, in a fantastical world filled with darkness and despair lived a girl. This girl though overly hit with tragedy was filled with determination. She knew that there was more to this life. She knew there was more to live for. That there was something bigger for her than this world she felt trapped in.

She had talent and wit beyond measure. She had the ability to see the beauty around here, even when others could not. Others though, however, could see these talents inside of her. Put off that they did not possess these talents themselves they conspired to hold the girl in their world. They did all that they could to bring her down, to make her feel as though she was not meant for their world, and that nothing would become of her.

Though sometimes their hurtful words and horrid actions would get to her, they only really truly made her see that she didn't belong their. Determined she packed up her bags and made it towards the forest that separated this world from the next.

The forest was dark, and even more despair and hopelessness waited for her there. But she knew that once she was on the other side things would be better for her. That if she fought hard enough she would find her destiny. That she would be where she was meant to be. The she would be who she was destined to be.

She was ready to take on the world.