Analog games

HAmong the major trends that have inspired the Internet is “casual gaming”. These are easy-to-learn computer games that you can play between, almost as a snack. The first popular casual games were on-screen adaptations of the classic solitaire card games. There are now countless casual games, as well as especially for smartphones, that require very different talents. However, health experts agree that constantly staring at a screen is not good for the body, mind, or spirit in the long run.

So, here’s a browsing tip that will – hopefully – make completely different casual games more palatable to you: Unter http://www.papg.com/ You will find a comprehensive range of games that only require a piece of paper and a pen. Of course, this includes classics such as “Battleship” or “City, Country, River”, but also many other entertaining games – except for the remarkable hangman.

Various pen and paper games are roughly categorized into numbers, words, pictures, and areas. Anyone who clicks on the game gallery will be surprised: for example, a tennis match can be recreated on paper (here is the direct link: http://www.papg.com/show?3CC6), albeit somewhat slow. By the way: If you are missing a game partner, you can also play some of the games offered on the Internet against the computer.

Now our question: Searches for the name of a solitaire game or an online version of it. It is named after a river in North America that attracted large numbers of people at the end of the 19th century. Please send your solution suggestion to [email protected].

The closing date for entries is April 27, 2022, at 9 PM. The solution to last week’s mystery was “planned obsolescence”, and the winner will be notified in writing.