Write a story about a family game night.

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“Family game night” by Madelyn Madelyn

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Some things don't make sense. In fact a lot of things don't make sense. My family has gone crazy during this "Quarantine." Really everybody is going crazy. So after three weeks off I decided that I might need something to do even though it could end up with some unfortunate things happening. Now I am not very competitive, my family however is the perfect image of competitive. I happen to live with my grandmother who is eighty-nine but ...

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“Fantasy and Reality” by Courtney Myers

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I watch the rain pattering on the window. There’s no gentle wind or thunder, but that’s fine; it beats the ice and snow we endured not too long ago. The lawn and trees especially seem greener and perkier, their newly-growing spring foliage swaying beneath the drab gray clouds floating overhead.Then, a stranger holding a tattered umbrella and wearing sanitary gear walks onto our neighborhood's pock-marked street. He glances toward me, and I look away, back to my second-hand computer. My eyes then dance across a news article published minutes ...

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“Raindrop Home” by Brionna Smythe

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Another family game night, another pepperoni pizza sitting on the coffee table, another fire kindling in the background, another pointless routine to pretend we are all okay. We do this every Friday night; try to pretend that we are okay. We try to pretend that the pain went away when our father left, like everything would magically heal because we played monopoly once a week while eating an overpriced pizza. Yet as I watch the rain trickle down our living room window, everything becomes so surreal, so clear. The laughing of my mother and si...

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“Game Night at the Jack's House” by Aaron Stevenson

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Friday night was definitely Jimmy's least favorite time of the week. While most families hunkered down and slept in, the Jacks stayed up until 12:00 at night playing the wackiest games ever! They played Bug Out!, Space Race and Fishing Trip. Jimmy just wished that he could have a normal family for a day! All seven members of his family were wildly crazy, except for him.Mr. and Mrs. Jack were history geeks and made their kids recite certain dates and facts every morning like listing facts about each President or World War II. Jerry, the secon...

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“Karadon” by Daisy Erina

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The forest was nearly pitch black as Hunter crept through it, the air stiff and frozen. The bravest of knights didn’t dare venture through this sector of the woods, too cautious of the dangers that lurked in the shadows. Anyone who knew of Hunter’s quest to slay a kitsune would have hastened to prevent him. His dwarven heritage didn’t halt his desire to become a fierce warrior, and the best way he knew to prove himself was to slay the most powerful monster in the land of Karadon. &nb...

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“Game Night Gone Awry” by Katrina Eden

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There they all were...sitting around the table. Her mother, father, and two sets of twin brothers. It sucks being the middle child. She let out an exasperated sigh. Sam couldn't decide whether he wanted to conquer Rome or not. It wasn't risky enough. Chris, his twin and partner in the game, argued that Rome was the greatest city ever. Chris argued that it was ruled by a wack-job who stood on his rooftop laughing and giggling like a maniac while his entire city burned. "Come on already!" Exclaimed Tristan. "You do that on a weekly basis whe...

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“The Night of Games.” by Enibabe Adeniyi

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We were having so much fun until she came. She was vain. She makes chills run down your spine the moment she looks at you. I really do not know who invited her to our family game night but she is my sister so she really did not need an invitation to attend her own family's night of terrific games and it looked like she had come with her own game to play.I thought she was going togive it to my parents to add to the other games we were going to play laterthat night, but she just went straight to a dark corner of the sitting room andbegin to pl...

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“"Game Night"” by Nathan Dean

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The board ,though cheap card board, was exceptional quality. Monopoly was a serious game. Everything from the quality of the pieces to the depth of the instructions told the user this. Monopoly was not something to mess around with. In my small town Monopoly was the trade of the town. The best players were often the most popular and most important people. I ,however, was no good at the game. I was often left out of parties and went through all of high-school without a girlfriend. Because of this I spent hours on end practicing. Not with frie...

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“Surprise!” by Katrina Miles

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The Gilmore family hadn't all been together in over 5 years. Lucy was celebrating the recent union of she and her new husband and decided enough was enough, it was time to bring her small family together. Lucy was the only child of her parents, Robert and Barbara Gilmore. Lucy hadn't seen nor spoken to her parents in about 2 years. They stopped speaking when Lucy decided to drop out of college and pursue her dream of songwriting. It was through songwriting that Lucy met the love of her life, Jack Massey. Jack was a very talented country s...

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“Dungeons and Dragons and Quarantine” by Cheyanne Turner

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During the event of a global pandemic, local governments encouraged citizens to remain in their homes for the duration of a quarantine. While this posed a problem for in-person events, the modern age of technology allowed for socially-distanced friends and family to virtually come together in order to keep each other sane. On a Saturday night, five avatar icons glowed green as their owners joined the online call to arms. “Hey, everybody. How’s it going?” Josh asked, his voice coming through everyone’s headsets. “Well, I haven’t str...

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“The Wolf In Sheep's Clothing” by Kelly Wijaya

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"What are we doing?" Donna asks as she helps mom take out huge, dusty boxes from deep within her closet. "It’ll be fun," mom answers, blowing the dust off the lids. “What will be fun? I have homework due tomorrow,” Donna says. “Homework can wait.” I follow them to the living room. They stack the boxes on the table and mom begins unloading it. I look over at Donna, she’s as clueless as I am. Dad walks in with Gavin holding a spinner. “Do you know what’s going on?” I ask Gavin. “No clue.” Mom pulls out a feather boa and medieval-looking ...

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“Dilemmas of The Dignified” by Lillian De Michele

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Howard, the father of the family, called out to everyone from the living room, “Well, it isn’t the router!”Mark walked in from the hallway into the living room to inspect the odd blinking lights on the router for the thousandth time. He desperately asked once again, “Are you sure dad? It’s usually always the router.”Howard glumly said, “Unfortunately, not this time son. I just spent a good thirty minutes on the phone with one of the agents of the company. He said they’re having outages all over the place due to excessive ...

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“Of Moms and Family Board Games” by Sara Frank

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After listening to the message from the school, I hung up the phone and sighed with relief. I hadn’t wanted my kids to be in school during a spreading pandemic, no matter how buffered we felt in rural Nebraska.“Kids!” I said, to no one in particular. “Extended spring break is now on!”The middle boys let a whoop that made me wince, and their little sister cheered heartily along with them, noting in dramatic Kindergarten fashion that she “wouldn’t have to do any more MATH!”The lanky teen looked up from his iPhone at his siblings’ jubilation. H...

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“Seven” by Leah Hecht

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The silence after the yelling hung over the dinner table like a heavy cloud. I continued to pick at my food, even though I had lost my appetite, in an effort to avoid having to make eye contact with anyone. I could feel the heated glares being exchanged by my father and brothers. My father cleared his throat loudly, daring either one of my brothers to restart the argument. My older brother sighed loudly and slouched back, making the lines on my father’s face tighten in anger. All of a sudden, my mother’s high pitched cheery voice interrupted...

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“Loteria!” by Giancarlos Dominguez

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I hated the day before it even came; That was including the fact that we haven’t had a game night for weeks, giving me time to myself, yet I still felt the hatred boiling inside of me. In honor of today being Saturday, I spent the day cleaning around the house, to my mother’s surprise. Little did she know, I was collecting stray coins and dollars under the couch and beds for my piggy bank. It was bad enough I didn’t get an allowance, so I figured I could get some money while making my mother happy. Despite the prevailing rage that occu...

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Write a story about a family game night.

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✍️ 70 stories

“Family game night” by Madelyn Madelyn

“Fantasy and Reality” by Courtney Myers

“Raindrop Home” by Brionna Smythe

“Game Night at the Jack's House” by Aaron Stevenson

“Karadon” by Daisy Erina

“Game Night Gone Awry” by Katrina Eden

“The Night of Games.” by Enibabe Adeniyi

“"Game Night"” by Nathan Dean

“Surprise!” by Katrina Miles

“Dungeons and Dragons and Quarantine” by Cheyanne Turner

“The Wolf In Sheep's Clothing” by Kelly Wijaya

“Dilemmas of The Dignified” by Lillian De Michele

“Of Moms and Family Board Games” by Sara Frank

“Seven” by Leah Hecht

“Loteria!” by Giancarlos Dominguez

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