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Parcheesi in the dark I swear by all that is sacred that we Cubans living in the westernmost part of this island are going through some "very dark" days. Neither @eduardo900613 nor @yanerkidiaz will let me lie. Terrible power cuts. But we have to overcome them, find strength and bring life to life. Don't you think? My wife @raima and I are feeling a little creative, and as she loves board games so much, we've made things difficult and entertaining, breaking all the internationally established rules, for example, with Parcheesi. You'll notice something a little strange in the photo: those dots you see on the lines are embossed, an ingenious way for her, as she is blind, to feel and play. This invention is not patented (if you ever see it, say that I came up with the idea) and yes, she does not hold a Guinness World Record, but she is, as far as I know, the only blind person who plays Parcheesi completely independently. Generally, each player uses only four pieces. But if she uses four and I use the same number of pieces, we hardly ever meet on the board and we don't 'eat' each other much. So we came up with the idea that in order to eat each other properly, we had to break the rules. Each player would have 20 pieces. Twenty pieces? TWENTY, so that the game would take a long time and whatever had to happen would happen. As we sometimes have power cuts lasting more than 8 hours, we have sometimes spent that whole time playing a game. At that point, we have to establish our rules. No building bridges, so that things flow. And we divide up the pieces, adding others: buttons, small coins. We are very innovative here. That girl and I have put our heads together and thought so much already... Hahaha. Well, the game has been stopped by a referee: my mother-in-law, who, seeing us fight, intervenes to keep the peace. Sometimes we seem like those footballers who get annoyed during the match. The same thing happens in Parcheesi. Last week, as we saw that the game was taking too long, we tried using three dice instead of two. Every day we establish new rules. That is, if we need a certain number, it usually comes up. Night has fallen, but as there is little light in our stadium, we try to play during the day so we can see properly. Our board is like any stadium, but without an electronic scoreboard. When we were dating, we played more, but not to the extent of 20 tokens per person. The fun of it was that the loser had to buy a bottle of TuKola (the Cuban version of Coca-Cola) and a packet of "Pelly's" with their own money. We both fought to win. When I won, she had to buy me an orange soda, which is my favourite, but she doesn't like the taste. So I drank it myself. And when I lost, I bought her one, but I drank it too. That's how players are! We now play 5-win-3 tournaments. During the week, we sometimes reach these numbers. It's tough, and many people are amazed by these matches, but they are seasons, series, and we have a good time. Are you up for the challenge? The images used in this post were taken with my Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime cell phone. Texts translated into English by [Deepl Translate](https://www.deepl.com/mobile-apps/?utm_source=android&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=share-with-friends).
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