A Simple Board Game, By Vikram Karkev

This is the second short story I picked for the reading logs, and I openly declare that this is the best short story because it is shortest one, beating Short Story by Vikram Karkev by 1 page. The real reason for loving the story is the title itself is so appealing. The title is short and simple, yet it made me wonder how a simple board game could be so murderous. The second reason for labeling this story is the best because Scrabble used to be my favourite board game when I was in primary school. It brings back memories of building the longest words with highest marks (with help from mini Oxford Dictionary), and of course the winning strategy which is by popping some tiles, especially the blank tiles in my pocket. The third reason is the
My sisters and I have a tendency to trade phrases like “I hate you” and “You stole another letter, don’t you” throughout the entire game. This mini sibling’s rivalry is something that I could relate to the characters to a small extent, as I don’t think we meant what we say. At least I think so, that my sisters mutually feel that there is no need of deep hatred or murderous plan towards each other. However, in this story, it is not clearly stated the reasons why he hated his wife so much, Maybe it’s just the heat and sweat; maybe it’s just an unhappy marriage. If it’s the second case, the couple should go and meet up with the marriage counselor from the Short Story by Vikram
He knows he should do some outdoor activities but chose to stay inside playing boring Scrabble game instead. He also wished that he could be travelling the world, but was stopped due to the existence of his wife. If I were him, instead of complaining, I would jump at the first opportunity, go and do whatever I want despite the hot weather and my partner. If possible, I would ask my partner to join me too so that I’ll have companion throughout the journey and activity. I may not be good at ‘sailing the Vendee Globe on a 60-foot clipper called the New Horizons’ but I will try it anyway since I have the support from my partner.
As I read on, I realized that this particular board game could be enchanted. It made the words that they spelled on the board are happening in real life. For example, the man spelled ‘’EXPLODES’’ and as he ‘put the last letter down, there is a defeaning bang and the air conditioning unit fails’. The author seems to put some element of magic in the story, and it is positively working to keep us reader entertained. This enchanted like board games reminded me of Jumanji, a board game shown on movie where the animals came to life when the players started to play the