by Ellie Dix | Sep 16, 2021 | Games and Puzzles to Play, Stories from my board game family
I was a very lucky child. I lived with my granny all through my childhood. She had her own granny flat with a separate entrance but an interconnecting door from our dining room – and later, after the obligatory 1980s extension – from the conservatory. But...
by Ellie Dix | Oct 22, 2020 | Stories from my board game family
I’ve you’ve been keeping up with The Dark Imp blog, you’ll know that my family loves a treasure hunt or challenge, and this post is about another… The Brown Sign Challenge. The concept is simple, but works best when you’re in an area you...
by Ellie Dix | Oct 12, 2020 | Stories from my board game family, Video
In this video I talk about my time as a member of the Youth Staff on Carnival Cruise Lines and the importance of games to engage the teens....
by Ellie Dix | Oct 5, 2020 | Stories from my board game family
Ellie talks about her time as a Guide Friday guide on the open-top buses in Oxford. Find out how she coped with giving tours of a city she’d only just moved to and why it was all a big game!...
by Ellie Dix | Oct 1, 2020 | Stories from my board game family
During the summer holidays, my family finally got to do a challenge that we’d talked about for a long time… The-side-of-the-road-food-challenge. The idea is that you head out in the car and look for stalls at the side of the road where you can buy food...
by Ellie Dix | Aug 13, 2020 | Stories from my board game family
Last week we spent the week in Wales. We had a holiday rental at Plas Talgarth near Machynlleth. The first time I visited Plas Talgarth was in 1979 when I was 3. We went every year for the whole of my childhood – one week in the summer and later a second week at...
