First Edition

What will follow will be a series of bests and worsts from 2007. There may also be a few reviews and rememberances but lets not get ahead of ourselves. We shall begin small:

Best Reinvention of a Board Game

1. First prize here was a no brainer- Uno Attack. While this game was not invented in 2007, this was the first year I ran across it and it was great. I never cared much for the standard Uno game, but this new version is great.

2. This is the board game I was most excited about- Monoply with an Electronic Banker. I was excited because I assumed this new banking system would eliminate confusion, speed the game up, and greatly decrease the chance of cheating. While the new banking system is fun, it really didn't do any of those things, and I think it actually makes it easier to cheat. The novelty of the banking is still pretty cool though, and there is a ton less mess.

Best New Television Series

In this category you should know that I did not watch very many new shows this year at all. The only two new shows I tried, Chuck and Life, I liked quite a bit. Of these two new shows the only one I made sure I watched consistently was Life. The acting on this show was great and I always found the sublots intriguing. I tend to enjoy conspiracy theories, and this show has them by the truckload. Also there is something really consistent about the main character, particularly in a great scene with a kidnapped boy, "You and I, we will never be normal...We will never be like everyone else." NBC has a pretty good collection of these online, so if you haven't seen the show yet, go take a look.