I leave you, to go the road we all must go.
The road I would choose, if only I could, is the other.

Back in college as the only engineering student in Professor Murase’s course on The Arts of Japan, I had an opportunity to study The Tale of Genji, the world’s earliest known novel. I’ve gone back to read parts of it several times over the years with no inclination that this romantic tale of imperial court life in Japan could form the basis for a board game. Nevertheless, that’s what Z-Man has done with Genji, a game in players compete with poetry.

Kind of proves you don’t always need the latest IP license for an interesting game.

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Trenton, NJ: Two men charged in fatal shooting at a dice game gone bad. (source)

Pittsburgh, PA: Trial resumes for ex-cop who killed someone with his car on the way home from a Trivial Pursuit game. (source)

Edinburgh, Scotland: Citizens outraged to find that prisoners are playing poker games with components bought at taxpayers expense. (source)

Chicago, IL: Teen in basement shot while playing cards by man standing outside the house. (source) Also, police searching for man who murdered his friend at a card game last March. (source)

Frederick, MD: One man stabs another at a card game after the victim insults the assailants home country. (source)

Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam: Policeman $42,500 in debt after gambling on football and card games. (source)

Johor Baru, Malaysia: Police raid gambling den and arrest 27 people for playing cards and dice. (source)

Las Vegas, NV: Woman sentenced to 10 years to Life for killing her professional poker player husband. (source)

Not really criminals – Dekalb County, GA: Students caught playing Strip UNO in a deserted classroom. Really? Strip UNO? (source)

Orlando, FL: Two brothers playing around during a card game, they get into an argument and one challenges the other to kill him with the gun he is holding. “I didn’t know there was a round in the chamber,” he later told police while being charged with second-degree murder. (source)

Cumbria, UK: At a poker game, a man got rebuffed after making advances on a woman, so he punched her in the face. Twice. (source)

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