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Top 6 Board Games

By Tracee Cornforth, About.com

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Playing board games are a great way to spend your recovery time after surgery, or when you are on bed rest. Challenge your spouse, family, or friends to play some exciting board games with your during your next recovery time. Or give a board game to someone you know who isn't able to get out and do their normal routines. Board games are also a wonderful way to relieve everyday stress!

1) Scrabble Collectors Tin

Scrabble is a classic board game that everyone loves! Anyone who is old enough to spell can play this challenging game. This edition in the collectors tin is a special edition that will be played and tresured for years to come.
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2) Trivial Pursuit Millennium Edition

Trivial Pursuit Millennium Edition contains over 3600 questions that cover everything that has happened in the last 1000 years. Test your knowledge on the trivia of a thousand years of living. An exciting and challenging game that will wisk away the hours while you are getting well.
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3) Monopoly Deluxe Edition

The deluxe edition of Monopoly brings back the wooden houses and hotels you remember from your childhood. Play a long, relaxing game of Monopoly and build and empire while you recover.
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4) Yahtzee Deluxe Edition

A favorite dice game for many years. Shake up the 5 dice and see what a little luck and strategy will bring you. Quiet, relaxing fun while you are stuck in bed!
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5) Backgammon

Hours of fun and strategy await you when you play Backgammon. Move the disks around the board and challenge your partner to beat you!
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6) Pente

Pente is a classic five-in-a-row board game. A fun-filled game of strategy that utilizes multi-colored stones as game pieces. Try your luck!
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