| Video game consoles are slowly becoming a common | | | | Party games, players race around the board to |
| item in every home in America. Many of them can | | | | collect the highest number of stars within a set |
| now be purchased for relatively cheap and, seeing as | | | | amount of rounds. Each of the possible boards which |
| they are popular not only for children but the entire | | | | are playable, though, come with their own unique set |
| family, one can find some type of video game | | | | of rules and conditions for obtaining those stars, as |
| console nearly everywhere. The games that can be | | | | well as a layout which can aid or hurt players |
| played on these consoles range from strategy | | | | depending on their position on that board. |
| games, where someone takes the form of one of | | | | Players can choose to be any number of characters |
| the characters of the game, trying to accomplish a | | | | from the Mario universe, playing as that character for |
| list of goals in the most effective way possible, to full | | | | the duration of the game. Additionally, players will all |
| out war games, where players are given any number | | | | compete in mini-games against the others, looking to |
| of different weapons and are told to defeat all of | | | | gain a number of coins which will help them all on |
| the enemies presented. | | | | their quests to gain stars. Mario Party is a great |
| There is a growing trend, however, for some board | | | | opportunity for players to play a simply designed |
| games to take on features of games that the public | | | | game that gives not only the appearance, but the |
| already knows and loves, namely board games. | | | | mechanics of a board game. |
| There are a few video games existing which, at their | | | | Another video game which plays much like a board |
| heart, are board games which the players will all play | | | | game is Mary Kate and Ashley's Sweet Sixteen |
| together. Within the game, the players will race | | | | game. This game allows up to four players to play as |
| around a track, landing on certain spaces which will | | | | either Mary Kate, Ashley, or one of their two friends |
| either benefit them, or set them back to a degree. | | | | who are racing around a track, driving in their brand |
| One of the most popular video games which takes | | | | new cars. The goal is to be the player who can invite |
| this board game format is the incredibly popular Mario | | | | the most boys to the party that night, picking them |
| Party series. | | | | up in the car and driving around the town with them. |
| The Mario Party series is a set of games which has, | | | | At the end of a set number of laps around the |
| to date, eight editions available on a few different | | | | course, whichever player has picked up the greatest |
| platforms. These games are fundamentally designed | | | | number of boys in their car is declared the winner of |
| for multiple players and can usually be played on a | | | | the game. |
| series of different boards. At the core of the Mario | | | | |