Fun Game for the Holidays
Thanksgiving Day, Portland, Maine
November 2008
While waiting for Aunt Jill and Uncle Michael’s brined turkey to cook, and after watching Deering beat Portland in the annual Thanksgiving Day football game: Monica Dominak, Craig Marshall, Whitney Prior and Abbey Prior built the TaKaRadi tower, only to see Monica pull out the one piece that would make it topple over. Much laughter ensued. (Photo by “Aunt Nancy” Marshall)
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 Playing TaKaRadi with Jeff Parsons
Amy Rowbottom, Maine
September 2008
"Rigdon Reese and I jumped at the chance to play TaKaRadi with founder,
Jeff Parsons. Needless to say, we learned from one of the best!"
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 TaKaRadi Championship
Japan Mekong River Ecosystem Monitoring Project
Yukako Ojima
Tokyo, Japan
June 2005
TaKaRadi was used as a key team building tool by the National Institute for Environmental Studies. It was used initially as an ice-breaker to get people laughing,
talking and having fun with each other then later as a competition/cooperation team-building exercise. They found TaKaRadi perfect for such a diverse,
multi-cultural and multi-lingual conference.
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Tom and Adeline McDermott
Ontario, California
The McDermott family enjoys an evening of multi-generational intensity.
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Nathaniel S.
Oregon
Question:
"Last week my wife and I invited our neighbors over for a game of TaKaRadi. Just as it was my wife's turn to make a play, Alan leaned over and suggested to her that they could go outside to count the stars. She became so rattled that she upset the tower. Surely his play was illegal?"
Answer:
"'fraid not! In fact, his move is a perfect example of applied Jungle Rules! (Incidentally, the next time it happens, suggest to your wife that she wait until it is his turn to make a play, and then quietly but enthusiastically accept his offer! See if he can keep his composure then! Be warned, though. Too much enthusiasm on her part - a hand on the knee, for example - might be grounds for disqualification under the 'no contact' rule. To say nothing of divorce!)"
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Thomas, age 5
Maine
"With enough TaKaRadi and enough imagination, anything is possible!"
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 Grandma Joan Parsons
Merstham, England
"I love playing TaKaRadi with my grandchildren."
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Bill County with brothers Trevor and Brandon
Oberlin, Ohio
Has anyone else played TaKaRadi on the head of their brother?
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Kim L.
Hawaii
A letter from a volcano on Hawaii:
High To TaKaRadi
"Being played at the 8,000 ft level of Mauna Lea Volcano on the island of Hawaii. Headlamps used to spot spaces between blocks or disturb your opponent under jungle rules. Thought you'd find this interesting."
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