Link: Celebrities playing board games
The Yehuda - Gaming and Blogging in the Holy Land blog has a great article on celebrities playing board games. Yehuda has obviously put a lot of effort into compiling the list, together with some sources.
Now, the bad news: My playlist is not at all, not even remotely similar to that of celebrities. Bad luck for me. While I was clicking the link to Yehuda, I had already gotten my hopes up to play a round of Die Macher with Wil Smith. But... ;)
Better luck next time. Until then, I have highlighted the matches:
Top 6 List: Board Game Night: Naturelich vs. Celebrities
Number 6
The first crossover is the Beastie Boys who like playing Mah-Jongg on their tour bus. I presume they are a group of 4 anyway so I would probably not be welcome in joining them, would I?(unless somebody has thought of a 5-player variant for Mah-Jongg?!)
Number 5
In addition, if I were about 25-27 years younger, I might have considered competing against Beyonce Knowles in Connect Four (yawn).
Number 4
Same is true for Catherine Zeta-Jones. Although I would love to engage her (in a game) ,1she only plays Yahtzee, Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit. At least here is some potential to introduce her to Um Krone und Kragen.
Number 3
Since I don't know Bridge, I will have to take on Bill Gates in a game of Chess - but I doubt I will win - he is simply too smart.
Number 2
Oh, oh, and here is the perfect match: Jenna Fischer plays Carcassonne, Lost Cities and Bohnanza. Yippie! Finally! But who is Jenna Fischer? I'd rather play Jennifer Aniston, but she only enjoys Scrabble and Poker. Not a Geek's lady, apparently... :(
... Maybe I could interest them both in a game of Ladybohn?
Number 1
Wil Wheaton. Yes, Wesley Crusher. Yes, yes, I know. The "geek" from Star Trek - The Next Generation. This weekend, he played Apples to Apples with his family and created a link to the game on BGG. He even has a BGG profile and his collection also includes Carcassonne, Munchkin and Pirate's Cove. Great, I'd love to have him over for a game night :D
Okay, that's enough of my fantasies. I shall 7111, it's 14675.