Let me count the ways. The same day that the new Lotus Suite 97 arrived, I observed No. 2 Son playing an incredible perpetual motion strategy game called Marble Drop.
Pretension runs in the family.
So does the pursuit of a good time, and Marble Drop does not disappoint. Supposedly, the plans for Marble Drop were based on drawings left behind by Leonardo da Vinci on April Fool's Day in 1501. That theme is carried through the charming little manual and the game itself. Sounds simple, but first you have to figure out where the marble will land, based on the path it will take through a wonderful, ever-changing system of tunnels, water wheels, catapults and bridges. Once you've dropped the marble, all you can do is watch it either land on its mark or miss and disappear.