Loopin' Louie

This post is about a magical game.  The driver of the plane flies through the air never expecting a thing, just his usual circle around the barn, but then there’s a thwack on the bottom of his biplane and he’s flying higher than ever imagined.  From up above, he can see the smaller barns down below. What’s this? There’s a chicken on the roof of each barn? Louie can’t help himself; the plane isn’t in his control anymore.  The poor fowl ends up knocked silly off the barn and into a rut nearby as Louie continues flying, dive-bombing barn after barn.  The HORROR!!!

Really though…the age range listed for this game is something like 5 and older…and I fit a little bit into the older category.  A couple of friends of mine asked Dallin and I on a date to play some games. We saw the regular few and ended up showing Carrie how to play Pit.  Enjoyable, but not quite the sugar rush of fun that Louie brought into our lives. We played it for the rest of the evening except for the campfire afterwards. We all left the night craving another round of the game.



It was only later that we learned independently that this new fix would cost $80 or so for a single set due to its being a collector’s item of a game.  I totally understood why!  So began a quest to find this game for $30 or less. I scoured the internet at work, getting stopped often by those pesky firewalls. In a stroke of genius I checked Craigslist.  Lo and behold, there was a copy on Craigslist Pittsburgh (across the country) for only $25. Negotiations over price and how to get it here have started, but I hope we can get together to play soon, I’ve been having this strange craving ever since I found that miraculous set.

When/If it comes…there shall be tournaments on BYU campus to see who can manipulate poor Louie with the greatest skill.  This is going to be WICKED!!!