one thing about my grandmother was she was extremely competitive. she loved to play games and she would never let anyone just win. she was highly competitive in nature and had absolutely no mercy even to a young child. she was in an "adopt a grade school kid" program where the kids would come and visit with the elderly once a week. well apparently grandma begged for a smarter kid because go fish and old maid were just not cutting it. i had recently taken up rummikub, one of her favorite games. I had been playing a lot in hopes that my first time playing with her I would blindside her and beat her. I never will get to play that game with her but I will carry on her tradition and adopt her competitive ways. :)