Is life on Earth predetermined by a higher being or do we have free will? Since the beginning man has wondered why are we here -- and why now. In "WORD GAMES" David Phillips, a happy-go-lucky octogenarian finds himself at a retirement home at the start of the greatest snowstorm in history. He befriends Sal, a mid-20's janitor at the facility and as the storm gets worse and the power goes down they decide to pass the time by playing a series of board game matches. Isolated from the outside world and with their lives in danger, they match wits while examining deep moral issues and their strategies prove to have a profound effect on the the world in which we live.