Sarah had a day free so we planned a family get together for food and games. Liz and I got there early for the Duck game. I got bored in about 10 minutes. Since Thom had been taking about getting a new gaming console I put myself on the project of modding his Wii to play old school games. It took a lot of tinkering, but I got it to work in time for the kids to be distracted. We then moved onto tabletop games.
We started with
King of Tokyo. It was Carl, Thom, Liz and I. Liz died in Tokyo and was out early. It was a battle mostly for points between the three of us. Carl got the victory point win.
We ate after that, but Becky was eager to play
Alhambra. While we (Carl, Becky, Liz, and I) got going on that, the rest of them started playing
Rack-O. I'm not sure how Rack-O went, but Carl took and early lead in Alhambra that he never let go of. It made the game a little boring. What made it irritating is that Carl was complaining about not doing well.
After a little more Nintendo and Becky, Carl, and the kids left, we broke out some more tabletop games starting with...
Sour Apples to Apples 4-8 players
Liz
spotted this game at Target and was intrigued. It had a cute little
apple spinner that you could push and it would spin a wheel and show a
random icon. She just had to have it. It plays a lot like the
original game,
but with a few improvements. Every card has a red and green word. This
gives the players options when it's their turn to be the judge. They get
to pick the word that they want people to vie for. This means you can
get rid of a crappy red word without wasting a turn. Also, the judge
not only votes for the best but also the worst match. The worst card player
spins the apple of fate and suffers the penalty. This could mean they
only have 4 cards the rest of the game or they have to play their next
card before they know the word. See, so much better than the original.
It was a pretty entertaining game. It wasn't laugh out loud great, but it made the time enjoyable. Carol had a long streak of being judged as the worst match. Thom was the victor by far.
We still had time for another game so I pulled out...
Wordie Wars 3-8 players
Another
game that Liz got from working the home goods department. It's a trivia
based game. The questions are all obviously word based. A player rolls two dice. One die gives you a category for the question and the other die determines who your partner is. Every question
you get correct wins you and your partner a random letter. The first person who can get enough
letters to spell a 5-letter word is the winner. I'm okay with this one. I
still get my ass handed to me most of the time.
I started out well. I was able to get 5 letters first, but GLOUV wasn't a word. Sarah and Liz each got a 5th letter, but TREEO and HIPIB also aren't words. I can't remember exactly when it happened or what word it was, but Sarah was deemed the nerdiest of words.
I like this game a lot more with 5-players than I do 3. It lengthens the game and makes you feel like you have more opportunities.
Tally: 145/177 Bonus: 39/50
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