And Wind It All Around

After our annual As Seen On TV gift exchange, there were a few still around to play one small game. I dealt out...

Slamwich 2-6 players

This game is painful, and I mean that literally. Liz got it as a present or something. The cards are in the shape of bread and have different food items on them or cartoon characters. You play cards "war" style until two cards match in a row or with a non-match in the middle of a match. Once that happens you slam the cards with you hand. The first slammer gets the deck to add to their hand. The cartoons add a few stupid rules that aren't even worth explaining. Once a player runs out of cards, they are out of the game. The last person with cards wins. The only time we played it came down to me and Darrin. It went on a while with neither of us pulling ahead. We called a draw to save out hands the pain. I think one of my nails may have even cut him.

This time was much less painful. The cartoon "muncher" cards confused everyone. No so much in function, but in purpose. These essentially give a random player the chance to get all the cards played if the next player doesn't make a legal match. It's a stupid random prize which requires no skill or dexterity. I won, but it was a bit of a hollow victory. I would suggest ignoring the muncher rules if you happen to play this game. It was fun, but Jungle Speed is so much better.

Tally: 151/179  Bonus: 40/50