Game On
We love to play games at our house. And let me tell you, we have quite the selection! I am almost embarrassed to admit to the number of games we actually own!
Friday nights used to be “Game Night” at our house. We would take turns picking out games each week so everyone would get a chance to choose their favorite. We went through phases of playing Parchisi for weeks on end, Mouse Trap, Harry Potter Clue and Candy Land. We all enjoyed a thrifted game called Snapshot for quite a while too. You slide a black and white photo behind a door with 12 tiny windows and you take turns opening them one at a time revealing bits and pieces of the photo and trying to guess what it is. Thrift stores can be great places to find games that may be otherwise pricey-grant it they have all their parts!
We all have our favorites; Joe=Monopoly, Risk, UNO Jake-Monopoly, Square Up, SET Molly= Mille Bornes, Make N Break, Cranium Cadoo Me=Blokus,Othello,Five Crowns, Quiddler Ginger= Elefun, Don’t Break the Ice and this
this game from 1969 that my husband played when he was Gingers age!
I just might have a question concering these ever so simple rules!! Really I need one, blue replacement egg-only one mind you-my Mother-in-law did good!!
There is nothing like playing games together-the arguing over which game to play and who got to pick last time. Who’s on whose team and who will go first. Yelling at people to go because they are taking too long. The eventual speculation that someone’s turn got skipped and someone is inevitably cheating! Oh,the memories we are creating!
Even through all that I still ask on many occasions; who wants to play a game with me!!
Tags: Blokus, cadoo, candy land, Elefun, five crowns, friday nights, game night, harry potter clue, monopoly, mouse trap, othello, parchisi, playing games, Quiddler, SET, snapshot, thrift, UNO
Oh my gosh, I LOVED Hickety Pickety as a child. I had forgotten about it. I should dig around in my parents’ basement next time I am there . . .