Saturday nights are for friends, snacks, games and laughter. Last night Michael and I had our friends Erika and Charles over for games and snacks. It’s been ages since we’ve all hung out. In fact, I think the last time the four of us were together was last summer when we went camping together and did the Zip Lines and High Ropes Course! SCARY! Needless to say, it had been too long since we all got together. Part of that was the holiday season and vacations, then Michael losing his job, and Charles is in school to become a nurse so he’s super busy. We finally got together.
I told them to just BYOB and show up Saturday night and we’d provide the games and snacks. For the snacks I decided on a healthier option–homemade popcorn made on the stove (Michael makes really good popcorn). We put butter and salt on two small bowls of popcorn and then mixed in some M&M’s in a third bowl of popcorn. I’d hoped the M&M’s would melt but they didn’t–maybe chocolate chips would be better? Oh well, it was still a delicious treat.
We sat down to play Sequence together. Of the four of us, I was the only one that had played it before. But never fear, Michael promptly read the instructions and explained the game (he used to be a technical writer, so reading game directions makes him nuts–he thinks they do them all wrong LOL).
The game is SO fun! With four people we split into two teams. I won’t lie, it got a little competitive as the night went on. And it’s such a fun, addicting game that we just kept playing. Before we knew it, it was after midnight.
I had two glasses of wine the entire night, drinking a ton of water in between each glass. After the long bike ride, I knew that alcohol would not be my friend if I went crazy.
We were tied after a bunch of games and played one last game to see who was the Victor.
It was a tough one. It was pretty close but….they won. 🙂
"What Happened?"
They left about 1 a.m. and we crashed into bed. That bike ride took a lot out of me! I could not wait to sleep. It was a really fun day all around.
QUESTION: What’s your favorite board game?Â
Deb
Okay, I have to ask about Sequence. We own this game and I hate it. The reason I hate it is after all of us in the house reading the directions, we all agreed there is no actual winner- the game play continues until everyone playing has made 2 sequences? How do you guys play it that you get an actual winner, not an “everybody wins” scenario like we all read the direction to say.
Lisa Eirene
That’s not how we understood the game. The first person or first team that gets 2 sequences wins that game. Then you start a new one. We played 5 rounds last night with two teams. Each team had 2 wins and then we did a final play off for the ultimate winner.
Deb
Yeah, that is what made sense to me, but the instructions seemed to say something different (as above). If we play it again, I’m arguing to only play til someone gets two- waiting for four people to all get 2 sequences… its like a marathon of Monopoly!
I think our favorite game to play is Sorry! If its just bf and I we make up new rules to make it tougher on each other… lol.
Lisa Eirene
Try it that way. It was much faster!
I’m going to check out Target and see what other board games are on sale. I love game nights!
Sara
chocolate chips definitely will melt – might have to put it in the popcorn then nuke it for like 10sec to get them started but it’ll be ooey gooey chocolatey goodness by the end!
And I love Apples to Apples! 😛 Simple, funny, and easy to learn. And I love Taboo 😛
Lisa Eirene
I love Apples to Apples! That’s a great game to play with a group.
Roz@weightingfor50
Looks like SUCH a fun night. I LOVE the photo of Kitty!!! So cute. I LOVE board games, my husband doesn’t, but he’s a trouper and endures when they’re brought out. I love scattegories and boggle best…but truth be told, there aren’t too many board games I don’t like.
Lisa Eirene
Thanks! Fat Kitty wanted to play so badly!
I love Scattergories. That is one of my favorite games for sure.