It's All Fun & Games
My typical response when anyone says, "Hey, wanna play **insert name of game here, any game at all**?" is a groan. I don't know why, I just don't care for games. Maybe because the words "Its your turn" always seem to interrupt my conversations.
Regardless, I have signed up for Alex J. Cavanaugh's It's All Fun & Games blogfest in hopes that someone will come up with a game that'll strike my fancy. Good luck with that.
For my part, I've selected three games I can be talked into with a minimal amount of arm twisting, so maybe you'll like them too:
Drink! You know the game---where every time somebody says a certain word or does a certain thing, you take a drink. For example, let's spice up this blogfest and everybody take a drink whenever Alex says "Ninja"! We ought to be schnockered by noon.
Bananagrams It's a lot like Scrabble but much faster. Everybody works on their word puzzle simultaneously, so there's none of that forgetting you're even playing a game while you wait eons for the other players to finally spell out a flipping word. And to make the game even better---the letter tiles come in a canvas ba-na-na!
Liars Dice As featured in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest when Will Turner faced off against Davy "do-you-fear-death" Jones. The rules are simple, and skillful lying can easily beat luck, so yeah, once that arm's twisted I have a lot of fun with this one.
Regardless, I have signed up for Alex J. Cavanaugh's It's All Fun & Games blogfest in hopes that someone will come up with a game that'll strike my fancy. Good luck with that.
For my part, I've selected three games I can be talked into with a minimal amount of arm twisting, so maybe you'll like them too:
Drink! You know the game---where every time somebody says a certain word or does a certain thing, you take a drink. For example, let's spice up this blogfest and everybody take a drink whenever Alex says "Ninja"! We ought to be schnockered by noon.
Bananagrams It's a lot like Scrabble but much faster. Everybody works on their word puzzle simultaneously, so there's none of that forgetting you're even playing a game while you wait eons for the other players to finally spell out a flipping word. And to make the game even better---the letter tiles come in a canvas ba-na-na!
Liars Dice As featured in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest when Will Turner faced off against Davy "do-you-fear-death" Jones. The rules are simple, and skillful lying can easily beat luck, so yeah, once that arm's twisted I have a lot of fun with this one.
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Fun & Games Blogfest
Thanks for your list! My list is here.
Lee
Tossing It Out
Bananagrams looks FABULOUS! but on the lying... I tend to only be able to fool people with words (like I can pull off Balderdash) but I am bad at any other lying game.
I've heard of Bananagrams, but never played.... IT looks like fun!
Tell hubs when we have dinner we'll break out the cards. We'll just have to get you involved.LOL.
But if it's like Scrabble with point values for each letter, betcha I can beat ya.
Nice to meet you!
I found you via Suze, and your first sentence fascinated me - because you'll see the same reaction in me (Husband likes to play analytical or strategic games like chess or "Risk", I - if I have to - prefer scrabble, Mah Jongg or Rummee. So your proposed games sound enticing - hope we can buy Bananagrams here in Germany - no need of an egg-timer for fellow-players writing their thesis while thinking about a new word to lay :-)
And I'm picturing Branny playing Liars Dice wearing his pirate Goofy ears :)