WOW! We had at least 44 people at the game group. It was a little chaotic at times, and loud, but we still had fun. We'll have to spread out to the upstairs for the next game night, and perhaps keep the party games / kid games in one area, separate from the quieter games. We'll figure something out.
The early birds started with a game of Ubongo Extreme. It's a puzzle game that left some of us scratching our heads and others raking in the gems. We played the easier version of the game. Yikes! There's a harder version?
The girls started right in with Dancing Eggs again. It's still a hit. The game came out a few times and everyone who played it seemed to like it and never got sick of it. We even had to spread out the tables more to accommodate it.
Then the people started flooding in, but not before a quick game of Sorry Sliders. It was over in five minutes or so, but everyone seemed to have fun with it. Somehow there were two winners. Don't know how that happened.
Some of us played Small World. This went long, but was great fun. Six players on the five player map worked out just fine. Watch out for those Flying Gypsies who did great despite never going into decline, and for the Skeletons who spread like wild fire for the win.
The party gang started playing Portrayal. Many of the newbies loved the game, and definitely wanted to play again. There was a steady flow of people coming into the game. People could come and go easily and it was easy to learn. That's not to say that the game is easy. It's not which produced ridiculous pictures and lots of laughs. It's been so popular that we're running out of the artist pads. No wonder it was a runner up for game of the year this year.
Another attempt was made to win Castle Panic. It didn't look like they were doing too good when the picture was taken. Everyone was pretty engaged though, so it sounds like the game got a few more fans.
A second wave of people came in. They climbed aboard Ticket to Ride. Thankfully, the conductor on this journey had seen these tracks before, which was just the ticket needed to keep the game from derailing. He also had enough locomotion to engineer an express pass to victory. "Woooh! Wooooh!"
Some girls broke away and played Jungle Speed. Luckily no injuries were reported, but there were a few defections. A couple of girls also played Dutch Blitz and found that it scales down to two pretty well.
Some younger kids played cards (with a missing 7 of spades I believe). They also played Yahtzee, which according to one of them played like Farkle?!? They then played Hang Four. Hang Four has been a big hit and continues to gain new fans. Lastly, they played Get the Gem. They tried a new variant that they came up with themselves, not pointing the card to the next clue?!? No wonder we lost the gem for a few minutes. Amazingly, it was found during clean up.
There was a report of a game of Fluxx, but there is no evidence that the game was completed as so often happens with Fluxx. Wait a minute, the latest information claims that there was a winner and the game didn't drag on forever. Miracles do happen.
The party gang then went to Talkin' Tango. They all liked this one too, but some Tango partners just couldn't find their groove especially Kiki who was all left feet, or rather had her tongue twisted.
Believe it or not a third wave of people came in late. They got into things right away and started playing.
Easy Come, Easy Go lived up to its name as players about to taste victory were denied just in time to spoil their win. The game went on a little longer than usual, but finally a winner emerged.
Jurassic Jumble roared in again. It must have been a wild game with a bunch of boys playing. It didn't get too crazy though because there was only time for one round. Only one person noticed the winner grabbing the bone, and the others kept playing a while to the amusement of those first two players. That never gets old.
Everyone had a great time and said they'd like to come again, and maybe bring some more friends. We'll just set up more tables, and spread to the outside if we need to.
We had a lot of help at the end which was much appreciated. This made clean up a breeze. Rumor has it that the snacks were great too, but some of us were too busy playing to partake. Thanks to all involved in making the night a big success!
We end tonight with a demonstration of bizarre card shuffling. Evidence that we had crossed into... The Twilight Zone.
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