Last night we had the first of what I hope will become an annual board game event at the Adkins house. Myself, Lissa, Jeff, Todd, Ann, Nick, Rosie, Rosie's Mom, Stacey, Shari, Ernest, Tori, Emily, and Ashley spent the evening eating and playing games. Everyone had a great time and like the old farts that most of us are we broke up about 11:30 PM.
Games played included Carcassonne, Hey That's My Fish, Red Dragon Inn, and Uno. Thanks to everyone for ringing in the New Year with us in classic Geek style.
Showing posts with label Hey That's My Fish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hey That's My Fish. Show all posts
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Wednesday Boardgames - Work & Home
Since we were only working half a day today at the library and the students have already left for home this week I declared today Library Team Building Day. By this I mean that we ordered pizza and played boardgames. We had seven players for our games: Anna, Rebecca, Heather, Stacey, Chris, Shubha, and myself. We started out with what seemed to be an easy choice, Trivial Pursuit Book Lovers Edition, given that the people playing all librarians or library workers. Even divided into teams we had a very difficult time we the questions as none of us are especially good at modern literary fiction. It took almost three hours for the team of Heather, Stacey, and I to win.
Next up was Hey That's My Fish! This game was a big hit! Rebecca immediately picked up on the game and began isolating her opponents on small chunks of ice. We played two rounds of this and I was thoroughly beaten by my team each time.
We finished up with a quick one round play of Guillotine. This game gathered a lot of interest but the game had to end quickly as the pizza arrived.
After leaving the library I stopped by the Lost Legion Games - The Riflemen and watched Dave and JB play the final game of the store league's Blood Bowl Tournament. The game went into overtime with Dave pulling it out in the end. It was a tight game the entire time with two advanced elf teams duking it out and Dave understrength for most of the game. Congrat's to both Dave and JB for a great game.
Finally, Lissa, Nick, Rosie, and I played a game of Road Kill Rally. I spent most of the game wiping out and Nick spent a lot of time without weapons as our wives proceeded to run down pedestrians and lead throughout the race. In the end they tied in points at 360 but Lissa placed first as she finished the race ahead of Rosie. Nick placed third and I puttered like an old man in a hat into fourth place.
The past two days have been a really great start for my gaming oriented Thanksgiving. Tomorrow we will eat Chinese and then return home for boardgames and then on Friday I will head to the shop for Black Friday gaming.
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| Chris, Rebecca, Anna, Heather, and Stacey playing Trivial Pursuit |
Next up was Hey That's My Fish! This game was a big hit! Rebecca immediately picked up on the game and began isolating her opponents on small chunks of ice. We played two rounds of this and I was thoroughly beaten by my team each time.
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| Rebecca, Anna, Shubha, Heather, and Stacey playing Hey That's My Fish! |
We finished up with a quick one round play of Guillotine. This game gathered a lot of interest but the game had to end quickly as the pizza arrived.
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| Stacey, Rebecca, Anna, and Heather playing Guillotine - "Off with their heads!" |
After leaving the library I stopped by the Lost Legion Games - The Riflemen and watched Dave and JB play the final game of the store league's Blood Bowl Tournament. The game went into overtime with Dave pulling it out in the end. It was a tight game the entire time with two advanced elf teams duking it out and Dave understrength for most of the game. Congrat's to both Dave and JB for a great game.
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| Dave and JB playing the Season One Super Bowl |
The past two days have been a really great start for my gaming oriented Thanksgiving. Tomorrow we will eat Chinese and then return home for boardgames and then on Friday I will head to the shop for Black Friday gaming.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Boardgames with Tori and Ashley
My youngest daughter, Tori, visited this evening and later on her friend Ashley stopped by. Before Ashley arrived Tori, Lissa and I played a quick hand of Dominion. Tori and Lissa had never played before and I had not played since Charcon 2009 so the game was new to all of us. Everyone enjoyed the game and is looking forward to trying out some of the other card combinations. I won the game but I expect the results to be different as everyone becomes more comfortable with the rules.
Ashley arrived and we decided to show Ashley Hey, That's My Fish! since she is attending school to become a zoo keeper - perhaps this would give her some insight into the penguins at the zoo. We played two quick games before they had to leave. Again, I won both games partly due to Tori and Ashley constantly cutting each other off on isolated ice floes.
Ashley arrived and we decided to show Ashley Hey, That's My Fish! since she is attending school to become a zoo keeper - perhaps this would give her some insight into the penguins at the zoo. We played two quick games before they had to leave. Again, I won both games partly due to Tori and Ashley constantly cutting each other off on isolated ice floes.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Saturday Boardgames
My eldest, Shari, and her fiance, Ernest stopped by last night to play a few boardgames with Lissa and I. We brought out three of the games that we had picked up at Origins. We played Carcassonne, Hey, That's My Fish, and Station Master. I had a run of luck and won all three games - a result not likely to repeat. Good fun!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
July 5th Gaming
Taking advantage of the holiday, Lissa and I hosted a small game day yesterday. Todd and Anne, Nick and Rosie, Jeff, Lissa, and I played a bunch of games that we picked up at Origins and ended the evening with a golden oldie. We were also amazingly well fed thanks to Jeff (Hummus), Anne (Barbecue), and Rosie (Flan).
We started out with a game of Hey That's My Fish using extra figs to play 6 players. Lissa won this game by a single fish. I really like this one. It is quick to learn and plays quickly.
Next up was Station Master. Jeff won in a close game with much backstabbing. Another great game.
For our third game Nick brought out his copy of The T-Shirt Game by Buffalo Games. This is a great little party game much like Apples to Apples where you take turns judging the responses of the other players. Each turn a T-shirt design is revealed and players secretly choose cards with various slogans to pair with the design. These are mixed up and given to the judge who selects the best slogan. Whoever offered that slogan then draws a "Hot or Not" card telling him how well the design did. These cards range from the shirt becoming a mega-hit to the shirts all being recycled. Play goes until someone gets 3000 points. This is a game that is just asking for sets of add on cards and the addition of blank cards that you fill out yourself.
Next up was Jeff's Monty Python Fluxx. Fluxx is an awesome little game where each card has the potential to change the basic rules of the game or the victory conditions. There are several themed sets available including this one as well as Martian and Zombie themed decks. This was a lot of fun and was full of Pythonesque silliness. Todd deftly won the game with a quick change of goals.
To close out the evening we pulled out an old classic, Uno. From the beginning Rosie dominated this game. By the time the game ended there was no one even close. Though she denies it, we all suspect that at one point she was the Mexican National Uno champion.
This was a fantastic way to spend the holiday - playing games with such great friends!
We started out with a game of Hey That's My Fish using extra figs to play 6 players. Lissa won this game by a single fish. I really like this one. It is quick to learn and plays quickly.
Next up was Station Master. Jeff won in a close game with much backstabbing. Another great game.
For our third game Nick brought out his copy of The T-Shirt Game by Buffalo Games. This is a great little party game much like Apples to Apples where you take turns judging the responses of the other players. Each turn a T-shirt design is revealed and players secretly choose cards with various slogans to pair with the design. These are mixed up and given to the judge who selects the best slogan. Whoever offered that slogan then draws a "Hot or Not" card telling him how well the design did. These cards range from the shirt becoming a mega-hit to the shirts all being recycled. Play goes until someone gets 3000 points. This is a game that is just asking for sets of add on cards and the addition of blank cards that you fill out yourself.
Next up was Jeff's Monty Python Fluxx. Fluxx is an awesome little game where each card has the potential to change the basic rules of the game or the victory conditions. There are several themed sets available including this one as well as Martian and Zombie themed decks. This was a lot of fun and was full of Pythonesque silliness. Todd deftly won the game with a quick change of goals.
To close out the evening we pulled out an old classic, Uno. From the beginning Rosie dominated this game. By the time the game ended there was no one even close. Though she denies it, we all suspect that at one point she was the Mexican National Uno champion.
This was a fantastic way to spend the holiday - playing games with such great friends!
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