Since we were going to be gone to Georgia for over a week, we brought with us a list of things that we wanted to accomplish. It’s not often that the family can get together and we wanted to make the best use of our time. So we devised a tentative schedule and this schedule included a game night.
We’re a gaming family by nature. (Not to be confused with a gambling family – it is completely different. There is no gambling or betting involved. Trash talk yes, and taunting - definitely, but no gambling.) So when my sister scheduled time just for us to play games, I knew we were in for some fun.
There were many games from which to choose: Curses, Skip-Bo, Rook, video games, you name it and we had it. We started out with Rook, a card game I’ve been playing with my grandmother since I was a kid. Given my years of practice, you’d think I’d be better at it than I am.
The object of the game is to see who can get the most points by laying down cards of different suits and colors. It was easy enough, but it took us a while to get going since we were a little rusty, but once we did, it was every man for himself.
My mother played with her cards held close, just in case one of us had a wandering eye (or two).
As for my step-dad, I think he was just trying to make it through the game.
Oscar wanted in on the action too, but he was only allowed to watch.
My husband played like he didn’t care who saw his cards. But his strategy – or his beginner’s luck – worked well, as he beat the socks off of us!
After he won, he got to select from the basket of “prizes” that my mom had put together. Every time someone won a game throughout the week, they got to choose from the basket. It’s not like we needed extra motivation to play games, but it sure didn’t hurt! My mom’s the best.
The CPA chose well. Here he is showing off the spoils of his victory.
Next, we moved on to Skip-Bo. This is where it got challenging. Our skills were put to the test as we went up against the family’s all-time Skip-Bo champion: my sister.
Here she is with a look of concentration on her face. Or is it a smirk? Remember when I mentioned the “trash talking?” Let’s just say that winning Skip-Bo is not all she’s good at.
But I guess it’s okay to talk trash if you’ve got the skills to back it up.
And she did, have the skills I mean, because she won the first game.
And the second.
But it was hard to begrudge her when she was so geniunely happy about it.
Even Oscar was impressed.
And that’s no easy feat! Gotta love game night - I’m so grateful we were able to have one!
What’s your favorite game to play?
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