August 2021 Moms
claireloSC
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Married DW 
08.2013; AI 2x; IUI 6x; IUI #7 05.2015; DD born 2.2016 
; Reciprocal IVF FET #1 on 11.18.2020
GTK: Favorite Games
claireloSC
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With Covid meaning we can't do anything we are playing a lot of games so I'm curious what your favorite games are right now? Board games? Card games? Weird ones you made up?
I'd say for me I love playing what we call "scarf charades" with DD. It's like normal charades but you can use the scarf as a prop. It's a bit easier for her than normal charades and we always end up laughing a lot. It's pretty fun.
DW and I like playing Monopoly Deal, which is a card version of Monopoly that has all of the aggressive capitalism and none of the slow drawn out parts of regular Monopoly. No bank, no game board, no pieces. It goes a lot faster and is fun if you're competitive.
I'd say for me I love playing what we call "scarf charades" with DD. It's like normal charades but you can use the scarf as a prop. It's a bit easier for her than normal charades and we always end up laughing a lot. It's pretty fun.
DW and I like playing Monopoly Deal, which is a card version of Monopoly that has all of the aggressive capitalism and none of the slow drawn out parts of regular Monopoly. No bank, no game board, no pieces. It goes a lot faster and is fun if you're competitive.
Married DW 08.2013; AI 2x; IUI 6x; IUI #7 05.2015; DD born 2.2016 ; Reciprocal IVF FET #1 on 11.18.2020
Re: GTK: Favorite Games
The board games we play are usually pretty complex, and definitely not for everyone. There's a mystery game we like called Timestories. You are given a scenario and have to decide where to go and how to look for clues. It reminds me of a choose-your-own-adventure book in some ways. It's cooperative, so everyone either wins or loses.
@claireloSC I knew a couple who played monopoly deal and wagered things like who had to clean up after dinner on the results. It sounded fun!
We've played a lot of Splendor lately. And I just ordered Illimat, which I am really pumped to get.
@claireloSC Monopoly stresses me out
We don't play a ton of games but we are going to a cabin over Christmas with limited wifi and no TV so we will be bringing Candyland (shoot me) for the 4 year old and Cribbage for us. I was hoping to pick up another game or two but covid cases are increasing here again so I won't be going out before we leave.
We have a Nintendo Switch we have quite a few fun games for as well.
We're a nerd house so our shelves are also full of magic cards and most of our games are RPG or group storyline based! We're playing through Tales of Evil right now, which has an interesting play style - not much like something I've played before!
For online games, I love the "you don't know Jack" games. I think you can play Trivia Pursuit on PlayStation, not sure about Zoom though.