We are a game playing family. Before kids, Dwight and I enjoyed playing games - particularly with his family. We would play card games (Oh Shucks, Dirty 13, Rook, et cetera) and board games(Acquire, Carcassone, Settlers of Catan, Balderdash). It was definitely a favorite pastime when we all got together. But then we got busy (hello!...four children!) \and we seemed to forget about games for a while.
In the last few years we've gotten back into it though. And it's fun that our kids can play games with us now. Our game of the moment is "Dominion". We have three different sets. Oskar and Annika can both play Dominion...one of them is more competitive than the other but I'm not naming any names. Some other adult favorites are "Citadels" and for a while we were into "Santiago". I think those are both a little too political for the kids. Sometimes my feelings get hurt so I'm pretty sure they'd have a tough time if an unlucky streak hit them. Plus you need to have some level of poker face for Citadels. We have a couple of highly rated games waiting to try but we never get around to them since we're all still perfectly happy to play these other ones.
Another good game for the kids is "Ticket to Ride".
This weekend we had many rousing games of Dominion with my sister-in-law and father-in-law.
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Dominion Cards
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Everyone loves the Noble Brigand...not
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Playing Citadels with Woodys
And, wandering off on a tangent but can I just mention that my super observant son noticed that in the edge of the cards there is an ever-so-small symbol to denote which set the cards come from. Uh, yeah, none of us adults had ever noticed that. He gives me hope for the future of the Engen line. (Hopefully the future has need for people who are good at noticing tiny little symbols in the corner of cards.)
"Games to Recommend"
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