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Larry Welborn
United States
Anderson
South Carolina
Way to go, Bubba.
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Another busy week that cut significantly into our family game time.
My son has been asking to play Chess, so I spent some time during the weekday evening teaching him. We played a few games but it mostly consisted of me showing him how the pieces moved and working on learning exercises such as having him mate me with a King and Rook against a King.
Our first real gaming took place Friday evening. Melissa decided to make some potato soup and chili since it was a rainy day. While she was doing that, I pulled out a game she hated, Ricochet Robots, to teach to the kids.
I patiently explained the game and showed examples but the game didn't go that well. When the kids found a solution it was great. When not, both got very frustrated and whiny. I will probably wait a year or two before bringing this out again.
After dinner, we had a 4 player game of 7 Wonders.
Everyone had played before so after a quick explanation we were ready to go. My daughter went for a military strategy while my son opted for a strong science civilization. My wife developed a lot of blue and yellow while I built a lot of resources and grabbed a bunch of guilds in the 3rd age.
All of us completed our wonder. When we added up the scores we had a close game. I won, followed by my daughter with only 4 fewer points. Two points behind her, my wife and son tied for 3rd place.
After the kids went to bed, my wife and I had time for a quick game of Dominion. We chose cards from the base game and prosperity.
I got off to a good start, but my wife fine-tuned her deck better. The game ended with all provinces being bought and my wife claimed a 63-55 win.
Saturday night we had time for a couple of games. First up was our first play of La Strada.
The simple game has a high potential to hose the other players. We played it more as a family game, though, so the scores were close. My wife won with 26 points. My daughter and I tied with 23 and my son finished last with 20.
After that, we had time for a quick play of Liar's Dice.
I completely dominated, losing no dice. My daughter was the first eliminated, followed by my wife. My son hung on for the longest, but could never cause me to lose a die.
Sunday was a day for Church, a family feast at my cousin's, and geocaching so there was no time for games.
See you next week.
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