Family Game Day

 I am really thankful for days that we get to be together as a family and have fun together. Today we had game day to try out the new games we got for Christmas. We ended up playing 5 games out of 7; the other 2 will have to wait for another day.

We started the day with Exploding Kittens. 

I definitely think this will become a family favorite! It's designed for only 5 players max, so we did a little creative adjustment to make it work for all 6 of us. Jon ended up winning this one with some creative strategy at the end.

Once all the kittens had exploded, we moved on to Nope!

I really liked this very creative game. It's pretty easy to learn, but it definitely took some strategy to win. We realized about halfway through that we may have been misplaying in one aspect, so we'll try it differently the next time!

Next up was Cha-Ching.

This was a little wild, but most of us enjoyed it. Benjamin wasn't really a fan-- he couldn't get his numbers figured out. I like that it involves some math, so we were sneaking in some learning along with the gameplay. Bad math ended up with some funny moments, including one that led to Jay crying because he was laughing so hard.

I think this would be fun to play for an adult game night. You're supposed to play multiple rounds to get to 1000 points, but we gave up after about 3 because the younger players were losing interest. 

After a lunch break, we tried Perpetual Commotion.

Of all of the games we played today, this had the worst directions. Fortunately, there was a QR code that took us to a video that helped us get started. The name of this one is definitely accurate--cards were flying everywhere! Again, the younger players weren't as thrilled with this one, but I think it could be a lot of fun for a group of teens or adults. We didn't even attempt to score it (again, the directions were overly complicated), but we just played until we ran out of cards. 

Abby and Ben opted out of the last game of the day, Suspicion. 

This one is a lot like Clue, but with several twists and a little more complication. It took us a little while to figure it out, but we really liked it once we did. This would be another one that would be great for a grown-up game night.

We had a fun day and enjoyed spending some time together before school starts again next week. We're looking forward to playing these again sometime soon!