On August 31st Em and I had our third “family game night” and they seem to be going really, really well. For our third night we had three other people join us. Dave, Lydia, and Leigh all came over to eat delicious appetizers and have fun gaming. This was the first time Dave met Leigh and Lydia and they all hit it off as we had a great night gaming!
Let’s start off with the food that Em served us this
time. While the last game night had a “theme”
of Italian style appetizers, this time Em passed on a theme and just made some
stuff that sounded good. It ended up
being a very “cheese-centric” night and as usual her food went off with a
bang!
The first thing she chose to make for our third game night
was a puff pastry tomato tart recipe that consisted of a puff pastry crust,
sour cream, cream cheese, and tomatoes all baked in the oven. The next recipe chosen were mini crab cakes
with red pepper sauce. These were as
good as any crab cake you’d find in a restaurant! The third savory appetizer Em went for
were mini cheese ball bites with pretzels for serving. Lastly, for a dessert appetizer, she chose to
go with chocolate chip cheesecake swirl brownie bites. By the end of the night I think we had
finished off all of the appetizers before everyone left, that's how you know the cook is great! If you are curious about the recipes, just
hop over to Em’s blog, Tasty Mess. You
can find the post at http://www.tastymess.org/2014/09/family-game-night-2-aka-excuse-to-serve.html.
Onto the gaming! This
particular evening I chose to go with another game by Antoine Bauza entitled 7Wonders. This may be his most popular
work as it has been featured on Tabletop with Wil Wheaton. 7 Wonders is a fantastic “card-drafting” game
where all of the players are trying to create their civilization and win the
most victory points in doing so. There
are many different routes to victory including building civilian structures,
science structures, military structures, guild structures, and your specific
wonder. Some of the wonders include the
Babylonian Hanging Gardens, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Pyramid at Giza
just to name a few. A player receives
their starting hand of seven cards, chooses one they are able to build (using resources
acquired), and then turns the rest of their hand over to the player to their
left or right. The game consists of three
very quick ages and then you score at the end.
I had just received this game earlier in the week and
decided that it was the game that we HAD to play as I’d heard nothing but great
things about it! I was SUPER happy that I
went with this game as everyone had a blast playing! It didn’t take long for everyone to pick the
game up and by the second playthrough everyone had developed their own strategy
for winning. After three games, Em won
one, Lydia won the second, and I won the third.
Dave came in second every time thus becoming our “bridesmaid” for the
evening. “Always the bridesmaid, never
the bride...”
Another great night in the bag as Em and I are having a
blast having these get-togethers! I’m
not sure what our next game will be but I have a few I’d like to break
out. As usual, I’ll let you know
then! Until next time, game on!
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