100 Happy Days – Day 15

by Laurel Storey on September 27, 2014

in Me & My Life

Today’s happiness is brought to you – in advance – by this evening’s planned games night with friends. Sure, it hasn’t happened yet, but it makes me happy knowing that I have a fun time ahead of me, so I figure it totally counts as today’s happy thing!

100 Happy Days – Day 15

Are you a fan of board or card games? Which are your favourites? I have several I enjoy, including the ones in the photo, but my absolute most beloved game of all time has got to be Dutch Blitz. Love, love, love that game (even if Peter doesn’t!), could play it for hours, and am actually rather good at it – if I do say so myself (which is quite possibly why he doesn’t particularly enjoy playing it with me!).

Unfortunately my set of Dutch Blitz cards seems to have disappeared (*eyebrows raised in Peter’s direction*), so unless they turn up in the next little while I won’t be bringing them tonight… but I know we’ll have plenty of other amusements to keep us busy.

Love my friends, love getting together, love board games… plus, it’s another unbelievably gorgeous fall day. Life is good!

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What made you happy today?
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Tagged as: 100 Happy Days, NaBloPoMo 2014

Laurel Storey, CZT – Certified Zentangle Teacher. Writer, reader, tangler, iPhoneographer, cat herder, learner of French and Italian, crocheter, needle felter, on-and-off politics junkie, 80s music trivia freak, ongoing work in progress.

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Nathana Clay September 27, 2014

I love board games! Especially Life, UNO, Scrabble, Catch Phrase, and many more! I just mentioned board games in my post today too. 🙂 Whether as a family or with friends, it is a great form of quality time.
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- Laurel Regan
  Twitter: alphabetsalad
  September 28, 2014
  
  I love being online and using my electronic gadgets, but there’s something so fun about going low-tech once in awhile and playing some board games. Always lots of laughs to be had!
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Alana
Twitter: RamblinGarden
September 27, 2014

I love board games as a child – Monopoly, Sorry, Parcheesi, and others. When I raised my son, he and I spent hours playing, progressing from Chutes and Ladders to Operation, Mousetrap, Monopoly and the Game of Life. Now, I don’t play games any more. Maybe I’m on line too much?
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- Laurel Regan
  Twitter: alphabetsalad
  September 28, 2014
  
  I have the same problem! But I’m fortunate to have several friends who enjoy getting together periodically for games nights, so I’m able to get a fix that way. 🙂
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Mary
Twitter: itsaboutpretty
September 27, 2014

Sounds like a pretty happy night. I won a scrabble game at Blogher that we have been playing on our game nights, it’s nice to have a new one since our old scrabble was missing letters!

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- Laurel Regan
  Twitter: alphabetsalad
  September 28, 2014
  
  Fun! I really enjoy Scrabble. 🙂
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elly stornebrink
Twitter: ellytreehugger
September 27, 2014

I actually don’t like board games too much though I have two: one I bought in Holland called “mens erge je niet” – meaning “man, don’t get annoyed” (I thought it meant “people don’t (you) worry” equivalent to other games around the world (if you google it). I also received recently – excited to play this one too and am waiting just like you Laurel to play it with my friends – Cranium (not any particular edition though). I’m curious what Scribblish is about Laurel…that might intrigue me! 😉 <3
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- elly stornebrink
  Twitter: ellytreehugger
  September 27, 2014
  
  By the way, never heard of Dutch Blitz cards and I’m Dutch! 😉 What are they?
  
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  - Laurel Regan
    Twitter: alphabetsalad
    September 28, 2014
    
    I believe it’s actually Pennsylvania Dutch!
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- Laurel Regan
  Twitter: alphabetsalad
  September 28, 2014
  
  Scribblish is kind of like the game of Telephone (where a sentence is passed around a circle in whispers until you reach the end, and you see how close the end result is to the original sentence), only with drawing and captions. It’s a lot of very silly fun!
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nabanita
Twitter: nabanita21
September 28, 2014

Depends on my mood actually..I guess I like both kinds of games equally…But I hardly get the time to play..And even if I have time I guess I prefer reading books! Confused me 😀
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- Laurel Regan
  Twitter: alphabetsalad
  September 28, 2014
  
  I don’t play them all that often, but really enjoy them when I do. 🙂
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Shailaja V
Twitter: shyvish
September 28, 2014

Oh you are so right! The games I am good at, my husband does not want to play. Now I know why 😉
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- Laurel Regan
  Twitter: alphabetsalad
  September 28, 2014
  
  LOL, we’ve hit upon the secret! 😉
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Cynthia Vincent
Twitter: cynthiavin
September 28, 2014

Nice Laurel, I loved board games too..Wont mind playing them now too. 🙂

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- Laurel Regan
  Twitter: alphabetsalad
  September 28, 2014
  
  They can be a lot of fun!
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Carol Graham
Twitter: BatteredHope
September 28, 2014

Have you played Wizard? Read the reviews, if you haven’t played it yet. They are amazing — greatest card game of all time. You will love it!
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- Laurel Regan
  Twitter: alphabetsalad
  September 28, 2014
  
  I haven’t heard of that one, but will check it out! Thank you!
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Beloo Mehra
Twitter: beloome
September 28, 2014

It has been a little while since I played any card games but I do enjoy them once in a while. Have fun and happy times with your friends and board games!
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- Laurel Regan
  Twitter: alphabetsalad
  September 28, 2014
  
  Thank you! It was a lot of fun. 🙂
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Michelle Liew September 28, 2014

I used to be hooked on UNO. And I recently discovered an RPG card game known as Citadel. I’m adding Dutch Blitz to the list!
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- Laurel Regan
  Twitter: alphabetsalad
  September 28, 2014
  
  Dutch Blitz is the best!
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Cathy Graham
Twitter: writercat
September 28, 2014

I used to play lots of board games with my family when I was a kid. My parents were also into bridge which I decided early on was not something I wanted to ever try. No thanks.

The boys have played Monopoly and a few other games over the years. I think it’s the use of electronics that has taken up all our time when we used to play these games. Now they play games on their phones. Kind of sad really.

I don’t know that game you mentioned, Dutch Blitz. Sounds fun and even better if you’re good at it. Play on!
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- Laurel Regan
  Twitter: alphabetsalad
  September 28, 2014
  
  I’ve never played bridge – and have no idea how!
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Krithika Rangarajan September 28, 2014

OMG!! I LOVE board games, with Scrabble being my favorite. My husband hates playing against me too :P. He knows more (and bigger) words, but I kick ass with my strategy 😉

I much prefer low-tech board games that I can TOUCH, smell and feel. Every time I visit my sister in GA, I play Apples to Apples with my adorable niece and nephew! 😀 hehe

I also enjoy TABOO – have you played it? It sharpens my mental acumen every time (and I NEED this sharpening 😉 )

#HUGSSSSS

LOVE you
Kitto

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- Laurel Regan
  Twitter: alphabetsalad
  September 29, 2014
  
  Apples to Apples is so much fun – and Taboo is hilarious! I played that one so many times, years ago, that I think I almost had the cards memorized, LOL!
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Krithika Rangarajan September 28, 2014

Oh – and my GENIUS nephew also taught me CLUE since he knows I ENJOY reading mystery novels and watching thriller movies 😀

Ah-mazing game!

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- Laurel Regan
  Twitter: alphabetsalad
  September 29, 2014
  
  Loved Clue as a child – fun game. 🙂
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Bodynsoil
Twitter: bodynsoil
September 29, 2014

I loved playing games as a young child, I was’t blessed with gamers in my adult life. I hope one of my grandchildren (future) enjoys playing some of these with me.
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- Laurel Regan
  Twitter: alphabetsalad
  September 29, 2014
  
  I hope so too!
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