The Return Of Family Game Night...Hopefully

 Last weekend my daughter and her fiancee were home so we decided to go downstairs and resurrect something we used to do quite frequently...

Family Game Night.

Sometime last year, it was an almost weekly thing. On Sunday nights we'd gather downstairs in the party basement and play games. These weren't complicated games, for the most part. We'd usually settle on poker or gin rummy or another card game. We even bought poker chips and a battery-powered card shuffler to make card distribution more fair.

We started with Poker. My best hand came when I asked for five cards because the five I was dealt were not good. I was handed three queens in exchange. I really couldn't bet big because everyone knew I was dealt something good or I wouldn't be playing...couldn't bluff my way out of that one. After a few rounds, we switched to Skull King.

We were not a "gaming family" before we had a place to play and maybe that's why we haven't ket up the tradition. Things this winter have been crazy and with an upcoming wedding, it's gotten even more so. Still, there's nothing like hanging out with the family, not expecting to win many hands but sometimes you do, and just enjoying each other's company.

I'd like to say we'll continue the tradition. The past couple of months we've been so tired on Sunday nights, mostly because we've had to shovel snow most Sunday mornings. Plus, planning a wedding can be exhausting.

I guess with anything, time will tell.

Resurrecting Game Night...

It was our youngest who suggested it...we ought to have a Game Night.

We agreed.

And so we did.

Sunday night is good for us. The whole family (that still lives at home...) is usually around so we decided that the next Sunday night we'd migrate to the basement and break out the games. 

We first tried Sushi Go Party. It's a great game, but something was off. Either the last time we played we understood the rules better or we were playing with someone who understood the rules better. We played a few rounds, then decided to change games.

Poker.

The family game.

Ever since we finished the basement and I built the bumper pool/gaming table and set it up, we've had a lot of good times in the basement playing games. There was a time when we used to get together and play games...my son thought we ought to resurrect it. Playing games is great, but, the games we play are less important than being together...doing something together. Sure, we can watch a movie or a TV program and all be in the same room, but that's just people watching a screen. When we play games, there's no screens, no "news of the world," nothing but the game...

And the unusually bad hands I kept getting.

Family Game Night...Love it!