i've done some things.....
before breakfast, i'd played boardgames with our little granddaughter..... she's five years old, so the choice of games has to be sympathetic to what i can explain to her..... we played:
- Cobra Paw - A sort of match-em kinda game where you chuck two dice (die?) and then find the tile that corresponds to the faces of the two symbols rolled..... first to get six tiles wins, and of course you can steal the opponents tiles if they don't grab them when the dice matches.
- Rhino Hero - Remember building those pyramids out of playing cards..... well it's sort of like that but infinitely better - it's one of my favourite boardgames with minimal setup and so easy to play. Stack some walls, put a roof on, move the rhino character up the building... dead easy and of course when it all falls over.... raucous fun.
- Dobble - We played a rule-less selection of matching games where you just shout out the matching symbols on cards you turn over and the first to get all the cards or get rid of their cards depending which way you play it, obviously has bragging rights for the rest of the day.
We also played a little Pokemon Go on the phones, until the battery went dead on the spare phone i'd set up for her.
I adjusted my knee brace to a full ninety degrees.... from sixty.... straight up to ninety.... given that it took me almost a week for me knee to adjust from thirty to sixty, i am already encouraged that i'll hit ninety before .... let's arbitrarily say.... i'll be there in two days?
Played some Forge of Empires.
Ate half a mouldy sandwich before seeing the blue mould on the second half of it......
Scowled at some unskilled builders who seem intent on burning a load of shit pallets.
Joined an online gaming site to play some cribbage with Debra of She Who Seeks fame - and surprisingly, we managed to get a couple of games and it was good fun!! Feel free to join the site (it's free and search for me for a game).
Didn't watch any telly or films..... until teatime when everything had calmed down and all the ducks were in a row.....
Time for a snooze!

I enjoyed our cribbage games! Thanks for not skunking me!
ReplyDeletehahahah there was no chance of a skunking.... it was a lot of fun though - i quite like that site - i've played more games on there than i should
DeleteYou're gonna miss the robot leg when it's gone.
ReplyDeletethe thought of not having some stability and safety net is a bit scary
DeleteWith your little granddaughter - at last you have found a playmate who is on the same mental wavelength. She clearly did a great job of explaining those games to you.
ReplyDeletethat's harsh! i am the only person round here who knows the rules of the board games!!
DeleteYeah but not the rules that are officially written down. Only the rules that ensure Arctic Fox always wins.
Deletetaught em everything they know but i didn't teach em everything I know!!
DeleteI am so slow at Dobble! I can't work out how there is always one matching item. How can that be?
ReplyDeleteWill have to look for rhino hero.
I used to play crib with my grandfather. We had a straight board.
My two little grand daughters know nothing of board games yet, they are only recently turned three.
ReplyDeleteNever, ever, start on Monopoly.
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