Gaming

We've been playing a lot of games around these parts, lately. On Friday night the Bishop and his wife came over to play one of the many Settlers of Catan expansions/versions/spinoffs: Settlers of America Trails to Rails. I would be lying if I said it isn't a complex game, but it was also SUPER fun! It took over three hours, but I think now that we have the hang of it, it's would probably take closer to 2 hours to play a full game.

Andrew won, but we did make the call that if no one had won by midnight, we would call it a game. It should be noted that Andrew won at 12:03, and that at midnight, I WAS winning. (Aren't we good hosts? We invite people over and then beat them at their own game...)

We then got together with more folks on Sunday night for more games! This time, Diminion. Another great game made by the same company.

Although the group is an ever shifting group of people, we generally play games with some group of people once a week or so. It's generally younger couples, who don't have kids of their own, and don't have family near by. While we really wish we had family closer to us, it's also nice that there are so many people in the same position. And we're able to create a really nice family of friends with each other.