In my cooperative apartment building, we have many committees and groups. I rarely participate in any of the planned activities. But, a couple of weeks ago, the leader of the Gamenight Committee asked me to be in charge of card games - only because I had expressed enthusiasm for Texas Hold'em. Without enthusiasm, I agreed. Our first Friday Gamenight started slowly with only Gayle and me in our Hospitality Room ready for fun and games. We poured delicious wine and settled down to wait. We were soon joined by a young family and started with a "hot game of bingo." That is what is described on the flyers. The bingo set was very rinky-dink and was a challenge in itself. After more players arrived, the group settled on a game of dominoes unlike any that I've ever seen. We had so much fun and quite a bit of wine and played for 2.5 hours. http://boardgamecentral.com/games/dom_mextrain.html
I would like to introduce this fun game to our Karl, etc. families. I think that it would become a favorite activity.
Last Friday night, I was on my own because Gayle was out-of-town. I wasn't particulary excited about leading the event but did all of the planning and set-up. Fewer players were there but the evening was a success - we played Mexican Train dominoes for over three hours..........accompanied by robust wine and a bit of Rum..........okay, a lot of rum.
Posted by leah at May 3, 2006 02:03 PM
I've played Mexican Train before; it is a bunch of fun. I might (heavy emphasis on the "might") actually have a set of double twelve dominos. Remind me and I'll look around for them prior to our next family get together.
Posted by: Jenny on May 3, 2006 09:55 PMSo did you ever actually play card games?
Posted by: mermu on May 3, 2006 10:29 PMJenny, it would be great if you could facilitate the introduction of Mexican Train dominos to the family. I'll be blogging about it again as Margaret and I played it during another Gamenight at my co-op. We had so much fun!
Meredith - we never did play cards!
Posted by: Leah on May 9, 2006 02:51 PM