Played a New Game Tonight

I need to find some friends who like games.  Not complicated games, necessarily, either.  I think this is why I like to visit my parents.   My mom is always willing to play (except for Monopoly.)  My dad got a new game for his birthday.  It is called "Ticket to Ride".  My mom and I played two games tonight.  She beat me by one point the first game and six points the second!  It is a board game, but I really like it.  Some other favorites of ours lately are Quiddler and Mexican Train Dominoes, as well as Zero.  I hope that when our two-year-old is older that he'll like to play games, but it is really a lot of fun.  My favorite parties, especially as an adult, have involved games.  It's a way to participate in a structured way, especially if you find talking to too many people and too much small talk difficult to handle.   Games are perfect!  I really loved playing Apples to Apples a few years ago with a rather diverse group of people.  I hadn't laughed so hard in a long time.

I know that games aren't everyone's cup of tea, but I really enjoy them, and the learning of them is great for the mind.

Some other favorite games of mine over the years:  various versions of Trivial Pursuit, Monopoly, Scrabble, Boggle, Life, and Upwords.    I liked Puerto Rico when we played it one night at a friend's house.