GAMES

We welcomed in the new year by sleeping in, taking it easy, eating, and playing some games.



The Crew is a collaborative card game that is based upon taking tricks to win. There is a storyline with fifty missions and a logbook. In addition to general limited communication amongst the players regarding cards and plays, each mission has additional restrictions and/or challenges upon what it takes to complete the mission. It's a well-written game with some interesting game mechanics. We played for a few hours, completing fourteen of the fifty missions. We will definitely continue our journey to discover the ninth planet of our solar system!



The Game is a collaborative card game that also has some limitations upon what players are allowed to communicate with one another. There are four piles that are played upon, two ascending from 1 to 100 and two descending from 100 to 1. Players must play their cards upon the piles in numerical order. The interesting component of game play is that cards can go "backwards" if they are exactly ten above or below the number of the card upon which they are played (depending upon which pile is played upon) which helps to "reset" the pile and allow for more cards to be played. The goal is to "beat the game" by playing all of the cards of the deck. On one of our games we came within three cards of winning. 

MINDFULNESS

I was challenged by my therapist to practice mindfulness. Be more attentive to the world around me when I walk each day. Engage my senses.

I decided to put a constraint on the first walk. I would focus on the scents and smells I encountered (in order) as The Dog and I walked the neighborhood this evening.

Sweet and sour sauce.
Laundry dryer sheets.
Lightly grilled dates and figs.
Burnt toast.
Campfire of pine wood.
Marijuana smoke.
Gas fumes/exhaust from a leaky muffler.
Wet leaves.
Red licorice.
Waffle cones.
Teak.
Burnt match.
Candle wick.
Burnt cedar leaves.
Black walnut rinds.

All while walking the dark sidewalks and streets, illuminated here and there by the amber light of porch lights and windows, the blue light of enormous flat screen televisions. Beneath a nearly full moon trying to peek through the insistent clouds.

DUNGEON!

TWT decided that it was time to introduce The Child to the splendor of Dungeon!  That meant pulling out the 1980 vintage game board for some monster-killing and treasure-gathering.  TWT took on the role of Hero, while The Child opted to roam the dungeon as an Elf.  We cleaned up most of the chambers and rooms of levels one, two, and three.