Family night: 04/24/2009

Heather's Night to Pick

Agenda
Play a new board game - "Worst Case Scenario"
Watch a movie: Ernest Scared Stupid

Menu
Pizza, pizza, pizza!

Notes and game review
This was a good family night. Heather's nights are usually very good and for once we had a very good time with a board game (we have organizational issues when taking turns but that's a post for another time).

Before we review the board game let me just say that the movie choice was a stroke of genius. Everyone has those movies that they crack open only from time-to-time, and most times it doesn't seem like it will be a hit because "oh we've seen that 1000 times already" - and then you watch it. And it's funny all over again. That was what happened tonight. Huge fun! Great old movie. I'm a big Ernest fan and darn it Jim Varney, I miss you dude! Knowhutimean?

So the board game. I'd ... we'd been waiting to play this for a long time. And it didn't disappoint. It was fast-paced and educational as well .. along with being pretty doggone fun. It gets a high recommendation from yours truly. Gameplay is as simple as it gets. Take a turn, answer a question, if you get it right - you get to move .. next player. See? Simple.

Oh sure you probably can't have a steady diet of it. Some folks might get bored because this game doesn't provide distraction really. Its not flashy, not tons of fun colors or fancy bells and whistles ... but rather just a good game, providing a base of enjoyment that relies on family faces and relationships to mix in with it to make the evening fun ... but I think that's a good thing and rather like that about it :)