Thread: Games !

Uno is a card game usually for kids which works by tricking other people into taking your cards... the first person without cards left wins the hand, and then the others have to count points, we play a few hands and the first person who gets to a certain number of points looses the game... it gets very frustrating because you can get to 1 card and then end up back with a full set really quickly! If you have a few people around the table, and yeah a bottle of wine helps loosen things up, it gets really comical. Especially the way my husband plays, he's an arrogant so-and-so our friends love to put in his place and gang up on him - - with love obviously!

Originally Posted by Alekto

Uno is a card game usually for kids which works by tricking other people into taking your cards... the first person without cards left wins the hand, and then the others have to count points, we play a few hands and the first person who gets to a certain number of points looses the game... it gets very frustrating because you can get to 1 card and then end up back with a full set really quickly! If you have a few people around the table, and yeah a bottle of wine helps loosen things up, it gets really comical. Especially the way my husband plays, he's an arrogant so-and-so our friends love to put in his place and gang up on him - - with love obviously!

Qh why am I not surprised that a bottle of wine figures in there somewhere Alekto !!! lol Thanks for explaining it though, some games I just havent heard of !! lol

yes, we tried with 2 bottles and ... well let's just say the mathematics of counting points got a bit too much.... heeehee!

Originally Posted by Alekto

yes, we tried with 2 bottles and ... well let's just say the mathematics of counting points got a bit too much.... heeehee!

Alekto, that is why we play Farkle! you can play pirate Farrrrrkle too hahaha easy to play even when enjoying rum! arrr me matey

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Originally Posted by donnad

Alekto, that is why we play Farkle! you can play pirate Farrrrrkle too hahaha easy to play even when enjoying rum! arrr me matey

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LMAO so the picture I am getting here is no games without the alcohol then, between you and Alekto it sounds like games night could be more of a 'drinking' games night !!!! pmsl

Originally Posted by Chris

LMAO so the picture I am getting here is no games without the alcohol then, between you and Alekto it sounds like games night could be more of a 'drinking' games night !!!! pmsl

emmm yeah..... arrrrr!

Originally Posted by Chris

LMAO so the picture I am getting here is no games without the alcohol then, between you and Alekto it sounds like games night could be more of a 'drinking' games night !!!! pmsl

Chris,
When the kids are over it is all games and no drinking, for them at least. Our kids have to drive to our house and they don't drink and drive. None of them do, the law in our state takes that very seriously. Now me and the hubby may have a beer or cocktail to relax, but we are not driving so it is okay When its nice out we like to relax on the patio with a few beers and fire up the chimnia. Our summers are short and we love to sit outside in the evening listening to music and relax. The sound of birds chirping, owls hooting and Beagles baying, oh dang Bentley and Rex will you ever stop?, this is my daydream! hahaha

Originally Posted by donnad

Chris,

the law in our state takes that very seriously.

well I agree with the law in your state - that is serious - we don't drink and drive any more - used to, to be honest, when we were younger - "but I only had a beer" kind of thing - but then we realised one day that we did take the wheel the night before when we were a bit iffy and it scared us - we could have injured someone or worse, and none of us could have lived with it - now, we make sure we let enough time pass to evacuate all the alcohol from our system - we make sure we measure our intake.
in 1 liter of 12 % alcohol wine - if we get half a bottle each it means about 5 points (1 bottle is not 1liter it's 0.75l) - it takes 1 hour for the alcohol to start going through our system, then 5 hours to evacuate completely => we don't drive for 6 hours after we started drinking.
we know also that if we take more than 8 points, from then it's 1.5 hours per point we have to wait - so if we take 7 points, then we have to wait 8 hours, but if we take 9 points, then we have to wait 13 and a half hours because the body can only easily evacuate 8 points but then it starts struggling.
we usually calculate very wide to make sure none of it is left.

Originally Posted by donnad

Chris,
When the kids are over it is all games and no drinking, for them at least. Our kids have to drive to our house and they don't drink and drive. None of them do, the law in our state takes that very seriously. Now me and the hubby may have a beer or cocktail to relax, but we are not driving so it is okay When its nice out we like to relax on the patio with a few beers and fire up the chimnia. Our summers are short and we love to sit outside in the evening listening to music and relax. The sound of birds chirping, owls hooting and Beagles baying, oh dang Bentley and Rex will you ever stop?, this is my daydream! hahaha

I am glad to see you take your drinking responsibly !!! lol Oh for those summer nights over here !!! will we ever get them !! lol

Originally Posted by donnad

Alekto, that is why we play Farkle! you can play pirate Farrrrrkle too hahaha easy to play even when enjoying rum! arrr me matey

Amazon.com: Legendary Games Pirate Farkel Roll These Bones Dice Game: Toys & Games

ordered - thanks :-D