Category Archives: games

Just When I Was About to Get On With My Life

We finished the last episode of Season 3 of Battlestar Galatica last night – that show is scarily addictive. I love that the show is really about dealing with the underlying questions that might arise if there were less than … Continue reading

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Buttball

I guess fourth graders just like ball games that involve lots of rules. When Bella entered public school for the first time in fourth grade at Friendly Hills Elementary she was immediately obsessed with this strange game at recess called … Continue reading

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All Hail the Lord of Catan

Things have started looking up – in fact, I’m realizing that my gloomy mood of late might well have had more to do with this mild, but persistent head cold I’ve had for the last two weeks, than my circumstances, … Continue reading

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sets

A game that we enjoyed over the holidays was Set. It’s a card game that I have bought and given as a gift countless times. Twelve cards are laid on the table and all the players try to make a … Continue reading

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