Games for a new decade...Banana what?

After a wonderful New Years I thought I would share some of my recently found favorite games:

Bananagrams
I have become addicted to a new game, Bananagrams. Since playing I have tried to seduce any one I could to the alluring tile game. My recent victims include my sister and boyfriends roommates.

Bananagrams is just like scrabble, you make a crossword by connecting and intersecting words. Unlike scrabble each player plays individually and builds his or her own crossword. The object of the game is to complete your crossword before the other players. Once finished a player yells, "peel" and everyone has to take another tile finished or not. You keep going until all the tiles are gone. The winner of the game is the player who finishes their crossword first however, if you have a misspelled word you forfeit and the game continues. Note:If you have a tile you feel you cannot use yell, "dump" and swap your single tile for THREE more. Also you can rearrange your crossword as many times as you want!!

Once you get the hang of the vocabulary and the concept of the game it is addicting!

Quelf
Quelf is a very interesting game that intertwines quizzes, stunts, rules, and things you have to do. It is a fun game for the whole family. It mixes the best about cranium and Kings minus the alcohol(if you don't know what that is ask your closest college student). In order to enjoy the game you need to be easy going and not take anything the game throws at you too seriously. It was made to make a fool out of anyone who dare play it. Whether you have to quack like a duck when someone draws a card, Play leapfrog while holding someones hand, write a love poem and read it to the player on your right, or singing the lollipop guild on your knees. You cannot go wrong with this action packed game.

Mexican Train Dominoes

If you are a member of my family you play this at just about every family gathering. In order to play you need a special set of dominoes to play. The object of the game is get rid of all your dominos. The players left with dominos have to add up the numbers on the tile...thats your score. The winner is the player with the least points.

The most basic one we play with starts with a double 12. Now for those of you who do not play domino's don't panic its really easy. Each player recieves a penny or peso and puts it aside(that comes into play later). The number of players determinds the amount of domino's you have to draw. All spare domino's are put to the side....this is called the bone yard.

This is a fun game that young children enjoy...it is a secret learning game as I like to call it.

These are just a few of my favorite games that I enjoy playing. If you have suggestions or want to know more about the games I mentoned feel free to contact me.