After arriving fairly late last night, we spent the morning catching up with our friends and settling in. Some pre-Thanksgiving shopping was done and in the afternoon we scheduled the “Lost City” escape room for some of us with Escapology. We had to find the lost journal of some long lost explorer, find the treasure and escape the lost city. I thought it was really well done. Have you done an escape room before? It’s something I really like to do with the kids together and mostly we complement each other well when it comes to solving the puzzles. It gets easier the more escape rooms you do and I think we only needed two of the three hints this time around and made it out within the hour.
After doing some more grocery shopping we made pea soup and played Hitster while waiting back at our friends place.
It was pea soup weather today. Even though it was warm during the day, it was really windy and it definitely felt like fall. It was a bit confusing since there were already so many Christmas decorations up at the mall.
Do you know the game Hitster? A German friend was recommending it, since it worked so well for the whole family. Basically you have a stack of cards with a QR code on one side that will connect you to spotify and play a song. You have to guess where the song belongs on your timeline (the release year, artist and song name are on the other side of the card). The goal is to fill your timeline with 10 cards. It’s so easy to understand and so much fun. The adults were singing along and even the kids recognized some songs and learned some old favorites.
I guess it’s more a card game than a board game? Do you like playing games with the family? Any favorites? I think this was a good compromise. I like playing all kinds of board games but not everyone in my family does. Since there was the music component there was lots to talk about that was not game related.
We did transition to play something together on the Playstation after dinner. The game was ‘Overcooked’ and you have to move cooks around the kitchen and deliver specific dishes. I am apparently incapable of understanding how to move my fingers fast enough on the remote. The little characters never do what I want them to. Oh well, at least I tried. Watching has its entertainment, too.
Home here and there 
My kids have done escape rooms. I haven’t done one yet, but they do sound like a fun thing to do with a group. That game sounds like a blast, but I’d lose every time. I swear, Coach barely knows our names, but he remembers every song and what year it came out. He’d be impossible to beat at that game.
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It was really fun. I don’t really mind losing and it was just fun to listen to some random songs. There were so many good ones in there. Maybe you would be surprised.
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Hitster sounds like the kind of game my husband would like, and he is generally not a big fan of games. Well, not board games. We have Crimes Against Humanity which he loves, and we used to have a game called Pop Up Video too.
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I have never done an Escape room, but it sounds like fun.
I haven’t heard of Hitster, but I do like to play games with my family.
We played “Alleswisser” and “Just One” when I was back home last time.
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Sounds like your family would like it. Most of us had a blast.
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The husband and I bought an escape room bird game in our last vacation. Unfortunately we were so sick we couldn’t. solve it and gave up.
I bet it is fun when you do a real life one.
We used to play so many board and card games when I was a kid. We always gotten a new one for Christmas – it was the family gift. My dad is really into board games and always convinces us to play one. We usually do because it is like his favorite Christmas present. So I’m preparing myself for another session of Siedler of Catan.
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I love Settlers. Unfortunately I like board games and my husband does not but as we are going to spend Christmas with the family I am sure I can rope my brother into a game.
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