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.
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