52 Kisses

We celebrated Wayne's birthday today, can it really be that my hubby has turned 52? YIKES!!! With all the kids out of the house we were fully prepared to spend a quiet evening just the two of us. However, mid way through the day, Krystle called and asked if we're doing something or would we and I quote "like to go out for dinner to London? Exeter? or have dinner at home?" So we invited Krys & G over for homemade pizza, garlic bread & Caesar salad. After dinner we played the game "Ticket to Ride." What a great game -having never played before I of course asked a zillion questions throughout the game. Ironically I won too!

Web description: With elegantly simple gameplay, Ticket to Ride can be learned in 3 minutes, while providing players with intense strategic and tactical decisions every turn. Players collect cards of various types of train cars they then use to claim railway routes in North America. The longer the routes, the more points they earn. Additional points come to those who fulfill Destination Tickets – goal cards that connect distant cities; and to the player who builds the longest continuous route. The rules are simple enough to write on a train ticket – each turn you either draw more cards, claim a route, or get additional Destination Tickets. The tension comes from being forced to balance greed – adding more cards to your hand, and fear – losing a critical route to a competitor. With its big format board games featuring high-quality illustrations and components including: an oversize board map of North America, 225 custom-molded train cars, 144 illustrated cards, and wooden scoring markers.

Ticket to Ride has become our new fav game -- simple enough to be taught in a few minutes, and with enough action and tension to keep us all involved and in the game for the duration.

What a great way to celebrate Wayne's birthday!!

Blessings