Card Games

This week's Geek Girls Rule! is about the various card games that the Mister and I have been playing in the last month or so.
We've been on a real card-gaming tear.

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Parlay, Gloom, Jungle Speed, Ark and Bohnanza.

MikeIT and I just got back tonight from our daughter PhiPhiBabe's school Family Spirit Night. We decided to try and get our school to participate in the Million Minute Family Challenge. I mentioned in a previous post about how we were going to be organizing a game night for the event. I had no idea what I was getting myself into at the time I volunteered us to co-chair a committee. It required organizing, gathering games, and volunteers. We contacted a few game companies and three responded with generous offers of donated games to our school for the fund raiser.

Has anyone tried it yet? I just picked up a copy of it yesterday, so haven't had a chance to play yet. I like the box design. It's not just a big empty box holding a deck of cards, it's a carrying case for the game, and it's designed with the game play instructions right on the box.

Here's what the Privateer Press website says:

It was the fastest four days I've experienced in a while, but it was a really good time. This was probably the hardest GenCon to have to leave, and I think that says a lot about the direction of the industry and the potential impact that groups like GamerChicksRule.com can have.

To piggy-back my last entry, I forgot to mention that since our group hasn't played games in a while, I have been reduced to playing cards with my old aunts and mother and/or playing cards online. So I have learned a few games that most people our age don't know ... like Canasta!

After talking to Steve Jackson Games, they are going to provide us with a couple prizes for our gathering on Saturday night. So now there's even more incentive to come join the gathering: a chance to win free Steve Jackson Games! We're going to see if we can line up some other prizes including the Gamer Chicks Rule things we have planned.

April 23, 2007 (Chicago, Illinois) — Rogue Games today has posted samples of their upcoming card game Kitchen Kombat.

I was pointed at this site by a friend and thought it was a good place to pose some questions.

Has anyone here heard of the the Legend of the Five Rings ccg? Have you ever considered playing it? I have totally selfish reasons for asking, btw: I've been playing for years, and am now on the Story Team, and I'm trying to figure out why I'm generally the only woman at tournaments.

My kids have been after me for years, wanting to buy the latest and greatest collectible card whatever. I've reluctantly purchased Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh cards for my two oldest children. I still don't know if they've ever learned how to actual play either game.

"The Card Game with Ever-changing Rules"