Old Times and Other Stuff
When the kids were younger, we would have a family game night. Sometimes it was just Katherine, Mama, and Papa (Patrick didn't really care for board games) and sometimes it was Patrick, Katherine, and Mama (Papa didn't really care for card games), and sometimes it was just Katherine and Mama (Katherine likes to beat me at Uno, which she does fairly consistently through the liberal use of Draw 4). While everyone is home and in a celebratory mood we cracked out die Siedler Seafarer edition for an afternoon of discovery and piracy. Die Siedler is a strategy-rich, rules-heavy game with lots of moving parts and can take a long time to play - think of Life or Monopoly but with more rules, lots of customization, and about one extra hour. Patrick had to leave about halfway through the game to go visit with friends which he planned to do while he was in town. Meanwhile, Papa came from behind for the win. Having Christmas Eve fall on a Sunday creates certain ...