My best friends wedding!!!

So on the 14th of September 2013 was a date we all were looking for ward to.

The wedding we have all been waiting for has final arrived and the thing that makes it something to see forward to and be afraid of is my friend Framay. She is not a typical bride. My friendship with her started years ago when a mutual friend of ours wanted to have a good party. And since then we haven’t looked back. I could write a book on all our little adventures and parties, but this weekend was all about her and Rene. Finally she has found her Dogtanian. (long story short it was a group thing with the three musketeers)

Like I mentioned Framay is not you typical bride. She has to be the most diverse  person I have ever met in my whole life up till now. This was no ordinary wedding I can assure you that. From when the church bells ranged to ending the night in the guest house enjoying a last drink with the married couple. it was surprise after surprise.

I really enjoyed it from the moment we landed at the reception area till in the early hours of the next day enjoying the last drink. It was interesting to see and be part of such a wedding.

In the beginning we were not that into the whole game playing at a wedding reception but as the first game past and the ice was broken we went on and enjoyed so many more games. from switch shoes to guess the bride and guess the groom it made every one more relaxed. I actually got to mingle with people that I just met. (I am not that out going quite shy)

But ending the night dancing and celebrating my best friends wedding was something I would do again.

We can do no great things;
only small things 
with great love.

~ Mother Teresa ~

 

Creating a game.

Over the last couple of weeks my friends and I started talking about a murder mystery game. That we saw in one or more movies or TV series. It started out as a normal conversation that lead to planning a fun night. So buying the set would be ideal but knowing that won’t cut it I decided to create my own murder mystery game.

Where to start was my problem and how to start was another thing. I researched the internet on every aspect that I could think of. Thinking I made progress just to hit a wall on what next. It is not that hard to create a game like this but the biggest problem would be to make it fun.

So where to start is the question?

I got everybody to help plan and give advise.

First how to make one the murderer.

Second making the first murder scene.

Third clues to how the first victim is connected to the second.

Creating suspects and more victims, making it fun with clues. Each person is a character with a profession like a doctor or detective even a house wife. personalities are created to make it more fun to act like a money obsessed doctor  with a drug addiction. A cheating detective with a habit to gamble. Or even a dedicated house wife with a few skeletons in the closet.

This is just the start and hopefully I will have a game to play at the end of this year.

New Girl – True American drinking game

I have to say when I saw the first episode of New Girl the series had me. I love the whole setup.

In the episode Normal they played a drinking game that had me tickled about the rules and how to play it.  So I went a little info hunting and came up with this results. Hope for those out there who are also curious about the game that this helps.

The Castle

The Castle is made up of one bottle of liquor and many cans of beer (you decide how many based on the number of
players). The liquor is the King and sits in the middle of the Castle. The cans of beer are the Pawns and the Soldiers of the Secret Order. The Pawns are lined up in four lines radiating outward from the King. These lines of Pawns also signify the
barriers between each zone. The game ends when all of the Pawns have been removed and a player drinks from the King.

The Zones

There are four zones, each with five spaces where a player can stand. The center space in each zone is the only space where the Pawns can be taken and thus it is the closest space to the Castle. There are a total of four of these spaces. The spaces at the beginning and end of the zones are the farthest away from the Castle. Setup Before the game starts, determine how many beers total should be consumed and setup the Castle with those beers as the Pawns. Using the lines of Pawns as barriers between the zones; designate each zone, making sure to have 5 spaces in each zone as described
above.

Teams are optional.

Starting the Game

After setup is complete, players may have a shotgun contest to determine who has the first turn. If no player wisherto shotgun a beer, play rock-paper-scissors instead. To start the game, the winner of this contest yells “One, two three, JFK” at which point all other players yell “FDR”, grab a Pawn from the Castle, and retreat to any space. Gameplay Players move around the game area in a clockwise direction. The player whose turn it is always moves one space; however, the other players must “win” their moves. This player has three ways to provide the other players with a way to win their move.

The Count: All players yell “One, two, three” and then hold a number of fingers, between one and five, against their foreheads. Anyone holding a number that no one else has chosen wins. Winners may move one spot.

Complete a Quote: The player may slowly speak a quote from history or pop culture. Any other player that is able to jump in and complete the quote in tandem wins. Winners may move two spots.

Something in Common: The player may yell out two people, places, or things. Any other player that can reply with what these two things have in common wins. Winners may move three spots.

Players must always have a beer in their hand and may not have more than three at any one time. Players may only take a Pawn from the Castle when they are in one of the four center spaces.

Winning After all Pawns have been removed, the King is vulnerable. The first player to land on one of the center spaces, finish their beer and take a swig from the King, wins the game!

Losing If you are caught without a beer or with only an empty beer, you lose. If you step in molten lava, you lose. To enter back into the game, drink one full beer and start on a space that the other players decide.

In Summary

Players take turns trying to win moves in order to navigate the tables, chairs, and cushions which are your only escape from the molten lava floor. At the center of the game is a castle made of a bottle of alcohol and many beers. As players traverse the game area, they remove beers and drink them. Once all of the beers have been removed, the first player to reach the bottle of alcohol, finish their beer, and take a swig from bottle, wins the game.

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So enjoy.