Tearisci
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Post by Tearisci on Mar 29, 2024 14:45:08 GMT
I'm visiting DS in VA next week and I'd like to take a new game with me to play. It will be DS, his husband and me so it would ideally be games for 2-3 people. There will probably be drinking so no big thinking strategy games. We tend to like games that move fast and don't require a lot of brain power.
Any suggestions?
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Post by lucyg on Mar 29, 2024 14:53:16 GMT
My late DH and I used to love playing Sorry (I believe it’s the Americanized version of Indian game Pachisi). It’s for 2-4 players and we would each play two and we’d play to the death.  It can involve strategy, but doesn’t have to. Easy to learn, easy to play, unless you are determined to take each other down. ha ha |
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Post by caangel on Mar 29, 2024 14:54:26 GMT
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza (card game)
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Tearisci
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Post by Tearisci on Mar 29, 2024 14:58:23 GMT
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza (card game) Yes, I love this one! |
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Post by dawnnikol on Mar 29, 2024 15:25:01 GMT
UNO No Mercy. We play it with 3 easily.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 29, 2024 15:30:01 GMT
SkipBo is our go to. We regularly play that one with just the three of us. If you like word games, Boggle or Scrabble are good. Yahtzee is another game that’s good for three. Even though these aren’t new, they’re great classic games.
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Post by anniebeth24 on Mar 29, 2024 15:37:59 GMT
We like Dutch Blitz. Very fast paced card game.
Basically like playing solitaire, but you share your top card piles with everyone. Earn points for the round based on how many you put onto those piles, so there's incentive to race and beat out others.
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Post by Tearisci on Mar 29, 2024 15:46:50 GMT
We like Dutch Blitz. Very fast paced card game. Basically like playing solitaire, but you share your top card piles with everyone. Earn points for the round based on how many you put onto those piles, so there's incentive to race and beat out others. I play a game similar to this with my bestie. The aces go in the middle for everyone to build on and then you have a pile of your own cards to get through building solitares in front of you. I'll have to look up Dutch Blitz! |
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Post by 3boysnme on Mar 29, 2024 16:02:57 GMT
My family enjoys Cribbage. You can play with 2, 3 or more with partners. Just need a board that had 3 lanes. It's a lot of fun.
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Post by lesley on Mar 29, 2024 16:20:27 GMT
Soundiculous. It’s hilarious, especially after a glass or two of wine. Basically, you get a card with two words on it, and you have to choose one and get the other players to guess what it is by making the sound it makes. You can’t use any words (e.g. you can't say woof for a dog, you actually have to bark), or use your hands. Some are quite easy - hospital, crow, etc, and others less so. After repeating the same sequence of sounds for about 15 minutes, my DD was almost in tears by the time I finally guessed ‘phoenix’. 😂
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Post by ellen on Mar 29, 2024 21:59:06 GMT
Dutch Blitz is great. We like Five Crowns too. The favorite game at our cabin is Rummikub.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Mar 30, 2024 2:41:35 GMT
We like Five Crowns too. The favorite game at our cabin is Rummikub. We love Rummikub. It can be played with 2 or 3. I've heard about Five Crowns and plan to buy it for when we have a 5+ hour layover in Seattle in May. Does it have to spread out too much? |
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Post by paget on Mar 30, 2024 2:43:34 GMT
We like Dutch Blitz. Very fast paced card game. Basically like playing solitaire, but you share your top card piles with everyone. Earn points for the round based on how many you put onto those piles, so there's incentive to race and beat out others. I play a game similar to this with my bestie. The aces go in the middle for everyone to build on and then you have a pile of your own cards to get through building solitares in front of you. I'll have to look up Dutch Blitz! We play this game - Nertz |
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Post by snugglebutter on Mar 30, 2024 3:33:53 GMT
SkipBo is our go to. We regularly play that one with just the three of us. If you like word games, Boggle or Scrabble are good. Yahtzee is another game that’s good for three. Even though these aren’t new, they’re great classic games.
We are in a big SkipBo phase here.
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Post by auntiepeas on Mar 30, 2024 3:55:35 GMT
How about Yhatzee?
It's fast moving and mostly down to luck but different strategies can be used too (ie, prioritize getting at least 3 of each number in the top section first).
Plus, it's fun to say if you actually throw a yhatzee.
DH and I have played together so often we can literally play by ourselves, throwing for the other person too, because we know what each other would choose with each throw. 😂
ETA: Bananagrams is another easy, fast and fun game 3 can play.
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Post by kitkath on Mar 30, 2024 14:04:12 GMT
Qwixx. Buy the game for the dice and directions. Play a couple of times using the paper scorecards so you get the jist of it then download the app and you can use your phone for your scorecard.
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Post by scrapmaven on Mar 30, 2024 16:06:42 GMT
Pirate vs. Pirate is fun and fast.
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Post by christinec68 on Mar 30, 2024 16:18:35 GMT
We were playing You Wish on our last vacation. It’s a spin on go fish..easy, quick, can play with 3 people and could probably be made into a drinking game. |
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Post by Zee on Mar 30, 2024 17:53:25 GMT
Soundiculous. It’s hilarious, especially after a glass or two of wine. Basically, you get a card with two words on it, and you have to choose one and get the other players to guess what it is by making the sound it makes. You can’t use any words (e.g. you can't say woof for a dog, you actually have to bark), or use your hands. Some are quite easy - hospital, crow, etc, and others less so. After repeating the same sequence of sounds for about 15 minutes, my DD was almost in tears by the time I finally guessed ‘phoenix’. 😂 I don't get it. How do you say hospital without saying hospital? And for crow, I suppose you just caw caw, but overall I'm certain I would suck at this game. |
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Post by Tearisci on Mar 30, 2024 20:44:57 GMT
Thanks for the great ideas!
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Post by lesley on Mar 30, 2024 23:38:48 GMT
Soundiculous. It’s hilarious, especially after a glass or two of wine. Basically, you get a card with two words on it, and you have to choose one and get the other players to guess what it is by making the sound it makes. You can’t use any words (e.g. you can't say woof for a dog, you actually have to bark), or use your hands. Some are quite easy - hospital, crow, etc, and others less so. After repeating the same sequence of sounds for about 15 minutes, my DD was almost in tears by the time I finally guessed ‘phoenix’. 😂 I don't get it. How do you say hospital without saying hospital? And for crow, I suppose you just caw caw, but overall I'm certain I would suck at this game. For hospital, I made the sound of an ambulance siren, followed by the regular beeping of a monitor which then flatlines. 😊 DDIL guessed it immediately. 😄 |
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Post by Zee on Mar 30, 2024 23:53:09 GMT
I don't get it. How do you say hospital without saying hospital? And for crow, I suppose you just caw caw, but overall I'm certain I would suck at this game. For hospital, I made the sound of an ambulance siren, followed by the regular beeping of a monitor which then flatlines. 😊 DDIL guessed it immediately. 😄 Ohhhh ok! I thought you were trying to sound out the word! Like I said, I would suck at this lol |
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Post by candygurl on Mar 31, 2024 13:32:59 GMT
Sky Jo- a fun card game easy to learn
LCR- roll a die and either take your coin to the left, center or right. Last one with all the coins win
Sorry
Rummikub
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Monopoly Go - a card game that you roll a dice and collect investments. It’s like Monopoly but it’s much shorter time to play.
Sequence - have to get 5 tokens in a row, or diagonally. One eyed jacks are wild. Love this game! Can be played with 2-3 players and easy to learn.
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Post by breetheflea on Mar 31, 2024 15:16:52 GMT
Love Letter. It is small (less than 20 cards and a few tokens), easy to learn, short, and you can play it repeatedly. Every card has a rule on it about how it can be used, and you are trying to use the two cards in your hand to guess who has what card in their hand, and either eliminate the other players, or have the card with the highest number. We've been playing it with our kids and having a lot of fun.
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Post by SallyPA on Mar 31, 2024 15:35:24 GMT
Nertz is great with 3 people. Super easy!
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Post by jemali on Apr 1, 2024 3:29:12 GMT
We like Five Crowns too. The favorite game at our cabin is Rummikub. We love Rummikub. It can be played with 2 or 3. I've heard about Five Crowns and plan to buy it for when we have a 5+ hour layover in Seattle in May. Does it have to spread out too much? Five Crowns does not take a lot of table space, you just lay your cards down at the end. We like Sky Jo but we haven’t played with less than 4 people. I just ordered a game my friend had played called The Game. I hope we like it. |
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It can involve strategy, but doesn’t have to. Easy to learn, easy to play, unless you are determined to take each other down. ha ha
