Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton

Today is September 19th, 2025. The song of the day is "Do You Feel Like We Do" by Peter Frampton.

Now, Stand Back for Your Own Safety! - The Aquabats!

Today is September 18th, 2025. The song of the day is "Now, Stand Back for Your Own Safety!" by The Aquabats!

Wordle Wednesday #31

 9.10.25 - The doula got pouty when it turned out her honor was bogus simply because she was a mouse.

(I don't have any commentary on this sentence, other than, I love it.)

9.11.25 - I doubt you can find a shockingly good prize in an electric chair circa 1880.

(puns, man. Love 'em.)

9.12.25 - The magician’s top hat started to throb, and a thump emerged from inside, so I reached in and pulled out a white rabbit that said “thank you”.

(ta-da!!)

9.13.25 - The nadir of Bob Ross’s career was when he took jars of paint and jelly and instructed his audience to smash them together.

(happy little trees!)

9.14.25 - The crisp still made the noisy noise it made the last time I bit into it, a decade earlier, but the flavor was …different.

(mmmm....ancient....[/Homer])

9.15.25 - You can walk along the path among all the ants, and they won’t bother you, but if you touch the anthill, you’ll groan in agony.

(...yup.)

9.16.25 - The four archetypes of leader are: lefty, lucky, silly, and moldy. 

(The ideal leader is a combination of all four. You know, like Voltron.)

How You Like Me Now? - The Heavy

Today is September 17th, 2025. The song of the day is "How You Like Me Now?" by The Heavy.

I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) - The Moody Blues

Today is September 16th, 2025. The song of the day is "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" by The Moody Blues.

Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead

Today is September 15th, 2025. The song of the day is "Touch of Grey" by the Grateful Dead.

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Today is September 14th, 2025. The song of the day is "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" by Crosby, Stills & Nash.

Jellybelly - The Smashing Pumpkins

Today is September 13th, 2025. The song of the day is "Jellybelly" by The Smashing Pumpkins.

Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves

Today is September 12th, 2025. The song of the day is "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves.

It's My Life - No Doubt

Today is September 11th, 2025. The song of the day is "It's My Life" by No Doubt.

Wordle Wednesday #30

 9.3.25 - We watch the  ginormous gorilla climb a parking garage and fetch a truck from the top like it was nothing. 

(I'm picturing King Kong  as a valet.)

9.4.25 - To make Christmas twice as merry, blend the holidays with Charlie Sheen.

(Ho ho ho?)

9.5.25 - I admit, making your house inside a snow drift is a cool idea.

(Hashtag dad jokes)

9.6.25 - I lunge, but the bulge will not yield from its place.

(Some days, I just don't want to put in a lot of effort with the sentence.)

9.7.25 - As soon as the wordy tenor showed up at my front door, I knew he’d be a thorn in my side.

(And other days, you get masterpieces...)

9.8.25 - I asked the geese if they wanted to try to chirp instead of honk, but they were not on board with that idea.

(Geese are stubborn, yo.)

9.9.25 - Attaching springs to your feet is a quick trick to jump higher, but the boing can be so loud that it’s reported hundreds of miles away.

(Sometimes the world that these sentences evoke in my mind sound SO MUCH COOLER than the world we actually live in. Sigh.)

How About That - Gisli

Today is September 10th, 2025. The song of the day is "How About That" by Gisli.

Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees

And the bonus song of the day is "Last Train to Clarksville" by The Monkees.

2000 Miles - The Pretenders

Today is September 9th, 2025. The song of the day is "2000 Miles" by The Pretenders.

Godzilla - Blue Öyster Cult

Today is September 8th, 2025. The song of the day is "Godzilla" by Blue Öyster Cult. (GO, GO, Godzilla!!)

Word Forward - Foo Fighters

Today is September 7th, 2025. The song of the day is "Word Forward" by the Foo Fighters.

You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac

Today is September 6th, 2025. The song of the day is "You Make Loving Fun" by Fleetwood Mac.

Harlem Shuffle - The Rolling Stones

Today is September 5th, 2025. The song of the day is "Harlem Shuffle" by The Rolling Stones.

Merry Christmas, Darling - The Carpenters

Today is September 4th, 2025. The song of the day is "Merry Christmas, Darling" by The Carpenters.

Wordle Wednesday #29

 8.27.25 - The trick to finding your ka-tet is to attend a Dark Tower themed party.

(or nineteen, even!)

8.28.25 - Adding the mulch flavored blend to your banana split was a silly idea.

(mmmm....mulch....)

8.29.25 = As I watched the crane try to grasp the grail full of gravy, I decided to graft myself a better mechanical arm before Thanksgiving.

(Making the answer to any "can you pass the..." request an automatic "yes") 

8.30.25 - To elate my niece, I trimmed the hedge to resemble a Pikachu.

(Honestly, I'd be elated to see pokemon shaped shrubbery too.)

8.31.25 - The doctor claimed that a flower’s petal can heal a light wound, but the gardener disagreed.

(Doctors. Pfft. What do they know?)

9.1.25 - The least destructive blast was from the ninth head of the dragon.

(Aw, poor Jacob. Yeah. I don't know. I just imagine a dragon with (at least) nine heads, and the one that is least destructive is called Jacob [shrug]. )

9.2.25 - The kangaroo might shine her pouch before the fight, giving her an unfair advantage.

(That's not a pouch... This is a pouch.)

Souljacker Part I - eels

Today is September 3rd, 2025. The song of the day is "Souljacker Part I" by eels.

Supermassive Black Hole - Muse

Today is September 2nd, 2025. The song of the day is "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse.

9 to 5 - Dolly Parton

Today is September 1st, 2025. The song of the day is "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton.

2025 Games - August

 January

February

March

July

56. Othello - (avg score - 6.5) - One of those 'old games from humanities beginning' again... While not nearly as great as chess (what is, really?), this is still a very strategic...feeling game. But, I think that once it gets to a certain point, if you haven't played well, then it becomes....pretty much determined what your fate is going to be. If the edges get to be all controlled, there ain't no coming back from that. 

That was pretty much what happened with our game. I thought I was going to win, but got sloppy, and then Steph pretty much kicked my ass. 

oh ,yeah, and we're missing a piece, so we've subbed it out with a coin. Heh.

Anyway, fun enough game, but not something I feel the need to play repeatedly, I don't think.

57. Pandemic (avg score 6.75) - First, we won!!! That's the first time in the history of us owning and playing this cooperative game that we actually succeeded!! 

So, yeah. Cooperative game where various 'diseases' (represented by tiny cute, delicious looking cubes) break out and spread throughout the globe and you and your team have to travel around the world trying to prevent outbreaks and pandemics. As evidenced by my excitement on our win, this is a lot harder than it should be.  A LOT of this is luck based, but there's a whole degree of strategizing and communicating with your team about the best course of action, which is really the only way to win.

58. Photosynthesis (avg score  - 8) - I liked this one a lot more the other times we played. This time the pacing felt off, and the idea of there only being one way to truly win - claim the middle first - was annoying to me. Like 3/4ths of the way through, I started to think there might be another strategy - of growing and recycling your trees on the outer edges rapidly - but there wasn't enough time in the game to really put that to the test. Maybe next time.  

Anyway, in this, you all grow various sized trees, which cast shadows that can block sunlight from other nearby trees. Collecting sunlight gives you points to buy other trees and seeds... and the cycle just continues for 3 or 4 'years' - once the sun has gone around the board each time.  I do really like the board pieces in this. Although the sun marker is way too big. But the trees themselves are pretty cool.

59. Pictionary (avg score 5) - Probably a lot more fun with more people involved, but it was just me and Steph, so we took turns drawing and guessing for each other. My complete lack of artistic ability may have played a role in me losing, but I had fun nonetheless.

(millionaire) 

60. Pictureka! (avg score 6.5) - Silas LOVED this game as a kid, and was super good at it, because he'd pretty much memorized all of the locations of the weird pictures. He won this time around too, but it was pretty close, and it was cheesy fun. The board is made of 9 tiles with wacky drawings covering them. There are cards that have either a picture that is on the board, or a description of things that you have to find (wheels, head coverings, numbers, fruit... that sort of stuff) before time runs out. Simple, but entertaining.

61. Quirkle (avg score 7.5) - This is tactile-ly pleasing (those wooden blocks are just ...so cool! And the bag they're stored ain't too shabby either.) And I just really enjoyed this. We should play it more often.

Final score - 206 to 217. Close match!

 62. Munchkin Deluxe - (avg score 2.66) - We've played this several times before, but not for a while. I don't recall what we thought of it then, but THIS time around was not enjoyable. This is basically a mock/spoof game of D&D, with a board to keep track of your progress (you make your way up "levels" of the dungeon, first to 10 wins) and everything else being done with cards. The problem this time around was that if you start off with bad hands, it feels absolutely impossible to make any real progress. Add in the fact that there's an element to the game of backstabbing other players to sabotage them, which happened with Silas doing that to me, and it just amplified the un-fun factor. I think it really all does come down to getting dealt decent hands that allow you to get your groove on; if that happens, the game can proceed at a normal pace, and it (might) be an enjoyable (although far from perfect) game. This time around, we just lucked out to where we got to experience all of its flaws magnified. 

63. Ransom Notes - avg score 5.5 - Essentially a sort of "Cards Against Humanity" type game, but with magnetic poetry as your word base. You're supposed to play with 3 or more players, and that probably makes it more enjoyable. Steph and I just played with the two of us, and, it was ...okay. 

64. Race Across the USA  - avg score 3.5 - Very simple 'educational' game designed for children to help them learn geography and facts about the United States.  You roll, move your airplane across the map to various states, and answer trivia questions. It's fine for what it is, but it absolutely is something we don't need in our family's collection any more. 

65. Risk (avg score 3) - We actually didn't finish this. Steph HATED it, and didn't want to keep playing, and I wasn't going to force her to sit thru what could have been like 2 hours (or more!) of torture, so, after a few rounds we boxed it up. Risk is one of those games that you absolutely have to be in the mindset for. And, even if you DO enjoy it - there's ....not a lot to it. It's dice rolling. Yes, there's strategy, but it's absolutely got that luck factor built in, and if the dice aren't cooperating, it can be extremely demoralizing. And not being able to make progress or win at all simply isn't fun. 

(all that being said, I probably would have won. I already had all of Africa when we quit, and with my next turn I would have turned in my first set to get extra armies....so, yeah. It probably would have just been me slowly slaughtering her)

66. Rat a Tat Cat (avg score 6.5) - pretty simple card game - designed for kids, but still fun enough to be enjoyed by adults - that I don't think I've played enough. Each player gets dealt four cards face down. You can look at the outer two. Then take turns revealing cards from the draw deck and replacing them in your hand, until you think you've got the lowest total. When you do, you knock on the table saying "rat a tat cat" giving every other player one more turn, and then everyone reveals what they have. Like I said, simple. Largely luck based, but still seemed to hit that sweet spot of enjoyment for me. (Maybe it was just washing the bad taste of Risk out of my mouth.)

 

When Will You Die? - They Might Be Giants

Today is August 31st, 2025. The song of the day is "When Will You Die?" by They Might Be Giants.

Henrietta - The Fratellis

Today is August 30th, 2025. The song of the day is "Henrietta" by The Fratellis.

Don't Stop Believin' - Journey

Today is August 29th, 2025. The song of the day is "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey.

Blue Monday - Orgy

Today is August 28th, 2025. The song of the day is "Blue Monday" by Orgy.

Wordle Wednesday #28

 8.20.25 - The llama had light skunk power.

(the polite way of saying it smelled bad.)

8.21.25 - If someone is your elder, you should  extol them, unless they’re like a jerk or something.

(LOL. Yup.)

8.22.25 - When the universe gets all ratty, it’s time to reset it.

(ctrl-alt-del)

8.23.25 - Desmond can annul his union, but it would cost him a pretty Penny.

(Sorry, this joke Lost me.)

8.24.25 - If you are prone to violence and choke on the spore, maybe it makes you want to gouge out your own eyes.

(The Last of Us season 3?)

8.25.25 - The archeologist told me, with just a bit of mirth, that the legendary Stone of Possibility might be real.

(But it might not be....)

8.26.25 - No matter how brave you feel, I don’t recommend that you try to steal the annex if you are either feeling anger, or are naked.

(However, if you are both angry AND naked, feel free.)

Perfect Situation - Weezer

Today is August 27th, 2025. The song of the day is "Perfect Situation" by Weezer.

Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction

Today is August 26th, 2025. The song of the day is "Been Caught Stealing" by Jane's Addiction.

(cuz of events from yesterday.)

Elenor - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

And the bonus song of the day is "Elenor" by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones

Today is August 25th, 2025. The song of the day is "Street Fighting Man" by The Rolling Stones.

Momentum - Aimee Mann

Today is August 24th, 2025. The song of the day is "Momentum" by Aimee Mann.

Penny on the Train Track - Ben Kweller

Today is August 23rd, 2025. The song of the day is "Penny on the Train Track" by Ben Kweller.

Ruiner - Nine Inch Nails

Today is August 22nd, 2025. The song of the day is "Ruiner" by Nine Inch Nails. (Maybe this is the universe's way of telling me I need to re-listen to this album...)

Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town - Pearl Jam

Today is August 21st, 2025. The song of the day is "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" by Pearl Jam. (I think this may be my favorite Pearl Jam song).

Wordle Wednesday #27

 8.13.25 - Sylvia was proud to own the ranch that made the best kefir in the city, but wished you didn’t have to take a ferry to get to it.

(I... actually got nothing for this one.)

8.14.25 - The somber knell from the funeral of my enemy was the ringtone in my phone under “nasty” in the directory. 

(He ought to feel honored I had him in my directory at all.)

8.15.25 - That first soul crushing “cheep” you hear from the monster chicken on level two will make sure you are awake and will embed itself into your nightmares.

(Chick-a-dee China, the Chinese Chicken?)

8.16.25 - I started to choke up when they offered me the Doesn’t Get Enough Sleep Badge, but when I saw it was an ugly matte orange, I decided to waive receiving it.

(Man, I would probably wear the Doesn't Get Enough Sleep Badge with honor.)

8.17.25 - We didn’t have to bleep his lousy drawl, but did in case any children were watching.

(ya'll. this joke is ****ing heelarious.)

8.18.25 - Before I could utter, “Have you begun the newest issue of ‘Nervous Monthly’?” my jumpy friend told me to read the article.

(Reading that magazine always makes me anxious.)

8.19.25 - Getting bored doing rowdy, wordy sentences.

(not really. I'm still enjoying doing these, just thought the word selection this time was too funny to resist)

Selling Jesus - Skunk Anansie

Today is August 20th, 2025. The song of the day is "Selling Jesus" by Skunk Anansie.

Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire

Today is August 19th, 2025. The song of the day is "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire.

Cherry Bomb - The Runaways

Today is August 18th, 2025. The song of the day is "Cherry Bomb" by The Runaways.

Draw A Crowd - Ben Folds Five

Today is August 17th, 2025. The song of the day is "Draw a Crowd" by Ben Folds Five. (If you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall is AWESOME advice.)

Spider - They Might Be Giants

Today is August 16th, 2025. The song of the day is "Spider" by They Might Be Giants. (always good to get a little weird now and then)

Firework - Katy Perry

Today is August 15th, 2025. The song of the day is "Firework" by Katy Perry.

Nasty Habits - Oingo Boingo

Today is August 14th, 2025. The song of the day is "Nasty Habits" by Oingo Boingo.

Wordle Wednesday #26

I ...don't actually have anything to add to these. Or, maybe I do, but I'm just far too tired to think of anything witty/clever/cynical/insightful, so they're just going to stand on their own this time.

 8.6.25 - Upon finally getting to see the grand capybara, the angry mob let out a ‘thank you’ groan in unison.

8.7.25 - Everyone thought the talking coral reef was crazy, but once it named Taylor Swift as its favorite singer, we knew it was sane.

8.8.25 - Imbue my soul with enough courage to undo the latch, swipe the television remote control, and binge the latest series on Netflix. 

8.9.25 - In the game Lunar Enemy, the final boss had a nasal way of speaking that made me cling to my seat.

8.10.25 - To ensure no pets were lost in the misty fog, every puppy and kitty was genetically altered to have minty breath.

8.11.25 - If you don’t want to run afoul of the count, like I did in my youth, then shut your mouth and take the south route.

8.12.25 - Some woman, living as a nomad. with a smoky look in her eyes, said, “Climb there to get your mango,” and I couldn’t resist, so that's why I was trespassing.

Peek-A-Boo - Siouxsie and the Banshees

Today is August 13th, 2025. The song of the day is "Peek-A-Boo" by Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Time to Pretend - MGMT

Today is August 12th, 2025. The song of the day is "Time to Pretend" by MGMT.

Army - Ben Folds Five

Today is August 11th, 2025. The song of the day is "Army" by Ben Folds Five. (I think this might be my all time favorite Ben Folds Five song).

Everybody's Lonely - Jukebox the Ghost

Today is August 10th, 2025. The song of the day is "Everybody's Lonely" by Jukebox the Ghost.

Evil Thoughts - Foxy Shazam

Today is August 9th, 2025. The song of the day is "Evil Thoughts" by Foxy Shazam.

Friday I'm In Love - The Cure

And the bonus song of the day is "Friday I'm In Love" by The Cure. (Huh. Two "day" songs. Weird.)

Lazy Sunday - The Lonely Island

Today is August 8th, 2025. The song of the day is "Lazy Sunday" by The Lonely Island.

I'm Shakin' - Jack White

Today is August 7th, 2025. The song of the day is "I'm Shakin'" by Jack White.

Wordle Wednesday #25

 7.30.25 - During the quest to assay the mettle of the spaceship, we submitted it to a psych test, making me smirk.

(Sometimes, I'm pretty clever.)

7.31.25 - I’d wager the phrase “no frill, just broil” is always applicable.

(Other times, just sort of meh.)

8.1.25 - You can’t go wrong with a banjo as a gift for your noisy demon.

(Okay, back to awesome. This is absolutely prequel for "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" material.)

8.2.25 - The challenge of finding an entrance to the smoky, faded plaza did not daunt the adventurer.

(I'm noticing a pattern of awesome, boring, awesome, boring here...)

8.3.25 - If you mowed the lawn, and it felt lumpy, you should get a First Aid kit.

(Heh. First Aid kit for you or for the lawn is the question.)

8.4.25 - The incident with the motel made of sugar caused the city to be much more rigid with the building permits they issued.

(So many questions. Who would build a motel out of sugar? How? Why?  WHY?? What, exactly, was "the incident"?)

8.5.25 - “Hey, Sport,” the robot stork said gently, “let me offer you an intro to your story.”

(I'm hoping that the story starts off with a robot stork offering to give me an introduction to a story....about a robot stork offering to give me an introduction to a story...about a robot stork...)

Take a Bow - Muse

Today is August 6th, 2025. The song of the day is "Take a Bow" by Muse.

One - Filter

Today is August 5th, 2025. The song of the day is "One" by Filter.

Move - Saint Motel

Today is August 4th, 2025. The song of the day is "Move" by Saint Motel.

Fire It Up - Modest Mouse

Today is August 3rd, 2025. The song of the day is "Fire It Up" by Modest Mouse.

Some Kind of Joke - AWOLNATION

Today is August 2nd, 2025. The song of the day is "Some Kind of Joke" by AWOLNATION.

Your Dogs - Ben Folds

Today is August 1st, 2025. The song of the day is "Your Dogs" by Ben Folds.

2025 Games - July

 After a few months of not playing any on the list, we hit the halfway mark of the year, and decided, you know what...let's try to catch up on this silly gimmick.

January

February

March

So... picking up, we started going thru the ones we had skipped for April, May, and June. These weren't necessarily played in the order that they were originally intended, but, at least they got played. Buckle up, this is gonna be a LONG post...

20. Fluxx - (avg score 7 ) - Card game where the rules can constantly change based on what cards are played. It can be a mixed bag. It can be chaotic and hard to keep track of everything going on, and can result in MASSIVE hands with a bunch of cards with long details of what the card represents/does...but it can also end rather abruptly. I don't know. It's fun. Mindless, heavy on the luck factor, but enjoyable enough.

21. Exploding Kittens  - (avg score 2)  - Steph HATED this game. It's.. essentially a Fluxx type game - cards that alter what's going on are drawn and played. Repeatedly, until an "exploding kitten" card is drawn, and if you don't have a card to "defuse" it, you lose. I think it thinks it's funnier than it actually is. Since it scored below the "keep" threshhold, we're gonna donate/get rid of it, and...I'm fine with that.

22. Family Challenge - (avg score 6.5) - This is one of those "Minute to Win It/Trivial Pursuit" mashup type games that is designed purely for families that really only have a slight interest in 'game nights'. Our kids have all outgrown this - the questions and tasks are really aimed at children probably 8 or under - and it was just Steph and I who played this. But... we somehow had a lot more fun with this than I think either of us planned to. I don't know that we'll keep it, because, like I said, we've aged out of it, really, and it probably should be donated so that it could potentially go to another family that will get more use out of it, but, it was enjoyable doing animal charades and racing Steph across the living room with a card balanced on our finger, and other silly activities.

23. Clue - (avg score 6.75) - Me, Steph, and Harper played this. The game actually ended pretty quickly, because...I just kind of got lucky with the first room I was going to being correct, and the suspects and weapons rapidly being eliminated from my list. So, not AS fun as nostalgia leads one to believe (and the movie, of course, does a LOT of heavy lifting, too.) but it wasn't horrible, either.

24. Codenames - (avg score 8) - Dude. I really do believe that Codenames is a masterpiece game. It's so simplistic and yet, due to the nature of the game, and the way people think, it's NEVER going to be the same game twice. It's better with multiple people (on teams) but you CAN play it with just two people as well, and that was what Steph and I did, and it was actually decent that way as well. (Which just also leads credence to my theory of how great the game is!) Gameplay for anyone who hasn't played this: A 5x5 grid of common words is laid out. The "spy master" has a coded card in front of them, so they can see which of the words are for your team, which are for the opposing team, which are essentially decoys going to neither, and which is the one word that, if chosen, ends the game. They then have to give one word clues along with saying how many of the words on the board that clue relates to. Their teammates then try to figure out which words the spymaster was trying to allude to. 

Really great game about communication, and gives neat insights into how the other person thinks. Good stuff all around.

25. Enchanted Forest - (avg score 5.5) - Essentially a kids game where if Sorry, Candyland, and Memory had a baby, it would be this. There's a bunch of 'trees' on the board that each have a different fairy-tale related image on the bottom. Race around the board landing near the trees to see what's there, then get to the castle to match whatever card is at the top with the corresponding tree. First to 3 wins. This is a fine game, although, like plenty of others, we've sort of aged out of it. Also, memory games for older people like myself are annoying. 

26. The Crew - (avg score 9) - Me, Steph, and Silas have been working our way through all 50 'missions' of this for a while. It's fun, even if we sometimes suck at it. (The round last night where I put down the pink 4 that killed us even though I had a perfectly fine pink 2 in my hand was prime example of a dumbass move that is typical, and hilarious.) This is a great game about cooperation, communication, and logic. We still have another 14 missions to get thru, and I'll kind of be sad when we do finish it up. But, there are spin-offs we could purchase, too....

27. Holiday Fluxx (avg score - 7.5) - It's ...Fluxx, but with Christmas and Thanksgiving and Hanukah and New Years and Halloween themed cards. Fun, but, essentially sort of like how Ms. Pac-Man was just Pac-Man with a bow.

28. Fairies Rule, Goblins Drool (avg score - 5) A card game, designed for children, but all ages can play it, but... ugh. I didn't care for this. You have to take cards from your pile, add them to the pot, to create rhymes and match patterns on the cards. I won, but it was mostly by lucking into it. (Although, near the end of the game, I did figure out what I was doing, but, still, overall, just not something that I'd choose to play.)

29. Get Bit (avg score - 4.5) card game where the little figurine dudes are swimming away from a shark. Place a card with a number to determine what order the line becomes, figurine in the back gets chomped and loses a body part. Pretty dumb game, overall. 

It also came with stickers to put on the people - which seems like it would be cool, but the stickers (especially those for the faces) don't stick! So, I just put them all over ME instead. 

30. Haunted Mansion (avg score 7) - themed on the ride at Disneyland, this had rounds where you move your piece into various rooms in the mansion, attempting to collect sets of ghost cards that gave you points at the end. There's a lot going on in this, but it mostly works. The limitation of only being able to take 3 actions per turn felt ...limiting. Or, not limiting, per se, but just...like it doesn't allow you to take full advantage of ALL the stuff the game has to offer, perhaps? I don't know. Still pretty enjoyable overall.

31. Headbanz (avg score 8) - You get a card with a thing (bear, table, lasagna, whatever) printed on it, and attach it to the headband you're wearing so everyone else can see what you "are". You then ask the group yes or no questions while a timer goes to try and determine what you are. First to get 3 correct wins. Silly game, but enjoyable for what it is.

I was a lollipop, on my first card, and somehow didn't manage to guess that.

32. Hey, That's My Fish - (avg score - 7) - Group of penguins on a tile board collect fish, thereby shrinking the board and the number of fish you can eat. So, it's a good way of teaching about climate change. 

33. Ice Cool - (avg score 7.5) - We decided to play this one right after, because it ALSO has penguins in it. (And fish!!) Where the penguins are in a school building trying to avoid getting caught by the "hall monitor" by flicking the pieces thru the rooms. Unique board design, but flicking the penguins does hurt a bit. Also, the randomness of where penguins end up going is often hilarious.

34. Hand to Hand Wombat (avg score 1) - crappy ass party game. The goal is to have everyone reach into the box with the plastic pieces and, with eyes closed, build these as towers before time runs out. But, one of the players is sabotaging the team. The pieces/box are too tightly enclosed, and perfroming the task is difficult enough without having someone else trying to secretly ruin it. We all pretty much hated this.

35. Cards Against Humanity: Family Edition (avg score 3.5 ) - Cards Against Humanity is like Apples to Apples, but risque. But this is the Family Edition, so, it's toned down. And... just largely not really funny. I feel like this is the sort of game where you need a bigger group, and possibly not just family members, to get the biggest enjoyment out of it.

36. Mancala (avg score 9) - one of those "early humans made it, kinda hard to improve on it" games. Although, I feel like every time we've played this, we've had slight variations in the way we've played - do the side mancalas count? Do you only count YOURS? If the ending cup is empty, do you take the opposite gems AND the one that landed in the empty cup? Eh.. They're all decentish ways of playing, so...we just kinda go with whatever we feel like doing at the time.

37. Mastermind (avg score 6.5 ) - pure logic game. I hated it.

38. Evolution (avg score - 7.5) - really fun card game where you create different species and eat plants ....and other species. 

39. Forbidden Island  (avg score -8.5) _One of the first cooperative games we ever got. And one we've gottne pretty darn good at beating. Might be that it's simpler, might just be that we've played it enouhg we know how to work together to get the treasures and not die. Pretty fun, but I think we MIGHT be to the point where we have gotten so good that it's not much of a challenge anymore. 

40. Horrified (avg score 8.5) - Another cooperative game, and this one has a LOT going on, although, once you get beyond the massive set-up (and re-learning the rules), it's actually not all that complicated. Plus, being the courier and being in character as we played was fun. (For me. I think Steph and Silas probably wished I'd stop saying things like, "Cheerio!" and "Extree, extree! Monster kills famous itchy-ologist!!") Still. We ended up managing to defeat both the Mummy and the Invisible Man with a relatively low body count, so bully for us.

41. Monopoly Deal (avg score - 7) - Who knew the best way to make Monopoly fun was to transform it into a card game? 

42. Labyrinth (avg score - 7.5) - Kids game that holds up pretty well, no matter how old you are. Move the pieces to make the maze-like board change shape, move around collecting the various treasures. it's pretty simple, but it works.

43. Merry Madness: A Nightmare Before Christmas (avg score - 6 ) - Dice game with, bafflingly, an overlay of A Nightmare Before Christmas. Everyone has various "toy" pieces, and we all roll die to determine what toy, how many, and what direction, to move them. Its chaotic, and makes my back hurt for some reason. Harper seems to enjoy it the most out of any of us.

44. Monopoly Gamer (avg score - 4.5) - AKA Mario Monopoly. Peach is overpowered, lol. 

45. Minecraft: Builders and Biomes (avg score - 5) We needed a bigger table for this, really, but, whatever. For a minecraft-themed tie-in game, this is ...halfway decent. There are flaws, but it was still ...a fine game. The mechanic of needing to try and strategize for the scoring methods of UPCOMING rounds is sort of interesting.

46. Imhotep (avg score -7 ) - Steph and I played this Egyptian-themed game that involves a lot of strategy (and a bit of luck, too) regarding moving blocks to various parts of the board to get points. (After it was all over, I realized that this game doesn't have any dice in it! That's... kinda cool, in a weird sort of way.) My biggest complaint was at how QUICK the 6 rounds went, as I felt like I was JUST getting into the groove of the game, when it was done. But, this is fun, and I defintely want to make sure we play it more often in teh future.

47. King of Tokyo (avg score - 7 )  - definitely a lot more luck based, though there's a bit of strategy involved as well, but really, it's sort of the inverse of Imhotep in that regard. We've played this plenty of times, and it's fun, although the two times we played this time were both really short - Silas died early on in game one, and I got killed after just a few rounds in game two - and games that kick people out of them always make me ...I don't know. It just puts in a factor of "well, now what is that person supposed to do, while the rest of the game happens?" which is not really FUN, ya know? But, those issues aside, KoT is still an enjoyable enough game, even if it's not perfect. 

48. Incohearant Family Edition - (avg score  - 6.75) - Me, Harper, Silas and Steph all played this. You hold up a card with words that SOUND like what you're trying to get the other players to say. They have to read it (aloud, preferably, but not necessarily needed) and actually say the phrase. (like "Talk oh twos stay" would be "Taco Tuesday") Some of these are really simple, some are ...not so much. And there's a lot of pop culture cards in here, so if you aren't up to date with who a bunch of celebrites are there could be a few cards that you're just ...not goin to get.  But, even so, this managed to be pretty silly and provided a good deal of laughs, so, that's a win.

49. The Chameleon (avg score 1.75) - Deception game that all of us pretty much hated. A card with a bunch of words on it is presented to everyone. One person is the chameleon who DOESN"T know what the key word is, but has to 'blend in' by hopefully saying a word that makes everyone THINK they know what it is. If the Chamelon has to go first, they're pretty much screwed. Plus, the system of knowing what the key word is is overly complicated. 

50. How to Rob a Bank (avg score - 6) - Players choose between being the guards, or being robbers. Then everyone chooses action cards to determine what they're going to do for each of their five turns in the round. So, if you're watching what 'moves' each person is able to make, and keep track of that sort of thing, you can plan accordingly and the robbers can succeed at 'stealing' the money.  I REALLY disliked this, because I feel that it's unbalanced, in favor of the bank/guard player. (And I say this despite the fact that when we played the first time, and I WAS the guards, I still lost.)  I don't know. This just ...made my brain hurt, and felt like an impossible task. Both getting the cash, and when I was the guard, keeping the other players from getting theirs. 

51.  Kingdomino (avg score - 8) Pretty fun. You take various tiles with different land types (rivers, deserts, fields, forests) and build your 'kingdom'. If you have connecting land types, you get points for them at the end. Pretty simple, and the pieces are well made. We should play this more, I think. 

52. Mountain Goats (avg score - 8 ) Very simple game wherein you roll dice to move your goat meeples up to the top of the 'mountains' in order to score points. Almost entirely luck, but it's quick, simple, and the goats are super cute, so I love this game.

53. Dixit (avg score - 8.5) - Sort of like Apples to Apples, but with images. Every player gets a hand of cards with a surreal, dreamlike picture on it. One person gives a 'clue', and places their card down, the other players submit cards that most resemble that clue, and then vote on which card they believe is the original from the clue giver.  Pretty simple. We've had this game for EVER, though, and the downside is that we've pretty much seen and know ALL the cards. Coming up with different clues that we haven't used before is part of the challenge... We keep meaning to buy expansion packs, and just haven't gotten around to it yet. Maybe for Xmas this year.

54. NMBR9  (avg score - 5 ) - Eh. You stack weirdly shaped tiles - which are the numbers 0 thru 9 - into towers, which are then scored at the end of the game. There's not much to this game, but it's ...not exactly fun. Kinda dull, to be honest, and feels like something that could be an app rather than a board game. 

55. Nomads (avg score 8.33) - Me, Silas, and Steph played this.  Your characters are gathered around a campfire (pretty cool little board) that have a 8 piles of tiles around it. Each turn you can move your discs, and collect tiles if your character ends up on top. The tiles are used to buy cards that have points. It sounds complex, but, once you get the hang of it, it's pretty simple. I just didn't do very well because my mind wasn't strategizing very well. But it was pretty fun, and playing it more often in the future is something we ought to do.