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Monday, June 9, 2008

Anyone want to play Quelf?



I went to a BBQ at my friend Andy's house last weekend. Andy, like me, is a board game aficionado, and often seems to be one new game ahead of me. His newest game is called Quelf, and it's pretty sweet. The set-up is simple--roll a dice, move the correct number of spaces, and pick a card based on the space you land on. The cards, though, are mostly wacky challenges like "Go splash water on your face, don't wipe it off, and come back singing a song about the ocean" and "Go around the circle naming foods the tallest player does not like to eat." There's always the option not to do the challenge and move back a couple of spaces, but the challenges aren't usually too awkward (except for the one where I had to sit on Andy's wife's lap until it was my turn again...)

I bring it up for two reasons: one, you should play it. And two, we should add it to our list of games for the New Year's 2010 board game tournament--we're having one, right?

3 comments:

Somer said...

Haha that sounds awesome! I don't think I can wait until 2010 though.. I say we have a cousins get together and play it this summer!

nancy said...

Who is shmika? I am in for the board game challenge.

ssd said...

Oh sorry, this is Somer everyone!