Uncle M. was bored. He said we should all come over.
We did!
We descended on their formerly quiet, clean & peaceful home and made it our own: loud, messy and rambunctious. The kids played and fought and wrestled and sang and danced and ate. The grown-ups mostly just played and ate. We had two rousing games of Hex Hex mixed with the Hex Hex Next set, and then a play of the CSI: Senses game (reminiscent of Cranium).
It was a wonderful night. JediBoy enjoyed watching movies, pretending to be the character in a video game while we all called out what buttons we were pushing, and helping Uncle J. and me do some charades as part of the CSI game. (He acted out “answering the phone” by himself, then helped us act out “sketching the crime scene” by being in the crime scene, and “putting on handcuffs” by acting as the arresting officer.) BabyGirl and Cousin C. tussled over books, cups, and toys, but hugged and kissed and read books together too.
If you’re looking for a fast-paced, ever-changing, get-your-neighbor card game, try Hex Hex. The deck is full of unusual cards that change the direction of game play, and adding the expansion Hex Hex Next (which is also a stand-alone game) just makes the game that much more flexible and furious.
In the game, there are cardboard hexes, which you are sending around the table in a game of grown-up hot potato. If someone sends the hex your way, you need to find a card from your hand that will send it to someone else. If you can’t, you’re hexed, and lose a point. The person who sent it to you gains a point, and a new round begins.
It’s not quite that simple. Many of the cards will double the hex’s value, or copy it and send both to someone new, or compel it to only go left. The cards might give you the chance to play your cards face down and bluff your opponents, detonate a hex before an opponent has the chance to move it along, or fling your arms in the air and take points from the last player to catch on and copy you.
We’ve played Hex Hex for many years, and adding the new Hex Hex Next cards tonight got us all laughing and having a great, chaotic time. Even J. said he was having a blast - when he was at -15 points. It’s a great game - have you ever played?
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