Rob's Fun Visit to SC- HEAVY on the Gaming!

Last week, I flew to South Carolina to visit my mom-in-law, and sister-in-law and her husband for 3 days. Although Tom recently visited, I wasn't able to, so I could care for our three dogs. This time, Tom took care of the kids, and I visited! There was a Game marathon and an exciting BINGO Game with a surprise win!  That's today's blog.

(L to R; Rob, Mom, Lisa) 

SERIOUS  GAMERS - One day we played two different games, and it was about 6 hours of gaming!  The first was Rummikub. I had never heard of the game, but caught on. We played that for about 2/ 1/2-3 hours! The second game was Uno. 

CHEATERS???  Sometimes Mom "innocently" played cards when it wasn't her turn... and Greg seemed to take extra turns, too... but we caught on!  Hahahahaha!!!

(Pic - left : L: to R: Rob, Mom, Greg)

(Pic below:  Greg, Harley and Lisa)

WHAT IS RUMMIKUB? - Rummikub is a tile-based game where players aim to be the first to get rid of all their tiles by forming them into sets and runs. Players start with 14 tiles and take turns placing them on the table. Sets are groups of three or four tiles with the same number but different colors, while runs are three or more consecutive numbers of the same color. Players can also add tiles to existing sets and runs on the table, or rearrange them to create new combinations, provided the resulting sets and runs are valid. 

(pic: all of us playing Uno!) 

 PLAYING UNO FOR 3 HOURS! - After a Pizza dinner, we opted to play Uno! 

WHAT IS UNO? - UNO is a popular card game where the objective is to be the first player to get rid of all the cards in your hand by matching the color or number of the top card on the discard pile. Players can also use special action cards like "Skip," "Reverse," and "Draw Two" to hinder opponents and change the game's flow. The game also includes wild cards that can be played on any card and allow the player to change the color in play. The game is won by the first player to empty their hand and can also be scored based on the cards remaining in opponents' hands.  

BIG NIGHT AT BINGO!!!

(Pic: Rob and Mom)

Lisa found a cash Bingo event about 25 minutes north and we all piled in her SUV. The night was fun, but no one won... until the LAST GAME.. when you had to fill up the entire Bingo card.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING... CORRECT!   Greg got a big kick out of watching my cards usually never get ANY or many numbers, so for the last game he bought everyone 2 extra cards. He said "Statistically, you should win after not getting much of anything all night."  He was right.

   The pot was $150 and I won!!! 2 other people won, so I received $50 like the other two winners.

 I then gave mom, Greg and Lisa $10 each so we all won!