Showing posts with label game. Show all posts
Showing posts with label game. Show all posts

Christmas Gift Continued

As it turns out, Billy bought me 6 months worth of puzzles, so I still have two more coming my way, when I thought it would be 3 months!


After the Rodeo with the Cornishes, the four of us finished the Route 66 game!  We didn't need any further clues, which was nice.


On a different weekend, Billy played the Austrailian Outback series with me.  We did pretty well, only needing help on one puzzle.  




The latest one we got just before the Cornishes came over this weekend, so we played the Beijing one, but I didn't care for it.  There was no booklet, it's strictly online, and even some of the puzzles are online.  We didn't finish it, but did quite well on most of them. 


We saved the rest for another day!

I'm really enjoying them, but if they have made the decision to move primarily online, I'm glad that I only have a few remaining.

later days

Christmas Gift: Finders Seekers: Florence

For Christmas, Billy bought me a three month subscription to Finders Seekers, and escape room style game.

The first one (a bonus) arrived a couple of days after Christmas, and was a National Park theme.  It was really fun, and we knocked it out in a night, but I found the final puzzle annoying. However, while taking in all of the elements, I found that they had music and recipes to enhance the experience!

My second one was a Route 66 theme, and arrived right before New Year's Eve, so we brought it to the Cornishes' and played about half of it after our pirate game.  We have plans to finish it with them this weekend!

All that to say this one came a week or so ago, and I wanted to really glam it up.  So, I downloaded Spotify, gathered my ingredients, even prepping the bread the night before! And Billy and I immersed ourselves in a lovely Italian holiday!

The bread was very similar to the other bread that I make in my dutch oven, but was a little on the salty side (I don't think my other recipe calls for any salt.)  It must have been okay though, because it was all gone by the next morning.

Kale and beans and beets and celery made for a decent soup.  If I were to make it again, I would throw in some sliced sausage!




I ended up looking up the answer to a couple of puzzles, one of which I still feel like was a bit abstract.  The second one I do wish I would have slept on and looked at with a less tired brain.  Despite those two puzzles, we were able to deduce the end puzzle answer and free the trapped archeologists. = )

There is still one more coming, next month, but Billy already bought me a new brand for Valentine's Day, to see if I like it any better. = )

It was a good way to spend a snowy Saturday!

later days

edit 2-11-25: backdated for continuity.