A couple of weeks ago we had a joint birthday party for myself and my dad, and so Riley and three of her cousins entertained themselves playing with my toys in the basement while the grownups talked after dinner. At first, it was a little hairy because Quinn & Riley wanted to play “Ships & Ships,” a game Cameron devised which involved gathering things, and bringing them to a lighthouse in order to upgrade to a larger ship, all the while fighting sea monsters and merpeople. They played that for hours the last time my Man-o-War stuff was out, but Cameron did not feel like refereeing that and Quinn came close to a meltdown. But in the end Cameron acquiesced and they played that for a while; a little later they put away all the ships and switched to setting up a village using all my terrain and townsfolk, plus a few monsters.
The village
The each had their own houses…
Riley's house ... she was the witch with a cat
Quinn's house ... no surprise he's the one with a sword!
They told a little bit about all the characters and places, but I didn’t catch all of it.
This must be the watering hole
Some farms…
These were the 'farmerboys'
More famers. These were the only guys who like...
…the “mean girl”
I dunno. She looks pretty nice.
The king was in a castle.
It's good to be the king.
For some reason the blacksmith had a tower too.
Aw lookout… this guy’s up to no good.
They also introduced one scary girl as “Weird Lisa”
No, not a reference to Riley's Aunt Lisa, although she is weird.
Did not ask why the apothecary is a smoking dwarf, but it fits.
Smoking will stunt your growth, you know.
Some dude singing in the ruined church…
After that they asked for cardboard to build their own buildings, and Parker & Cameron also made a few fairies out of crafting scraps to inhabit the unfinished houses.
Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
Waste not want not.
It was getting pretty late by then, and we didn’t have time to assemble their fairy houses, although Parker & Cameron also made some fairies out of craft supplies.
The younger kids were getting along so well they petitioned for an impromptu sleepover. I am not so sure Cameron was as interested in that but again she took one for the team. I have no idea how late they stayed up, but the younger kids were all up by 7:30 or 8, and after pancakes we played some more; Riley and Quinn built a dungeon using components from Descent and guarded it against my monsters with a few characters, in a kind of ‘reverse dungeon’. Then we played a game Zombies!!! at Quinn’s request; I just left out the cards since he & Riley can’t really read that well and the pictures on the cards are kind of frightening. Quinn was zombie-killing machine!
Super glue for two broken Man o War ships … 99 cents
Cleaning up the table, putting things away, and sweeping … 1 hour
Gettin’ my nerd on with the kids … Priceless!
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Now *that’s* a village filled with adventure!
Awesomeness must, by necessity, end, and something else must begin; it is in this theoretical trans-awesome end of the spectrum where this tale gets started.
That looks like a load of fun!
I’m pretty sure I saw that blacksmith and tower combo in xbox rpg Dark Souls!