Game 139: Push
Push is a game we've been playing a lot of lately. It's simple and casual and can easily be played while carrying on a conversation at the same time. Our friends the Kirks introduced us to this one. It's mostly a game of luck, but there is a teeny-tiny bit of strategy in it - for example, how far to "push" your luck on your turn - and also when to skip your turn and "bank" instead to keep cards (points) safe. It's nice in that it can be played and enjoyed by people of (almost) all ages, which is something we're thinking more and more about with 4 young grandchildren. We played with my parents on Easter Sunday: The person whose turn it is draws card after card - creating as many as three "piles" of cards - with the restriction that no pile can have two cards that share a color or that share a number The cards picturing dice cause you to roll (which isn't a good thing). Once the person whose turn it is decides to stop drawing cards,