This post is not a post about food or travel…in the blogging world (or the world in general) we’d say that this post is outside my niche. Once we are able to travel again, maybe you’ll want to plan a trip to the mountains (I have all the details about where to stay, what to eat and what to do in my Asheville Travel Guide and also have a post that highlights some of the best Hendersonville restaurants), or maybe you’ll be beach bound (plan your beach trip with my Outer Banks Travel Guide!) You want cocktails? This Raspberry Gin Seltzer is incredibly popular right now and I love making a classic margarita at home (or learn how to make a bunch of basic cocktail recipes using what you have at home.).Īnd you need snacks to go along with your cocktails, so a simple cheese platter is definitely the answer. I share recipes for easy entertaining and travel guides. Let’s start with figuratively…Off the Eaten Path is a blog about food and travel. Ok, we’re going a little out of the box today, both figuratively and literally. Like I said you can look up the rules for a better explanation but I highly recommend giving it a shot.Turn off the TV, stop scrolling, and play a game! Today I’m sharing some of our favorite fun board games for couples that we love playing together when it’s just the two of us! I really like this game because as the board gets filled you and your teammate play both offensively by building good hands and defensively by throwing cards that don’t match up into the other teams hand or better yet both at the same time. The difference in the total points scored by each team is how many points are earned (if total points are 73-68 the team with 73 score 5). Once all cards are played each team has 5 hands the people on the top and bottom count the columns and the team on the sides count the rows. Starting with the person to the left of the dealer everyone takes turns putting one card down at a time making a 5x5 grid with the cut card and pile in the center (3,3). The deck is then cut by the person behind the dealer as the community card.

It’s mainly a 4 player game with the two people across from each other as partners. The other big one is a cribbage variant called cross crib I’m sure you can find a better explanation but I’ll give a quick run down. This helps to fix our main problem with 3 handed… all the hands and especially the crib are small and the game seems to drag. I’ve got a couple, while playing 3 person we deal six cards to everyone and they give one to the crib and toss one to a bone pile, while the person who’s crib it is throws two like normal.

Cross crib board game rules