Game Night with Nicko & Colleen

[Tannerman]

Tonight Amy and I visited with our friends, Nicko & Colleen Sahlas.

Amy, Nicko, & Colleen

As we've mentioned them numerous times on our blog, I probably don't need to explain our relationship... but for those who want the 2-minute summary: Good friends we met at church many years ago... Nicko was a professional chef and runs ChefTalk.com, but now is a programmer... and keeps the forums running at TannerWorld Junction... Colleen was our real estate lawyer when we bought our condo... she also sang at our wedding (RealVideo clip)... they enjoy good jazz... and art... plus they apparently like to play games with us for some reason.

After some heated exchanges over e-mail during the past few days (translation: trash talk), it was time for a Dutch Blitz rematch. You see, we had previously introduced this game to them... and proceeded to crush them repeatedly (Other Dutch Blitz mentions on our blog here, here, and here). We played again tonight, with the guys pretty much winning all the rounds. This was followed up by a fun game of Scooby-Doo Clue, which Amy gave me for Christmas 2003.

A good time was had by all, though I think Nicko & Colleen find Amy & I a tad bit too competitive with these games. But hey, you can't argue with the classic challenge and deduction found in Clue! (Sure beats the bandwagon "fun" of Settlers of Catan...)

[Insert Danny Eggleston hate mail response here ]