Thursday Game Day

Thursday Game Day
 
Join others to play OLL Train on the 1st and 3^rd Thursdays. And if anyone would like to play something different there are plenty of tables!
 
The 2^nd, 4^th and 5^th Thursdays will be Game Day, whoever is available would decide what they would like to do - so there could be several different games being played at the same time.
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Looking for Social Time with your fellow parishioners?
 
This may be an avenue for you! 
And here is your personal invitation to join in Thursday Game Day.
We gather in the Faith Formation Room (lower level of the church) 
1:00 to 3:00pm on Thursdays. Come as often as you like.
 
   * Great way to meet other parishioners - renew friendships and start new ones
   * Join in the fun of game playing, conversation, and laughter
   * Exchange memories/ history as most of us have been transplanted to the Ozarks
   * Enjoy sharing your baking skills and snacks with others
   
Currently we have the following games: OLL Train dominos, Blank Slate, Farkle, Scrabble, Rummikub, Uno and of course the Ol favorite – Sorry. Plus Pinochle Cards and 12 decks of cards ready to play your game. And of course, we have a couple card shufflers. You are welcome to bring your favorite games to share!
 
Social Time is open to the parish and their friends, come as often as you can. If it has been a while since you played a game or perhaps never played, we are happy to help you refresh or learn the game!
 
Drop in on Thursday at 1:00pm just to visit and see what games are being played!
 
Looking forward to seeing you soon!

                                                            
3 - 13 is a fun card game. Below is a description of the game. Here is a link to the rules of how to play.

Players

Two or more players

Cards

Normal playing cards. One 52 card deck for two players, two decks for three or four people. It doesn't really matter after that as long as you have enough cards to play with.

The Deal

This game has eleven rounds. The first dealer is chosen at random and the turn to deal passes to the left after each round. In the first round three cards are dealt to each player, in the second round four cards are dealt and so on until the eleventh and last round in which thirteen cards each are dealt. The remainder of the cards are placed face down on the table to form a stock pile. The top card of the stock is being flipped face up and put beside the stock pile to start the discard pile.

Object of the Game

The object of the game is to form all the cards in your hand into combinations. There are two types of valid combination:

1. a set or group of three or more cards of the same rank, such as 5-5-5. When playing with more than one deck it is possible for a set to contain identical cards, for example 9-9-9.
2. a run or sequence of three or more cards in the same suit, such as 4-5-6

Combinations can contain more than three cards - for example four sevens or 8-9-10-J-Q of a suit. However, you cannot count the same card as part of more than one combination. For example 5-6-7-6-6 is either a set of sixes with a 5 and 7 of spades left over, or a run of spades with two sixes left over.

Aces rank low in this game, so A-2-3 is a valid sequence but Q-K-A is not.

The scores are accumulated from round to round, and whoever has the lowest score at the end of the eleventh round is the winner.

Note that in this form of rummy, players are not allowed to dispose of cards by adding them to other players' sets or runs. Combinations are made only from your own hand, and any cards not included are penalty cards.