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Game Night Get Together
Nov. 28th, 2015 11:53 pmIt was a crisp day today. Short too. I decided to round up my friends and have a game night in the Treecastle. With food, or at least substantial snacks.
Late morning, Spike and I went to the market to see what we could find. Squash, roots, hay (I have lots in my pantry), silage, fresh alfalfa (looking a little yellowed), still lots of apples (hi Applejack), dried mint, sugar cubes, milk, flour.
After lunch, Spike went around with the invitations while I got out the games and brought them down to the mane hall. Bookchase, Ring Fling, Bundle of Sticks, Tangle, Piaffle and Rope Rings. Quills too, lots of quills, ink and scrolls for score keeping and for quill on paper games like Tic Tac Toe and Bulls and Cows. I set up the tables and the cushions. Put out plates, cups and bowls, and pulled out a book to read until Spike got back.
Spike returned and we got cooking! He made bread, I got out the hay crackers, alfalfa cubes, peppermint sticks sugar cubes and a few jams. I brought down the mint tea, tea pot and water so I could start it brewing after everypony had arrived. I got a few flakes of second and third cut hay from the pantry. Spike fluffed up the hay and threw in some dried daisies and chopped up dried rough bedstraw to make a dry salad. And last, he cooked a squash, added hot sauce and pureed the mix. Right before the guests get here, he'll open a jar of silage and stir that in to make a salsa. You have to be careful with silage.
While the bread was rising, we went to Sugarcube Corner to see what we could find. We came back with cherry pie, cupcakes and a chocolate dip. I put out more hay crackers and a candle to heat the chocolate dip. I also put out more water. Hot mint tea may not be what a pony may want to wash down a burning mouthful of Spike's hot sauce salsa.
The bread was cooling in the mane hall when our friends began to arrive. Lyra Heartstrings arrived first, followed by Rarity and Applejack. Rainbow Dash was delighted to find the Ring Fling game waiting and challenged Applejack to a tournament. Pinkie, Lyra and Fluttershy got into a game of Tangle, distracting Rarity, Spike and me from our game of Bundle of Sticks. I think that Tangle was the favorite game of the evening. We all had a go at it. I can't say if anypony really won at that game, it always ended with everypony collapsing into a giggling tangle of legs, manes and bodies. But that is the point of Tangle. Silly fun. Everypony wins.
Late morning, Spike and I went to the market to see what we could find. Squash, roots, hay (I have lots in my pantry), silage, fresh alfalfa (looking a little yellowed), still lots of apples (hi Applejack), dried mint, sugar cubes, milk, flour.
After lunch, Spike went around with the invitations while I got out the games and brought them down to the mane hall. Bookchase, Ring Fling, Bundle of Sticks, Tangle, Piaffle and Rope Rings. Quills too, lots of quills, ink and scrolls for score keeping and for quill on paper games like Tic Tac Toe and Bulls and Cows. I set up the tables and the cushions. Put out plates, cups and bowls, and pulled out a book to read until Spike got back.
Spike returned and we got cooking! He made bread, I got out the hay crackers, alfalfa cubes, peppermint sticks sugar cubes and a few jams. I brought down the mint tea, tea pot and water so I could start it brewing after everypony had arrived. I got a few flakes of second and third cut hay from the pantry. Spike fluffed up the hay and threw in some dried daisies and chopped up dried rough bedstraw to make a dry salad. And last, he cooked a squash, added hot sauce and pureed the mix. Right before the guests get here, he'll open a jar of silage and stir that in to make a salsa. You have to be careful with silage.
While the bread was rising, we went to Sugarcube Corner to see what we could find. We came back with cherry pie, cupcakes and a chocolate dip. I put out more hay crackers and a candle to heat the chocolate dip. I also put out more water. Hot mint tea may not be what a pony may want to wash down a burning mouthful of Spike's hot sauce salsa.
The bread was cooling in the mane hall when our friends began to arrive. Lyra Heartstrings arrived first, followed by Rarity and Applejack. Rainbow Dash was delighted to find the Ring Fling game waiting and challenged Applejack to a tournament. Pinkie, Lyra and Fluttershy got into a game of Tangle, distracting Rarity, Spike and me from our game of Bundle of Sticks. I think that Tangle was the favorite game of the evening. We all had a go at it. I can't say if anypony really won at that game, it always ended with everypony collapsing into a giggling tangle of legs, manes and bodies. But that is the point of Tangle. Silly fun. Everypony wins.
