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I didn’t stay in my animation class for long but I doubt my final project would have been a quarter as good (through no fault of the teacher in my case, though).

• Lasagna Cat
  A PURSE IS NOT FOOD
  (tags: garfield comics art)

After a week and a half back in Oregon with my family I can without reservation recommend the board game Wits & Wagers. The tagline is “The board game for everyone” and in my experience that held true. My family hasn’t historically been a big board game family. There are various editions of Trivial Pursuit lying around the house but they don’t get played because:

1. Nobody knows most of the answers
2. It takes forever to play

Wits & Wagers takes a lot less time to play, usually 25-35 minutes, and everyone has a chance to win based on what they know about the other players. All the questions are number-based (how tall was Napoleon, what year was the Statue of Liberty finished, how much TV did the average American watch last year, etc.) and everyone bets on whom they believe has the closest answer without going over so having an encyclopedic knowledge isn’t required, though it certainly helps. This is a game that benefits from a diverse set of players with different knowledge sets so all the answers don’t turn into guessfests, but it’s still fun with almost any group.

I discovered the game through an article at Wired. The game can be purchased from Target although it may be in short supply so you may have to do some searching but it’s worth it.