Spent the evening with friends watching them play Cleopatra and playing 1/2 a game (don't remember what it was called). I liked Cleopatra, especially collecting the talents and more so the corruption coins. It was weird just watching the game. I would rather be playing. But, I did not make in time for the instructions. Ah well! next time.

After Cleopatra was done, I joined in for another game, (for the life of me, cannot remember what it was). If you are reading this, and know what this game is, do let me know. The game dealt with each player (in our case 7) picking from a set of card, one whose identity you were going to be for the round. The identities were Assassin, Thief, Bishop, Merchant, King etc etc. Each of the identity had the order in which the players played. Assasin (1), Thief (2) etc etc. The person who picked Assasin goes first and names a identity to kill. If you are the one called, then at your turn, you miss the turn. If you are the thief, then you collect gold coins from the person you named to steal from. In your turn, you can use the coins to pick cards to build, and build with the coins you have. I forget who wins, but then I couldn't stay till the end, so no clue what is criteria is to win. This is sloppy. Why am I being sloppy?

This evening, it was great to be there, but felt I needed to be somewhere else. Sorry, Jess/Amy, it was just weird.

For the game party I made Chicken and Mushroom puff pastry. The receipe was okay, nothing too spectacular, and I think the receipe called for too much corn starch. Note to self, next time put less. There was plenty to eat and drink and all of it very tasty.