Originally Posted by Pats8e8
At our yearly retreat, we do not have a group project. We all just sew on our UFOs and finish up our own projects. We do play a few games. We borrow a QUILTO game from one of the guilds. It is like BINGO, but with quilting themes. We each take a $10 gift bag for the prizes in this game. We all win one that way. We play that on our last night. A new game we tried this time was a strip game. Sounds strange huh? ha Each person takes 12 2 1/2" strips. We use one die, (dice), and play with 3 strips each, per game. You roll the die and if you roll a 1, 2 or 3, you are safe. If you roll a 4, you put one strip in the pot, (a basket in the center of the table). If you roll a 5, you pass a strip to the person on your right, if you roll a 6, you pass a strip to the perosn on your left. ONLY THE PERSON ROLLING PASSES A STRIP. When you run out of your strips, you are out. The game continues until there are only 2 people left, and the winner gets all of the strips. You can play 4 games with 12 strips. We all took pastel strips this year as it was near Easter.
For food, we each bring a supper dish, and a goodie to share. We might go out to lunch, or out for one dinner. as long as where you stay has a refrigerator, you can take milk or eggs to use for breakfast.
We go back to the same place each year and just relax and sew. I'm sure you will have a great time :!:
Pats8e8: THANK you for the suggestions. I think we will definately use the strip game. I think everyone will like that. I also like the idea of everyone bringing a gift bag. I was going to buy some fat 1/4's as prizes but I like your idea better. I've been working on a Bingo game like the one you wrote about. We've borrowed this game from one of the other quilt groups in town but decided I'd make the game so we'd have it all the time or whenever we need it. Getting excited.
Can you tell me how you handle the costs for the rooms/house? Do you collect all the money when you make the reservations or do you just collect enough to cover the deposits and minimum reservation fee (usually one night's rent) then collect the balance when the entire bill must be paid? Thanks for your assistance.