tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258696279414893626.post6949607162244578454..comments2023-11-14T02:24:36.677-07:00Comments on Birthday Blueprint: Board Game PartyLunar daughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05575479913019762311noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258696279414893626.post-716304999887619022018-05-10T10:10:31.755-06:002018-05-10T10:10:31.755-06:00The Journey: If you can comment and leave me an em...The Journey: If you can comment and leave me an email address I will try to get the colors changed and send them to you. I won't publish your email address so it won't go public. Or you can simply print them and color over the blue with red to make it purple. Head to your local dollar store to look for inexpensive prizes. You can get cheap medals or make little trophies out of low cost items and spray paint them gold after gluing them together.<br /><br />The great part about this game rotation is that everyone at the party will get to play with everyone else at one point! Good luck, and happy 50th!Lunar daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575479913019762311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258696279414893626.post-59932665039648995802018-05-04T07:33:52.642-06:002018-05-04T07:33:52.642-06:00Hi, I would like to plan something similar for my ...Hi, I would like to plan something similar for my 50th birthday. My main objective is to be able to play with everyone during the rotation process. Purple is my favorite color and would like to swap out the blue in your sample with purple. Any suggestions on how to do this digitally without photoshop or the like? Also, looking for inexpensive prizes.... not candy. Thanks for sharing this.TheJourneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15998382619124748770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258696279414893626.post-55152254319308435452016-12-28T18:44:03.556-07:002016-12-28T18:44:03.556-07:00Lifeiscrazygood, I'll try to answer your quest...Lifeiscrazygood, I'll try to answer your question about planning without knowing how many are going to show up. The main thing you need to figure out with your games is how many people need to play each game in order for it to work. Of course the rotations work best with an equal number of people in each team, but guests don't always work out that way. I would try to get an RSVP for your party as much as possible first to try to help you out. I made all of the games we did work with 4 people per game, 4 teams. Try to keep the number of people on each team as even as possible. Most games will work with at least 2 people playing them, but it's not as fun. So when we did this for my daughter's birthday party, we had a few uneven teams and so I used myself, my husband, and my younger sons as "floaters". We weren't on teams. If a rotation had only 2 people at a game I would float them into a game with fewer people and have them play for a team that needed more people. That's where it worked well to keep the scorecards for each team on the game table. It takes some thought, but study my rotation chart and estimate how many you think you will have. Good luck!Lunar daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575479913019762311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258696279414893626.post-20966733560554497922016-12-27T19:59:41.941-07:002016-12-27T19:59:41.941-07:00Such a fun idea!! So...I'm thinking of having ...Such a fun idea!! So...I'm thinking of having a birthday party for my New Year's Eve child, who's turning 14. I have no idea how many will show up. Is there a good way to fill in names to the spreadsheet as they arrive?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172284915730905128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258696279414893626.post-63028618714328518992016-11-27T22:38:57.524-07:002016-11-27T22:38:57.524-07:00Thanks so much for posting your explanation for ho...Thanks so much for posting your explanation for how to do this. Using your printables, we were able to host a similar party for my son's birthday. Kids from age 8 to 11 had an awesome time and my board game fanatic son said it was the best birthday ever. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258696279414893626.post-12120983767577852082014-02-25T09:33:15.407-07:002014-02-25T09:33:15.407-07:00That first sentence above should be "won"...That first sentence above should be "won" yet, not "one". Too bad you can't edit comments :)Lunar daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575479913019762311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258696279414893626.post-40554749324437013262014-02-25T09:32:04.696-07:002014-02-25T09:32:04.696-07:00And just to clarify. It didn't matter if nobo...And just to clarify. It didn't matter if nobody had one yet. Whoever was the furthest ahead in the game was considered 1st place on down. If it was a game like Blokus, where you are trying to play the most pieces, then whoever has the least amount of pieces in there hand at the switch was in 1st place. Same with SkipBo, or Uno, whoever has the least amount of cards in their draw pile or hand.<br />Might be a good idea to leave a note for scoring each game on each table. Lunar daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575479913019762311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258696279414893626.post-11519266671829193412014-02-25T09:27:04.776-07:002014-02-25T09:27:04.776-07:00I did this again a while back for my daughter'...I did this again a while back for my daughter's 16th birthday party, so it was a big group of teenagers. So to make the scoring really simple, I just did this: Whoever was in 1st place when it was time to switch, got 4 points, 2nd place got 3 points, 3rd place got 2 points and 4th place got 1 point. So the points really were a team effort.<br />Of course you can make the games worth any amount of points you want, just make sure they stick with their team color.<br />Some of the games we played there, like Candyland, they were actually able to play several times through. So each time somebody won, they scored their points by places and started again.<br />Hope this helps?Lunar daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575479913019762311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258696279414893626.post-19589053178909891632014-02-24T12:32:06.524-07:002014-02-24T12:32:06.524-07:00Can you provide some more explanation regarding th...Can you provide some more explanation regarding the scoring of each game? I am trying to do something like this and award prizes but uncertain how to score the games if they didn't 'win' yet. Thanks for any help. It is greatly appreciated. Thanks for the informative post.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743584832493874724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258696279414893626.post-44396188476986568142014-02-24T12:30:14.035-07:002014-02-24T12:30:14.035-07:00Can you share more on your scoring of each game? ...Can you share more on your scoring of each game? I am trying to do something like this so we can award prizes but unsure how to score if they didn't 'win' the game yet. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks so much for your great post!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743584832493874724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258696279414893626.post-34077170750419343102013-01-02T07:32:48.212-07:002013-01-02T07:32:48.212-07:00Thanks for the explanation. My son, turning six, ...Thanks for the explanation. My son, turning six, wants to have a board game birthday party. Your info is a huge help on the organization.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com