MONOPOLY!!

Instead of our usual Carcassonne on our night out, we played a new card game (new to us anyways) - Monopoly DEAL.  The object of the game is to be the first to collect 3 sets of properties - which is no easy feat as other players will try to stop you by collecting rent or even stealing your properties from you.  Usually the game is short - a winner is often decided within 15 minutes.  However, when we played last night - it turned into a huge competition between the strategists and we only managed to play 3 rounds.  It was still fun though and now that the group is getting more familiar with the game it will hopefully go faster and more exciting :)