Last week was the much needed mid-semester break, so a group of friends and I went away for a couple of days to Mount Macedon. For those who don't know, these are mountain ranges in Victoria that are stunning and have many breathtaking walks.
However, since it was pouring down for most of the week and absolutely freezing, we spent most of the time inside the house we were staying at. But it was absolutely perfect, having a fire to keep us warm and playing different kinds of board and card games, but not your regular boring games. We played really fun role play and storyline games which I had never heard of before. My favourite was probably a game called 'Ultimate Werewolf' which is where you are given a card that says who you are in the village. You could be an ordinary villager, or have a specific ability/ role or you could be a werewolf and only you know who you are. At "night" everyone has to close their eyes, allowing the werewolves to decide who their victim is for the evening. The next "morning" we discover who died and based on a town meeting, everyone who is still alive has to figure out who the werewolves are. That's a very brief and basic idea of what the game entails, but it's so much fun! We played so many different games, so it was a bit of an overload of rules to remember, but it was a great way to spend the days when it was stormy outside.
One morning it wasn't raining, so we all drove out to one of the mountain walks and found a clearing where we played frisbee and ran around and just had a really great time playing outdoors with each other. At one point, all the guys put each of the girls on their shoulders and continued playing together, which was slightly terrifying (because I was on the shoulders of someone who is 6 foot 3) but also lots of fun. But then it started pouring down with rain again so we headed back to the house and had a delicious lunch of nachos. One of our friends makes legendary nachos, and I'm not even hesitating when I say they were the best nachos I've ever had.
It was such a great break with a truly wonderful group of people. It was nice to just live in our own little world and forget about the outside world for a bit, just playing and having fun and hanging out and eating really yummy food. When it was the end of the week it was really upsetting to go, because I had such a fantastic time and we knew that when we got back, we had assignments and essays waiting for us. But while we were at Mount Macedon, we were free and loved every single moment of it.
However, since it was pouring down for most of the week and absolutely freezing, we spent most of the time inside the house we were staying at. But it was absolutely perfect, having a fire to keep us warm and playing different kinds of board and card games, but not your regular boring games. We played really fun role play and storyline games which I had never heard of before. My favourite was probably a game called 'Ultimate Werewolf' which is where you are given a card that says who you are in the village. You could be an ordinary villager, or have a specific ability/ role or you could be a werewolf and only you know who you are. At "night" everyone has to close their eyes, allowing the werewolves to decide who their victim is for the evening. The next "morning" we discover who died and based on a town meeting, everyone who is still alive has to figure out who the werewolves are. That's a very brief and basic idea of what the game entails, but it's so much fun! We played so many different games, so it was a bit of an overload of rules to remember, but it was a great way to spend the days when it was stormy outside.
One morning it wasn't raining, so we all drove out to one of the mountain walks and found a clearing where we played frisbee and ran around and just had a really great time playing outdoors with each other. At one point, all the guys put each of the girls on their shoulders and continued playing together, which was slightly terrifying (because I was on the shoulders of someone who is 6 foot 3) but also lots of fun. But then it started pouring down with rain again so we headed back to the house and had a delicious lunch of nachos. One of our friends makes legendary nachos, and I'm not even hesitating when I say they were the best nachos I've ever had.
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| a lake we found on our walk |
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