This Two Player Treats Tuesday was part of a fantastic day! We got some 10×10 played, some heavy, medium, & light ones, I won some, lost some, new ones, old familiars, played just the two of us and saw some friends. This part of the day was an underrated gem of a game paired with a new to us but now favorite treat. Read on for more!

At a Glance…

Almond Sweet Rolls

I was immediately intrigued by two things regarding this recipe- it was a ‘small batch’ that wouldn’t be overwhelming for just Jon and I AND it was supposed to taste like the almond croissants I love so much. Well, we succeeded on one account, and I’m not mad about the other, haha.

This recipe whips up very quickly. You make the dough and let it rest a bit. I did 30 minutes, which I didn’t find made the dough rise much, but eh, that’s ok. Then you mix together the frangipane, a word I recently learned, which means the gooey almond-y paste inside typical almond croissants and cakes. It’s made by mixing together butter, sugar, eggs, and almond flour (ground almonds) to create a rich, nutty, and velvety paste. You spread the dough, spread most of the frangipane over it, roll it up, let it rise, spread remaining frangipane over top and bake. Then you can ice it up and devour! It did indeed taste like the delightful filling of an almond croissant! The one thing that didn’t turn out as planned was I ended up making 8 small rolls instead of the supposed 4, whoops! I think that just had to do with the size of my versus the original recipe, but mine were definitely sized appropriately for us, as they are quite rich! We’ve thoroughly enjoyed them and this is definitely going in my top five new recipes this year. SOooooooo goooooddd!

Glasgow

We paired this with a lovely little two player that is just the right amount of interaction for us. Glasgow is all about building up the Scottish capitol, using a rondel system (aka giant circle), where you can go as far forward as you want, but if you skip too much you’re giving your opponent more turns and actions. You’re gathering resources so that when you get to building spots, you have enough to purchase and build a building. Here’s where the interesting part comes in! You’re jointly building a 4×5 grid of tiles, and each time you build one, you face it towards you so you know it’s yours. From then on, any tile placed in its row or column will trigger its actions! So you’re constantly trying to trigger your own buildings again without triggering your opponents. Some buildings are actions to get you more stuff, some are scoring from set collection, some are just a bunch of points. When the grid is complete, you score the ones facing you and that’s it! Super simple, but really interesting!

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