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Board Games.
Aug. 13th, 2014 12:58 amThe other day H spent a good deal of effort finding the kitchen table. She wanted to play a board game, but the only one in the house she really likes playing was The Game of Life. Though I have fond memories of that game from childhood, I cannot stand Life now*.
The problem was, S likes strategy related games, and H prefers games that depend more on luck. C just wanted to play Uno, but our deck was in rather ragged shape with nearly half the cards missing. Since I like strategy, as well, a lot of our board games reflect that - Blokus, Labrinth, Risk (though that one is really M's fault).
I decided we needed a compromise game. Something that combined luck and strategy in such a way that I was not mind numbingly bored, but H didn't feel out of her depth. Sorry! was the first game that came to mind. I was actually slightly surprised that we didn't already own it. So I grabbed the girls and off to the store we went. After trying two different Walmarts and a Big Lots!, Sorry!, Trouble, Yahtzee, and a new Uno deck followed us home.
*H made a comment about why she likes Life - it lets her imagine having a job, spouse, kids, you know, a life, all things she can't have till she's older. Me, I have (or have had) all those life moments, so I don't need a game to imagine them like I might have as a kid. It seems as good an explanation as any.
The problem was, S likes strategy related games, and H prefers games that depend more on luck. C just wanted to play Uno, but our deck was in rather ragged shape with nearly half the cards missing. Since I like strategy, as well, a lot of our board games reflect that - Blokus, Labrinth, Risk (though that one is really M's fault).
I decided we needed a compromise game. Something that combined luck and strategy in such a way that I was not mind numbingly bored, but H didn't feel out of her depth. Sorry! was the first game that came to mind. I was actually slightly surprised that we didn't already own it. So I grabbed the girls and off to the store we went. After trying two different Walmarts and a Big Lots!, Sorry!, Trouble, Yahtzee, and a new Uno deck followed us home.
*H made a comment about why she likes Life - it lets her imagine having a job, spouse, kids, you know, a life, all things she can't have till she's older. Me, I have (or have had) all those life moments, so I don't need a game to imagine them like I might have as a kid. It seems as good an explanation as any.
