Comments on: p.242 (Chapter Eight)

By: HardWearJunkie

HardWearJunkie — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:28:21 +0000

For a moment, I thought you wrote “delectable”. That would be a delicious technology…

By: HardWearJunkie

HardWearJunkie — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:07:50 +0000

NOW kiss him!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:16:06 +0000

This may be old fasioned, but that’s about the age I started teaching my kids Canasta. We didn’t have many good board games when they were small so we fell back on the harder card games that could be played away from the house if necessary. Another interesting game would be Parcheesi, easy compared to the two you have, but still complex enough to interest them.

By: Sean K.

Sean K. — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:02:24 +0000

I'll definitely second the Fluxx recommendation - there are various themed sets, and many of them are hilarious. That game is almost all luck - it's hard to employ strategy in it, but it's so silly that it doesn't get frustating. Another thing that's useful to avoid worries about losing is cooperative games. We're big fans of a game called Pandemic, where the players are all working for the CDC, trying to stop various diseases around the world.

By: Deirdre Mundy

Deirdre Mundy — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:32:15 +0000

We got Ticket To Ride for our 8 year old this year (She already loves Carcassone and is getting pretty decent at Settlers)

She really enjoys it, and it is one of those games that’s fun to play even when you’re losing. We’ve had a lot of luck with german-type strategy games with her. If you play Sorry! or Life with her she bawls her eyes out because it’s JUST NOT FAIR! but with the strategy games, when she loses she sees things she could do differently so she can improve. The pure luck aspect of traditional American games just leaves her feeling as if the whole game is rigged against her.

She picked up the basics of Ticket to Ride almost instantly– and she makes a really good third player!

By: Tara

Tara — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:10:07 +0000

Yeah, it’s pretty much like Niall says below. The absurdity got to her. Although Zan’s also in your shoes, wondering what’s so funny!

By: Tara

Tara — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:07:48 +0000

I have a copy of the boxed version of Illuminati (which I preferred to the later collectible-card version) which was always hilariously fun to play. I talked about bringing it out, but David suggested waiting another couple of years until our son (who is 11) will be better able to appreciate the, er, silliness.

By: Tara

Tara — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:03:58 +0000

Heh! I knew if I started talking boardgames I’d get a whole bunch of further recommendations. You guys are awesome! The Seafarers expansion will be next on our wish list.

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:52:53 +0000

Our family has really enjoyed Ticket to Ride and I have a 10 and 12 year old. The only thing is we got the Nordic Version and trying to find the place names is very difficult, even for the adults. I would suggest a version with more fimilar names.

By: Niall

Niall — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:44:05 +0000

For what it’s worth, I like both. I have as much, but a completely different type of, fun playing an 8-hour long game of 1830 as an evening of Rock Band with friends. They’re just rarely the same friends… This said, great games all around there.