I had a cool idea for a tournament at the next U Con: a racing games tournament.

My first thought was a trio of related games: Top Race, Daytona 500, and Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix. Play one game (3 races) of each, take each player's total ending cash divided by the cash of all players at the end of the game for a rating score, and add the ( Read more... )

I found this picture on the U Con game convention web site. I have been hosting "Kid U Con" there for the last two years. This image is from 2004, the first year we hosted open gaming for the under-10 set. The blond girl is my older daughter, S. She's now 7.5 and plays Wizard, Ticket to Ride, and even RoboRally (but only when we don't have *too ( Read more... )