Nephews
I had a great day out yesterday with Toby and Alex, my nephews. It seems almost impossible that they are now six and eight respectively.
I'm working on getting them hooked on board games. I introduced them to simplified versions of Rapidoh and Galaxy Trucker and they greatly enjoyed them. They both did better at Galaxy Trucker than I expected, picking up the rules on how to connect up the ships remarkably well. (Sure, I had to help them rearrange loads of pieces, but they were getting a lot correct on their own.)
For some strange reason, a game about building spaceships and flying them through space appealed to two little boys. Can't imagine why...
Galaxy Trucker is great fun - Henry gave it to Richard and myself as a joint birthday present and we got lots of games in at Silvercon last weekend.
BTW, Silvercon went really well. We played loads of really good games, the atmosphere relaxed and friendly and we had a great bunch of people.
I'm working on getting them hooked on board games. I introduced them to simplified versions of Rapidoh and Galaxy Trucker and they greatly enjoyed them. They both did better at Galaxy Trucker than I expected, picking up the rules on how to connect up the ships remarkably well. (Sure, I had to help them rearrange loads of pieces, but they were getting a lot correct on their own.)
For some strange reason, a game about building spaceships and flying them through space appealed to two little boys. Can't imagine why...
Galaxy Trucker is great fun - Henry gave it to Richard and myself as a joint birthday present and we got lots of games in at Silvercon last weekend.
BTW, Silvercon went really well. We played loads of really good games, the atmosphere relaxed and friendly and we had a great bunch of people.