wenestvedt wrote:My kids actually like both Settlers of Cataan and Carcassonne, especially the boys (8 and 10 years old).
It's fun to play with them and watch as their sense of strategy -- and the rightness of betraying one's family -- develops right there in plain view. :7)
- Will
You see in my day, it was Risk -- total world domination. We got into fisticuffs so often that my mother banned it from being played.
Yeah, I really like it -- simple and yet the strategy can be quite involved. Getting the farmer on the right field at the right time can often be crucial to winning the game.
I went and bought Carcassonne yesterday - I'd been thinking about it for a while and stopped in the local hobby shop on my way home from work. We played it with a few friends last night and I really enjoyed it. The version I bought includes "the river," and some of the expansions look like a ton of fun (a catapult? Vertical elements? Yes please!)
Went to Warhammer World today with my youngest (13).
Walked out with Dark Vengeance, the Warhammer 40k starter box. Cost £61.50 which I'm guessing isn't too far off $100.
Just spent the best part of 2 hours putting all the models together and will be playing a few games tomorrow.
This will be my third 'dabble'.
Been looking for another hobby to spend huge chunks of my hard-earned on along with my golf, scuba-diving, clay-pigeon shooting, fishing and rock-climbing.
Well, I'm now about £500 deeper into this hobby and enjoying every minute.
An added bonus is that my youngest (13) is also playing.
We go along to a kids beginners' session every Sunday and I go and play with some adult beginners on Wednesdays as well as the pair of us battling most days.
I've gone with Space Orks as they are "mad for it" and just love getting stuck into the opposition. This means I either lose or win very spectacularly which is just as much fun either way.
We've come up against some real 'win at all costs' boors but we shrug them off as we know we're getting much more from the game than they are.
As a kid I used to buy boxes of Airfix soldiers - anything from Romans and Gauls, via WW1 Tommies and huns to WW2 Brits and Jerries. Too small to paint, but easy enough place on a papier-maché landscape on a board and have some fun. I see they still make them.
Chris
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