This game is easy to grasp, set up and play. It feels like football, so it's a great game for Child, Parent, and Gamer Geeks who love the sport. I have owned this game for a few years, and played it with my son when he was younger, and played with adults re-enacting the Super Bowl.
Chess is the Game of Geeks, or the Game of Kings; I always get that mixed up. Whatever the game is, Chess is one of the best ways to improve critical thinking in children. Chess teaches logic, which directly impacts a child’s performance in schools. Studies repeatedly confirm this fact. Kids who play Chess get better grades; it’s that simple.
A little over a year ago, when I had my own web site, I wrote about the games I always have with me in the car. I took an old Backgammon set we had and filled the empty space with 7 games available to play at a moments notice. As times goes on, the contents of my little gamer's travel kit continues to change. I do my best to live by the Scout Motto which has made playing games a possibility anytime, anywhere.
It’s been a few weeks since I have written an article. This is primarily due to being “off the grid” for a couple of weeks in the middle of July. I devoted this time to being a father, and to a contest, or rather a challenge, that wasn’t a game. It was, however, about teamwork, cooperation, and accomplishment.
Killing time on a long bus ride with teenagers can be tedious, but not when you have father geeks riding with you. Downtime is game time! Let's play Werewolf! I think the teenagers enjoyed having a couple of “old people” in the game and they certainly made us feel welcome. Funny though, being an adult immediately makes you a suspicious character!
Bob S., a reader of Father Geek, has sent us a question asking if we can offer any suggestions on how to best store games. Is there a best way to store games? Perhaps, but when you take into consideration space, collection size, and personal preference to how a game should or should not be stored, there is no single good answer. But we do have suggestions!
Hey, That’s My Fish! (or, H!TMF) is a very simple game to learn. In reality, it is an abstract game, with perfect information. As such, it would provide a great stepping stone for games such as Chess. Take a look past the "cuteness" and you'll find a vicious little abstract that plays up to four people in 20 minutes! I’m all over that!
Last year, I wrote about our Scout Troop's weekend in Angola, IN, on Zwischenzug. This is probably the most popular trip of the year. There is some overlap between Geek Culture and Boy Scouting, and this is leads to Scouts and gaming being a natural combination. This year was no exception, however the games changed from last year.
Fantasy is the new western. The guys in the black hats have been replaced by the army with black clouds overhead. But is all this fantasy stuff really good for kids? I will state emphatically that it is! Just as I learned from westerns a thing or two about honor and fighting for your beliefs against seemingly insurmountable odds, my son has learned the same from fantasy.