Gamers with kids

[SvennoJ]

HoloDust said:

SvennoJ said:

We also don't play boardgames much anymore as it's just too much hassle. Our last game of Settlers is still sitting on the table from over a month ago.

For you and wife or for kids?

I can see why Settlers might be hassle, while still a great game after 22 years, it's bit too much sometimes, especially for younger kids - I taught it to my kids when they were 8 and 6, and while they like it, they prefer other games more (though I got my hands on the copy of Catan Ancient Egypt recently, so they're excited about that). Catan Junior is decent version for young ones, plays much faster and there's pirate theme on top of it (not that strong, to be fair), though it might be too simple for older kids and adults.

To all sit down at the same time is the first obstacle, plus all the preparations and keeping both kids engaged through the game. They are 7 and 5, still a small attention span. My 7 year old played one game of Ticket to ride with me, hopefully he'll get more into that later. He likes Carcassone (with simplified rules) and Stratego. The younger one will participate in simple boardgames, but is more into building towers.

I used to play 1830 for hours and hours with friends. It will be a while until they're upto that, which might be too late for me lol. I didn't really get into more complex boardgames until I was 16 myself. Risk was about the most 'advanced' until then.