Discussing the Best Board Games for Children
We continue our series of introductory games for different age groups. In our previous post we talked about introducing games at the very youngest age. At 2-4 years old all we can expect is an acclimation to the format of playing games: following rules, taking turns, etc. At ages 5-6 we can start to see […]
Santorini is one of my all time favourite abstract strategy games. I consider it to be very similar in style and strategy to chess, but a much simpler set of rules, making it a great stepping stone to Chess. It can be taught in only 30 seconds! In Santorini you each have 2 pawns you control. […]
This past weekend just about every diehard tabletop gamer gathered at Breakout Con, Toronto’s big tabletop game convention. Only in its third year this convention is already getting much bigger. The convention has a lot of things going on for gamers of all types including: Tournaments for popular board games such as Catan, Pandemic, 7 Wonders […]
How early can I introduce board games to my child? Parents often fall into two categories. a) parents who plays a lot of board games and are eager to get their kids into the hobby. So they start them early. b) parents who don’t play board games and are more timid to introduce a game […]
Previously we discussed the opportunities board games provide children to develop socially. Often these are the more obvious benefits of game playing. However the bodies of research continue to grow in support of games correlating positively with improved critical thinking and overall cognition. ***** COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT We have all heard the claims that games and […]