Saturday, July 14, 2012

Gaming with Grandma - 129

Another Saturday morning gaming session with my mother Sue (AKA Grandma), wife Debbie and two daughters, Maddie (11) and Georgia (6.5).

The game we played today was Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers. I'm trying to introduce the girls to more grown up games and this game is recommended for 8 years and up.  As this was the first game for Maddie and Georgia, on their respective turns I explained the options and benefits for their tile placement and let them choose where to place it.  In fact we were all involved in advising on tile placement on each turn.  Maddie found the game not that interesting (despite eventually winning) and Georgia found it all a little too complex.  Grandma and Debbie picked it up fairly quickly and enjoyed the game play.



Final scores were Maddie 72, Wayne 64, Georgia 61, Grandma 58 and Debbie 40.

3 comments:

Rerun said...

I guess you know "The Kids of Carcassonne"?
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41010/the-kids-of-carcassonne

My niece (6) and nephew (4) both like it a lot and haven't complained about the complexity (yet).

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