| Dave Crowell | 10 Nov 2009 9:29 a.m. PST |
Yesterday my 9 1/2 year old daughter glanced at my in progress DBA game and said "Those guys are Egyptians." No doubt about it. She was dead on. When I asked why she thought that, she promptly said, "the uniforms". Quite made my day. She is starting to recognize my Ancients armies with no prompting. She likes Egyptians and Romans. Sea Peoples left her a little puzzeled, but when I explained that some of them went on to become Philistines the light went on again. A uniform spotter before age 10. And I even cheated, my NKE army is composed of Chariot's fantasy Egyptians with teh beast heads, didn't throw her off a bit. |
| M C MonkeyDew | 10 Nov 2009 9:35 a.m. PST |
Splendid!! Children are such a blessing. Bob |
Dr Mathias  | 10 Nov 2009 9:57 a.m. PST |
She's better than the majority of the students in my art appreciation class then. When can I expect her to enroll? :) |
| Nick Nascati | 10 Nov 2009 9:57 a.m. PST |
Best fun I had was when I taught my oldest (now 32), to recognize "Polish Winged Hussars". Really impressed the hell out of everybody. |
| Wizard Whateley | 10 Nov 2009 10:14 a.m. PST |
I would give my daughter a dollar if she could ID my latest painting project. She evolved beyond 'They're wearing red, so they must be British' to 'Czapkas and pink lapels, must be Polish lancers of the Imperial guard'. I think she cheats and sneaks a peek at my workbench, then looks it up, but that's OK. |
| Captain Clegg | 10 Nov 2009 10:15 a.m. PST |
My youngest, a girl, aged 12 recently joined the ATC. She impressed me when she started to tell me about Shorncliffe and Sir John Moore. She is in the Rifles, after all. |
| Daffy Doug | 10 Nov 2009 11:39 a.m. PST |
The children of historical wargamers get an education in history by osmosis that surpasses that of a university graduate. The Gov't should give us historical wargaming parents funding as part of the education "system"…. |
| Count Belisarius | 10 Nov 2009 12:44 p.m. PST |
When my daughter (then 3) first observed me painting she started to talk about Daddies soldiers and the different coloured uniforms. Then paused in thought and said, 'I've got a soldier'. 'Have you?' I said. 'Yes' she replied, 'my soldier's pink!'. I then had to let her slop pink paint all over a spare figure… Hasn't shown any interest since… Andy |
| 377CSG | 10 Nov 2009 4:55 p.m. PST |
My daughter, when she was young, saw my early French in bicorne and asked me why they have "Taco" heads. She also asked why my Zulu army all had "boogie boards". She is 29 years old now and I still remember those comments that made my day. |
| Nikator | 10 Nov 2009 5:40 p.m. PST |
My daughter (now 24) loved wargames and paining and playing with Dad's toys…until puberty and boys arrived. <sigh> Hope you have better luck, Mr. Crowell. |
| skinkmasterreturns | 11 Nov 2009 6:19 a.m. PST |
Boys? Thats when I'll sit on the front porch with a shotgun across my lap…. |
| Martin Rapier | 11 Nov 2009 9:27 a.m. PST |
One of my proudest moments was when my youngest daughter observed, 'Hey, a BAR' while watching a war movie (can't remember which one). Chip off the old block. "Boys?" Hmm. I've got two girls/young women, and it is something you need to get used to. Urgh. |
| andygamer | 11 Nov 2009 11:44 a.m. PST |
The son of a wargaming friend of mine, when quite young, could recognize Prussian Dragoon Blue. |
| andygamer | 11 Nov 2009 11:46 a.m. PST |
But just wait until she starts criticizing your painting. "Shouldn't those shields be green, daddy?"
;^) |
| BarmyBob | 12 Nov 2009 5:42 a.m. PST |
My son is 20 months old, and somehow found some miniatures that had been left where he could get at them. He walked up to me with them in his hands and laid them on my painting table and said "daddy's toys. Put back"
Then he proceeded to play with his plastic pirates all smiles.
I wouldnt trade him for all the lead in the world. |
| kreoseus2 | 12 Nov 2009 7:06 a.m. PST |
My eldest son is now 2, going on 3. When my wife was pregnant with him , she wanted me to ( I kid you not) read to him ( ie talk to the bump) so he would get used to my voice. I read him the melee rules for Might of Arms. I have great hope for him and his 5 month old little brother. I can see it in a few years, 1 vote for coronation street, 3 votes for a game of HOTT. I already have armies painted for them. Phil |
| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 12 Nov 2009 7:25 a.m. PST |
"loved wargames and paining" many a true word typed in error My wife is getting pretty good at recognising military stuff… |
| The Dozing Dragon | 13 Nov 2009 7:55 p.m. PST |
I read The Lion The witch and the Wardrobe to my daughter (now 14) whilst my wife was pregnant with her. Not sure if it has influenced her or not! She painted some old GW pygmies when she was around 3 and they hold pride of place in my collection. More recently she tried a couple of Ral Partha unicorn that my 5 year old daughter found, so she had to paint a horse…….pink of course. My 3 year old is now desparate to try painting – she will watch me painting then go and wash her hands so she can touch them herself. Makes life worthwhile :) |
| Rathicus | 19 Nov 2009 8:07 p.m. PST |
My wife and 12 year old daughter go to cons with me. They always rub my dice for luck. Last year I got to help my daughter do a project for history, we built a medieval jousting tournament. She used some of my DBA troops and put them in pass and review. I really enjoyed helping her get the info together and deciding which troops she wanted to use. She also used some of my Romans to show how Rome assimilated those they conquered into their culture. I am really proud of her. |
| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 20 Nov 2009 10:04 a.m. PST |
"I read The Lion The witch and the Wardrobe to my daughter (now 14) whilst my wife was pregnant with her." Don't know what it did to the unborn, but bet the death of Aslan frit your wife. It's a lot more scary on the page than it was in the film! |
