| Shaun Travers | 26 Nov 2014 4:09 a.m. PST |
My 8 year old daughter asked to play a game with my ancient figures. We had not played for a while, and "played" means get them out and line them up in pretty rows. But this time I up the ante and used One Hour Wargames rules. Why? She is struggling a bit with maths and really needs to practice simple addition and subtraction. OHW has that in spades! So we played a game and we both had fun – her words were "That was awesome!". And she practiced some maths as well! A win all around. Read a detailed battle report on my blog at this post: link We played on a 1'x1' board and here is a picture early on when the Knights clash:
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| curlerman | 26 Nov 2014 4:42 a.m. PST |
LOL this reminds me of a friend who said " last night I let my 9 year old play me." I said " 9 years old . You bastard I hope you let him win." He said " let him win be damned. He kicked my kin arse. Last time he gets to play!" |
| Shaun Travers | 26 Nov 2014 5:09 a.m. PST |
culerman, made me laugh! Early in the year I played a WW2 20mm game against a 9 year old of a friend (a post of it is on the blog somewhere) and he won without me helping! I know how your friend feels. |
| normsmith | 26 Nov 2014 5:32 a.m. PST |
A quality time moment. Nice to see Neil Thomas in use, I wish maths at school had been taught this way for me :-) |
| Bellbottom | 26 Nov 2014 5:52 a.m. PST |
Just bought One-Hour Wargames on Kindle for £4.32 GBP, ideal for my grandson. |
| Moe Ronn | 26 Nov 2014 9:24 a.m. PST |
Shhhh! You can't let them know they're learning… |
| Shaun Travers | 28 Nov 2014 5:54 a.m. PST |
She certainly did not know she was learning! School would be more fun with miniature gaming…in fact, most things would be more fun if you add in miniature figures. |
| Bellbottom | 28 Nov 2014 9:40 a.m. PST |
Shaun, just as an aside, we utilised the card game 'Cribbage' to aid my daughters maths. It includes a range of simple addition, multiplication and division to assess your hand (cards)and score points, which advance a peg around a 'racetrack' of holes to the winning post. Lots of fun (and learning) |
| Shaun Travers | 28 Nov 2014 5:09 p.m. PST |
Jarrovian – I will look into Cribbage. I have always wanted to play it anyway, and this could be the excuse. Thanks for the tip. |
| davbenbak | 03 Dec 2014 9:36 a.m. PST |
I also find Neil Thomas' "Wargaming an Introduction" a pretty quick and easy way to lure youngsters into the fold. The replayablility of choosing which eight unit to field gets them back in the game even when they loose. |
