When I started #30GamesAMonth for September, I knew I had a stacked deck against me. An increased work schedule, crazy kids activities, and the evils of 1st grade homework pulled against us. I definitely think Tim from Tim's Miniature Wargaming Blog, who is also participating in this endeavour, had a few advantages to me, namely older kids (which opens up a plethora of games), I believe they home school (better scheduling), and, of course Saskatoon is already under 27 feet of snow.
On Sunday the 13th we played a do or die game of Candyland as a family.
On Monday the 14th, the very simple, but very structured homework program came out, and my wife took a bullet and handled the first night. I pre-occupied the little Millie upstairs with... multiple games of Candyland. Last night, we had dance class, a late dinner and by the time I oversaw homework and 25 minutes of reading, it was bedtime.
The 30 different games, a different game a day, in 30 days is over.
Now, that doesn't mean I won't try to fill the second half of the month with games. I've got a few things planned:
Outside of the rest of the month I'm going to dedicate it to family/kid games. There's a Candyland-inspired Frozen game that just different enough mechanically to count as something else, plus a hoard of ages 3 and up games that just ensure we're doing something as a family.
Onward and upward!
On Sunday the 13th we played a do or die game of Candyland as a family.
On Monday the 14th, the very simple, but very structured homework program came out, and my wife took a bullet and handled the first night. I pre-occupied the little Millie upstairs with... multiple games of Candyland. Last night, we had dance class, a late dinner and by the time I oversaw homework and 25 minutes of reading, it was bedtime.
The 30 different games, a different game a day, in 30 days is over.
Now, that doesn't mean I won't try to fill the second half of the month with games. I've got a few things planned:
- If I can help Millie with her Scissor work while Maja does homework, we may try a fast game of Pondemonium.
- A Savage Showdown follow-up to our last "Egypt" game. If our heroes drove off in a truck, why am I still trying to finish painting up mules for the next game?
- D&D Monster Slayers: Champion of the Elements, although it's too easy for both my girls.
- TWERPS using Gnome Wars figures
- Gnome Wars - the long anticipated follow-up to Veliki Leptir.
- TIARA and a playroom full of toys... and adventure!
- A skirmish sized game of Burning Plastic?
- Attack of the 50-foot Princess Revisited? Using OGRE as the engine.
Outside of the rest of the month I'm going to dedicate it to family/kid games. There's a Candyland-inspired Frozen game that just different enough mechanically to count as something else, plus a hoard of ages 3 and up games that just ensure we're doing something as a family.
Onward and upward!
It's the journey, not the destination, right...?
ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed following your progress - and look forward to seeing what else you guys get up to for the rest of the month.
It is true, I have all those advantages (except for the 27 feet of snow... but give us a couple weeks...) and they're some pretty big advantages! When I did a similar challenge last year (and we weren't even trying for a different game each day - just a game each day - there was a lot of quick games of For Sale before bed that month!) it was tough. My kids were 10 and 8 at the time and though they'd been gaming a fair bit for 4-5 years - there was still a lot of games I couldn't just sit down and play with them. After last years challenge, and a full year of making a concerted effort to play a lot of new games (and we've played a LOT of games in the last year), and... well... just another year of being alive and experiencing life has made a HUGE difference - there are so many more games we can play now - and it never ceases to blow me away how quickly kids can grok games and utterly trash me at them! They have really become my favourite gaming buddies!