Room to Grow is an occasional series we do on The Family Gamers Podcast.
Our goal with Room to Grow is to help you bring your kids through a series of games that grow in complexity.
We explain a mechanic or game style, and then recommend a beginner, intermediate, and advanced game to try with your family.
We talked about older games last week – this week we’re moving on to modern abstract games (within the last 20 years).
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This week is devoted to older, classic abstract games. You probably know how to play these timeless games already, and have some of them relegated to the back corner of your shelves or your closet.
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Little Alchemists is a “room to grow” game all by itself, starting at a very low level and slowly adding more complexity. You can stop at any time on a level you feel comfortable with and just play that for a while, or even move back a level if you or your kids aren’t ready to move up.
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Cooperative games encourage players to work together. Here are three to bring your family from beginner to advanced.
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If you want to play word games with your kids, you’re going to have to wait a LONG time for them to be ready. We suggest a few games that can help your family work their way up to “adult” word games.
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Love dungeon crawl games like Gloomhaven, but aren’t sure where to start with kids? Three dungeon crawl games that build in complexity, perfect for playing as a family.
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What is a legacy board game? And where is a good place to start for a family that has never tried one?
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What is dice set collection? Think Yahtzee. You’re rolling dice, usually with some re-rolls allowed, trying to get a certain result spread out among many dice (a straight, two/three/four of a kind, etc.)
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Introduce your kids to direct two-player battle games, where you try to eliminate the other player. No reading? No problem.
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What is action selection? We talk about this wide family of board games and pick a few that should help you and your family learn and grow.
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Introduce your kids (or non-gamer grownups) to drafting with a series of games that grow in complexity.
What is drafting? A drafting game is one in which players pick something…
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Our goal with Room to Grow is to help you bring your kids through a series of games that grow in complexity.
Logical deduction is a skill that usually needs to be intentionally taught; these three games will help you teach it!
We pick roll and write games that avoid arithmetic and sequencing, in four levels of difficulty. Which roll and writes give players room to grow?
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A continuation of our Room to Grow series. If you’re interested in tile laying games but you’re not really sure how to bring kids in and then grow them into more complex games, we’ve got suggestions for you.
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Wondering how to introduce your kids (or non-gamer family) to engine builder games? We’ve got recommendations from easy to mid-level.
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