Kent Pritchett
Canada
Calgary
Alberta
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This is the number one kids game with 26 plays, mainly played with my three year old, but a few games had the entire family involved. My three year old loves this one.
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Gudjon Torfi Sigurdsson
Iceland
Isafjordur
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A slow but good month this time. Decided to give this one the nod.
15 games played.
11 unique games played.
5 expansions played.
5 unique expansions played.
I don't log online games and games in bold are new to me this month. Red games are games I haven't played in over a year.
2 x Go Away Monster!
2 x Mystery Express
2 x Wyatt Earp
2 x Zooloretto
1 x Discworld: Ankh-Morpork
1 x A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (second edition) well, kind of...
1 x Mystery Rummy: Al Capone and the Chicago Underworld
1 x Puerto Rico
1 x Small World
1 x Ticket to Ride: Märklin Edition
1 x Unpublished Prototype
Expansions:
1 x Puerto Rico Expansion
1 x Small World Community's Compendium I (fan expansion for Small World)
1 x Small World: Be Not Afraid...
1 x Small World: Cursed!
1 x Small World: Grand Dames of Small World
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United States
Columbus
Ohio
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The last copy of this I thrifted I gave to some friends for their 3 yr old daughter. I got word back that she loved it - in fact she demanded to take the box to bed with her. Her Dad said she was passed out in bed holding the box. That's a pretty good recommendation for this game!
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Archibald Longdale
Hungary
Budapest
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Barry Goldstein
United States
Culver City
California
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This was our first real success.
Go Away monster is a simple tile drawing game, in which the child reaches into a bag to fill their bedroom's essential item list. Lurking in the bag are monsters cleverly hidden as bedroom item shaped creatures. When a monster is drawn, essentially the player loses a turn, after everyone shouts "GO AWAY MONSTER!" According to the rules, the winner is the first to complete their bedroom.
Its a very simple game, and you can easily bork yourself to keep things competitive (a technique that I only reserve for very challenging or new games she is learning).
The only problem with this game, is that Anaya LOVES monsters (yes I am raising a girl geek). So, we play by Anaya's Variant. We welcome the funny monsters to join our play. If we pull a monster tile, we say COME AND PLAY MONSTER, and then find a fun location for the little guy on our board. When the rooms are all furnished, the player with the MOST monsters wins! Woohoo...house rules ROOL!
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Curt Crane
Canada
Unspecified
Nova Scotia
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My lowest ranked 9 goes to my most played game (helped along by the fact that it plays in 5-10). Playing this one with my daughter since she was 1 and a half.
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J. Jefferson
United States
Columbus
Ohio
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My wife was working all weekend, so I was solo taking care of our daughter. Which means I got a lot of gaming in--all kids games! We played:
Go Away Monster, many times. This is her favorite. IMHO the best game, perhaps the only game for kids under two. She's now 2.5 and still loves it.
Take the Cake once. She still doesn't quite get this one, but likes to play with the wooden sprinkle bits.
Count Your Chickens! a few times. I thought this would be good and so bought it for her for Christmas, but it's really just counting, there's not really anything fun about it. She usually gets tired midway through, and I don't blame her, it's like I'm forcing her to do the same counting lesson again and again.
A return to adult games next weekend, hopefully I'll give Dominion: Hinterlands another go!
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Kristin Crane
Canada
Nova Scotia
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The first game my husband,
Curt Crane
Canada
Unspecified
Nova Scotia
taught our daughter. A sentimental rating of 10 for a kind of silly game, but I can't bring myself to drop it down. There's something really awesome about seeing your kid excited about your favorite hobby.
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J. Jefferson
United States
Columbus
Ohio
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Well, I'm not altogether surprised. My most played game is my daughter's favorite game. This will probably be the case for the next fifteen years or so.
If you haven't given this game a shot, but you've got somebody four or under who you could play a game with, this is the best one I've found. It's the perfect first step into gaming.
My most played non-kids, non-party game is Quarriors!, with 18 plays. That's a lot of plays considering I got it in November. I got the first expansion for Xmas and am looking forward to busting it out soon.
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J. Jefferson
United States
Columbus
Ohio
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This game continues to be a huge hit for my daughter, now 2 and a half. She insists on it more than any other game, probably about once a week. Over the past year she has gotten much better at it. A 1.5 year old is really quite different than a 2.5 year old, but at both ages this game works just great. I'd guess that a year from now we will be getting close to retiring it, but it's had a pretty good life span with well over 50 plays.
Aton: A year ago I said:
Quote: I think I will like this one. Sort of like Ra Dice but with bidding instead of dice? I've only gotten a single play so I'm still not sure about it.
I never got another play. For some reason I didn't mention that my wife hated it. It's not worth me keeping a game around if she doesn't like it unless it's so good that I will definitley bust it out when I have more players. So I traded Aton away.
Genji: A year ago I said:
Quote: What an oddball game--great flavor. It's not great with two players, which is the only way I've tried it, but I'd like to give it a shot with more.
Never got that shot either as I traded Genji as well. I liked my one play, but it was sort of a long game, and in the 45 minute range, there are just so many other games that I reach for first.
Ingenious: A year ago I said:
Quote: I think I'll like it.
It's ok. I've played it a few more times. It's a fun but fairly light and tactical abstract. When I play abstracts, I want deep, and this just doesn't seem to satisfy. When I want something ligher and faster, I'm usually playing with non-gamers and I'm not reaching for an abstract.
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Gudjon Torfi Sigurdsson
Iceland
Isafjordur
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The only new kids game this month, I played this one with my son who's 2 years old (and three months actually...). He thoroughly enjoys picking up the pieces from the bag and putting them in the correct place on the boards (we used all four of them). I even managed to get him to say 'Farðu burt skrímsli' although has no idea what a monster is, let alone being afraid of them!
Still, it was fun to play my first game with my son!  (I'm not counting playing with the chess pieces or Jenga bricks).
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I will not rest until Biblios is in the Top 100.
United States
Budd Lake
New Jersey
Well I been watchin' while you been coughin, I've been drinking life while you've been nauseous, and so I drink to health while you kill yourself and I got just one thing that I can offer... Go on and save yourself and take it out on me
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Guys, I'm taking some time away from BGG. I hope you all have a great Christas/Chanukah/Kwanzaa/Saturnalia/whateverthehellyoucelebrate. If you need to get hold of me, please email me at stormseeker75 at gmail dot com.
Neil, still no word from DoW. Drop me an e-mail.
Ta Ta For Now!
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Mike Heine
United States
Waconia
Minnesota
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Another one for the kids.
$4 @ antique store. Complete and in great shape.
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Rachel Vacek
United States
Houston
Texas
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Ben F
United States
Normal
Illinois
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Mfg Suggested Ages
3 and up
User Suggested Ages
2 to 5
(17 voters)
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Digger Cook
United States
Topeka
Kansas
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Also got this for my two year old, and he loved it instantly. The game was a bargain (about $7 at Barnes & Noble with coupon) and he has played it dozens of times. I love games where you draw tiles or dice from a bag, but in this game you actually can feel around to get the piece you want. I would highly recommend this for youngsters.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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My 3 year old son loves this one, and demands playing it at least once a week.
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Kent Pritchett
Canada
Calgary
Alberta
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Go Away Monster! - 17
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game - 4
Defenders of the Realm - 3
Monkey Madness - 3
Alien Frontiers - 2
Most played is Go Away Monster. My three year old is constantly taking it out and asking me to play.
Best experiance was my two games of Alien Frontiers at FallCon.
My worst experiance this month was Settlers of Catan I managed to build a whooping 1 victory point the entire game, as the robber was on my 6 ore the whole game, and the only roll I seemed to get was 6. Most brutal game of Settlers I ever had.
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Lo Ma
United States
Oakland
California
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Monster halloween fun in case you have a toddler in the house.
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Lo Ma
United States
Oakland
California
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This is a fantastic first game for a 2+ year old - I think we started my son on this one at 2-1/2. Each player has their own gamboard depicting a bedroom. You draw cardboard items in the shape of either furniture for your bedroom board, or a monster. When you get a monster, you yell, "Go away Monster!" and trhow him in the box. Or if you're like mt son, you'll yell "Come into my bedroom, Monster!"
Teaches kids a simple rule set, taking turns, pattern and tactile recognition, and having fun with games.
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Joshua Miller
United States
Holland
Michigan
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Mary Tomaszewski
United States
Kentwood
Michigan
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Just a couple of things for my daughter today. First the first edition of this for $2.00, local thrift. Missing one picture tile.
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Denmark
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Bought on a whim. It's been a great hit with my 2½ year old niece.
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Hilko Drude
Germany
Goettingen
Lower Saxony
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Won this in a g4gg lottery and showed it to my daughter (then four, now five), who loved it instantly. I don't expect her to be impressed much longer, but she had great fun already, so I am very satisfied.
The other new game we tried was Loopin' Louie which I got her for her fifth birthday. She asked me to give it away the same evening.
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Lo Ma
United States
Oakland
California
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Excellent condition with a little shelfwear on the box.
English language edition.
Comes from a smoke-free home.
Free shipping to the USA only.
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