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Mr. HomoLudens: Well, I just spent a week at a cottage north of Toronto and played some games. Oddly enough, BGG user Ender Wiggins (EndersGame) and his family were at the cottage next door, so we decided to let him and wife play too. Sometimes we even let one or two of his kids play. Yes, the man has kids, although they don't often appear in his many, many photos. We did not let him take any pictures of our games, because the man's made enough GG already.
Mr. Ender: There's nothing like being on vacation and discovering that the random person in the cottage next door is a fellow gamer. Froggy Boogie was Game #10 in the many game sessions (see the first here) that resulted from this amazing discovery.
Mr. HomoLudens: This game got played a bunch of times by the little ones. Every adult who sees the game says it's "soooo cute!" and I couldn't agree more.
Mr. Ender: I didn't get personally the opportunity to boogie with the frogs (definite Elvis inspiration here), because I was busy training fleas at the time (details to follow later). Young children do seem to enjoy this one, and it certainly garnered lots of attention from adults too (this one was played over lunch at church, on the Sunday), not surprising given the attractive components.
Mr. HomoLudens: It's really just a basic memory game, but I guess it's all in the packaging. One nice thing about the game is that you can adjust the length of play by taking out one or more of the lily pads. Certainly adults might find the game get a bit tedious after a while.
Mr. Ender: One lingering and slightly troubling thought: I'm not sure what to make of the fact that Mr. HomoLudens encourages children to boogie in a church building. But I imagine that he does so only with the full approval and endorsement of his wife, so perhaps it is to her that I should address this question. Maybe one of them was a frog prince or princess in a former life? Although personally I do think reincarnation is a load of phooey. To his credit, it has to be admitted that it takes quite some gumption and it's quite an achievement to be conscripting children of respectable church going folk and teaching them how to boogie with frogs at a strange church.
Mr. HomoLudens: Another kid's game that was played was Der schwarze Pirat, which is pretty good too.
Mr. Ender: As well as Der schwarze Pirat, the other childrens game that saw a few plays was Animal Upon Animal. Aside from the deeper and more heavy games in his closet (e.g. War of the Ring), Mr. HomoLudens apparently has several excellent children's games on his shelves. Perhaps this is because he has children, although this hypothesis would need much more research to be confirmed. Currently the number of children's games Mr. HomoLudens owns exceeds the number of children he has. But a look at the glowing and pregnant Mrs. HomoLudens suggests that they are working to remedy this situation (perhaps they're expecting triplets, in which case expect to see a GeekList soliciting suggestions for good 8 player games!).
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See an overview of the complete list of 15 games played as part of this series, along with links to each session report here:
The Random Gamer at the Cottage Next Door
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/36072
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Homo Ludens
Canada
St. Albert
Alberta
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No triplets on the way as far as we know.
Btw, see my review for extended commentary on this game: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/327947
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Posted Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:25 pm
