Andrew Nick
Canada
LANGLEY
British Columbia
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Hi!
I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of a Solar system themed game, suitable for children (8 years and up) ...
Any help would be appreciated ...
Thanks!
Andrew
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Brad Miller
United States
Seattle
Washington
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Solarquest
Sort of a monopoly in space, but not as terrible.
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Robert Sweeney
United States
Clinton Township
Michigan
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Battle Fleet Mars
Really shows the effect of matching orbits as each planet has its own "track"!
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M Stumptner
Australia
Unspecified
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LimboLance wrote: Battle Fleet MarsReally shows the effect of matching orbits as each planet has its own "track"!
But really not something I'd recommend for an 8 year old...
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Anthony Simons
United Kingdom
Royal Wootton Bassett
Wiltshire
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Game of Knowledge used the Solar System as the background for a quiz game.
Blast-off! was quite an interesting take on the space race.
I once had a copy of Solar Trader, which used a basic solar system layout IIRC. Never finished a game of that, though.
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Jeffrey McBeth
United States
Rochester
New York
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Triplanetary
Has some good solar system physics in it, and has similar mechanics to Racetrack
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Bill Eldard
United States
Burke
Virginia
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Windopaene wrote: SolarquestSort of a monopoly in space, but not as terrible.
I second that recommendation. It's even a bit educational since the deed cards have data on them.
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Hunga Dunga
United States
Portland
Oregon
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Man very early made jars stand up nearly perpendicular.
Only there's no perpendicular anymore.
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Avri Klemer
United States
NYC
New York
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Space Shuffle sounds like it might fit the bill . . .
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Melissa
Australia
Melbourne
Victoria
Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx
Mostly offline, but trying.
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nycavri wrote:
Our family liked Space Shuffle a lot. Not sure, though, whether there is an updated version reflecting the "new" solar system.
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Robert Wesley
Nepal
Aberdeen
Washington
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 Check out the following: Space Hop and Space Estate
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Benjamin Maggi
United States
Clifton Park
New York
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Eldard wrote: Windopaene wrote: SolarquestSort of a monopoly in space, but not as terrible. I second that recommendation. It's even a bit educational since the deed cards have data on them.
I third this recommendation. I started playing it around when I was 8 and still love it. Of course, as for the educational point mentioned, it DOES feature Pluto as a planet... :whistle:
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Rev. Mark Fischer
United States
Leavenworth
Kansas
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I have enjoyed playing Rocketmen a CCG that alows for a great deal of license for re-playability and imagination... My son and I took a black pressboard and splattered some white and yellow paint on it and whoala... instant solar system to play on... you could even make yoor own planets if you like... complete with mining colonies and other sorts of colonies for settling or conquering... The best part it has some really cool looking pseudo-sci-fi look to it... it is the best and a blast to play. Hope this is helpful.
Seasons greetings,
Rev. Mark
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Atomic wedgie
United States
Vancouver
Washington
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Buck Rogers: Battle for the 25th Century Game
This has plastic spaceships.
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Greg Gresik
United States
Bolingbrook
Illinois
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Benjamin Maggi wrote: Eldard wrote: Windopaene wrote: SolarquestSort of a monopoly in space, but not as terrible. I second that recommendation. It's even a bit educational since the deed cards have data on them. I third this recommendation. I started playing it around when I was 8 and still love it. Of course, as for the educational point mentioned, it DOES feature Pluto as a planet... 
Not only does it have actual pictures of the planets, but the moon numbers and names are all accurate. As has been mentioned, the backs of the "deeds" also have quite a bit of educational info (size, mass, distance, etc.)
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