21 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 17 Mar \ on: How Stacker News is like Race for the Galaxy meta
Nice analogy. Race for the Galaxy sounds fun. Is it good for kids?
Every Sunday the kids and I go visit my parents for an early dinner, which is more like a late lunch for us but dinner for my parents, and we usually all play a board game after dinner for a couple hours before we need to leave an pick up my wife from work. So we are always looking to try a new board game provided it is kid friendly (13 and 5- I usually play with my 5 year old so it can be a bit challenging but not too challenging she doesn't understand what is going on).
Hmm. It's definitely good for older kids (your 13-year-old will be fine with it). I'm not sure if it may or may not get too complicated for your younger one (it's largely text-free, but there are symbols to learn:
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It's been a bit since I've had a kid that young, but there's a series from Looney Labs called Fluxx that are a blast for kids, with lots of the chaos they tend to enjoy, but also work well for adults (and each game plays in less than five minutes).
We also used to love a game called Tsuro that's a gorgeous and simple game about building paths: 