Heroscape for Kids

As a father to a couple of young kids, I am always looking for ways to include them into my gaming interests. One game in particular which is holding my attention is Heroscape.

Its a hex-based fantasy battle game that comes with pre-painted figures and battle units. It reminds me of some of Games Workshop's better family/visual based boardgames. My eldest daughter is interested in "little statues" and with hopefully a developing interest in rules and playing boardgames, I think this game will do the trick.

Has anyone bought this game or could recommend a similar or better game?

pete_darby (194.60.106.5)

30th Nov, 2007 14:20 (local)

Got it, play it with my nine year old, it's no stretch for him at all, quite fun (though takes as long to set up as to play... but is fun to set up)...

Search for it on the Argos site, they often have it for £7.50 or under...

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lawbag (86.149.178.39)

30th Nov, 2007 14:44 (local)

cheers, Ive seen them advertise on their website.

the game is meant to be £40 so 7.50, they are keen to offload it then?

my 2 daughters are 5 and 2 (give or take a few months)

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pete_darby (194.60.106.5)

30th Nov, 2007 14:55 (local)

Yeah, they were clearing out the old master set to make way for the new one at xmas... nothing on the website now, but ebay often has them around a tenner + postage.

5 should be okay: the only math intensive part is army building.

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seriouspaul (75.40.237.38)

30th Nov, 2007 14:43 (local)

I've been seriously considering purchasing it for my kids, as they're nearly old enough to start grasping the concepts. They love game night at my house-and enjoy watching me and my friends game.

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lawbag (86.149.178.39)

30th Nov, 2007 14:45 (local)

it was Animallball threads that really interested me.

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seriouspaul (75.40.237.38)

30th Nov, 2007 14:47 (local)

I haven't read any of them in recent months, but I know in the past that both Brasky and Mike have dabbled in it. Before they started posting about it a friend of mine, Gyro-who games with us-bought it and brought it over. Since then I've seen potential in it for kids.

I know they do Marvel Superheroes, and a few other cool and easily recognizable lines.

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Pregnancy No. 2

Saturday, January 14, 2006

Pregnancy No. 2

Right, the wife has announced that she is pregnant, well, I kinda guessed as much too, but then it hit me. That means when sprog no. 2 turns up (a) no gaming for quite some time (last kid was almost 2 years!) and (b) the snip.

I've heard of gamers retiring, or hanging up their dice bags and passing them on to the next generation, but role-playing is such a part of my life, that I will not go gently into the dark light. So what other gaming possibilities are there?

Lets do a little review, but not in a scientific way, just anecdotal or rubbish one.
(a) online games, replacement table-top gaming - well apparently none of these work well enough, plus you still have to get the group together (problems with transatlantic players etc) plus the amount of work required just isnt fun
(b) play close-enough PC games e.g. Dungeon Siege or World of Warcraft etc..., well these work, but only for a short time. Not really suitable for the casual gamer because of the power levels of the other players.
(c) other forms of postal gaming using a forum, IRC or email. again these just dont work due to lack of discipline, plus they tend to wander into storytelling and might as well be fan-fic based on you current game. The adventures tend to be about games you could never run in a group session.
Im sure there are other forms of gaming, role-playing that is, but I'll just have to read about other peoples games before one day coming back. Be interesting to see what games arrive when I do!