by MathPickle | Oct 31, 2015 |
Coconuts (2-4 players; 15 minutes; ages 5+) This is an absolutely brilliant dexterity game for Kindergarten students, but older students and adults will have a pretty good time too. Parents will often be beaten. The real joy in this game is how elegantly different...
by MathPickle | Oct 31, 2015 |
Chateau Roquefort (2-4 players; 30 minutes; ages 6+) This game had a pleasing mix of memory, strategy and luck. The strategy is sufficient that parents will beat most grade 1 students. That’s ok, but must be managed carefully depending on the child. The game is...
by MathPickle | Oct 31, 2015 |
Get Bit! 3-6 players; 20 minutes; ages 6+ A high fraction of children around grade 1-2 will enjoy Get Bit! It has the muted violence of having robots being attacked by a hungry shark. Cards are played each turn and the slowest robot ends up suffering the loss of a...
by MathPickle | Sep 20, 2015 |
Calculus (Gordon Hamilton, 1997) Calculus is my second strategy game and it fills me with joy every time I play it. Unlike Santorini, it is not pure strategy because there is an element of perception involved. Calculus is perfectly suited for app development. If you...
by MathPickle | Aug 19, 2015 |
King of Tokyo is a most engaging, beautiful game – with great monsters and fun cartoon-style humour mid-1900s – style. The game itself is elegantly designed with reasonably simple rules. It contains too much luck for some people. On the right...
