Tonight was Game Night at my daughter's elementary school. It was a neat idea. There were plenty of games on hand and free popcorn and water. The game selection is about what you'd guess for an elementary school game night: Trouble, Connect Four, Life, Chutes and Ladders, Clue Jr., Candyland and more. There were even a couple of chess boards, but my ego was in no shape to take a beating by a seven-year-old. At lest when I used to play ChessMaster on my PC, I always had the fallback that six-year-old Cassie is really a well-written AI engine in disguise.

Anyway, families were allowed to bring their own games. We didn't; I initially wasn't looking for any reasons to stay later than necessary. My loss. But I did notice someone had brought off-the-beaten-path game of The Kids of Catan. It looked interesting. (I've heard of Settlers of Catan but haven't played it. I think.) Unfortunately, I didn't get to try many games as my social butterfly of a daughter was speedgaming - a move in one game here, a couple of moves in other games there - and there wasn't really time. Oh well. We still had lots of fun though!

Posted by John at Thursday January 26, 2006 - 9:03 PM | Category: Board Games | © 2006 Gaming Signal

Just curious, but why didn't you anticipate this would be a fun event?

Posted by Scott on Friday January 27, 2006 at 3:40 PM

It wasn't that I wasn't anticpating fun; I thought it was a cool idea. With my "stay later than necessary" comment I meant that I was on the wrong side of tired and Selfish Dad was hoping Wide-Eyed Kid wouldn't have too much fun and keep him out late.

Posted by John on Saturday January 28, 2006 at 12:02 AM