Re: simple rules for non-gamers

On Friday, Feb 13, 2004, at 07:12 Europe/London, Andrae Muys wrote:

> My boss just asked me for advice regarding a simple set of rules 
> suitable for his children to play with (ages 7/9).  He's not a gamer, 
> so I'm wondering if anyone knows of anything that might be suitable. 
> Probably WWII or SF.

It depends whether he's planning to play as well...

If he is, then FT-lite will work. As will Power Projection: Escort. I 
know the latter will work because we've demo'd at cons for father/son 
combinations. The kids usually get vector movement before the adults.

First wargame I bought was Ogre - must have been around 10 at the time. 
In its original form it's pretty simple. Before that I played some WW2 
stuff with the old HO scale airfix figs and a small (A5) hardcover book 
on designing wargames that I got from the library (by Charles umm can't 
remember, it's 23 years ago!).

Actually, it's a shame that you don't see Microgames like you used to 
;-) There again, at the age of 7 I was more than happy making up who 
won when we fought SF wargames with the die-cast Star Wars X-Wings and 
TIE fighters ;-)

Cheers,

Dom

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