I like to play games, I don’t do it as often as I really want to (I’m an introvert so even hanging out with friends can be a little much, then again- maybe I’m “on the spectrum” as the hip educators say nowadays). In the group I tend to game with I’m considered “the Saint of the Unopened Game.” You see I really like looking at games and the worlds they create, but I don’t play them that often (see introvert comment) so I go out and buy a game, and then I never play it. Currently Star Wars Armada is leading the pack of “games I have yet to play.” I bring this up because tonight was my class’s first “field trip” to the game store. Our local game shop (Saltire Games) lets me have a room once a month so my students and their families can play some of the games we play at school. Tonight I brought in: King of Tokyo, Hey! That’s My Fish!, 7 ate 9, Word on the Street, and The Three Pigs. I figured the kids that came out would learn a new game and teach their parents some game they already know. The results of the evening was, I won: Hey! That’s My Fish! – twice, and King of Tokyo once. I don’t let kids win, if they actually win (and they do win), they deserve the accolades, no participation ribbons from me! For being the first time this year the turn out wasn’t what I had hoped, but with everything else going on, and my class being experts at not showing their parents anything, it was expected. If you happen to be in the neighborhood on the first Tuesday of the month, drop by. Alumni of my class are always welcome- no matter how old you may be! Remember: you win some, you lose some, so who knows how you’ll do?
If you do want to win- play against me in chess. My older brother was always better at it than I was, basically, I’m terrible.