5/20/2023 0 Comments Kod friendly stratego gameBut wait, there’s more, don’t touch the sides or you will get “buzzed” and poor Sam will die. ![]() Didn’t we tell our children not to eat rubber bands…but now Sam has one in his leg?Īnd, my God, the pressure! Asking our little Sally to remove a broken heart has to be traumatizing. What if they think we really have rubber bands and miniature horses in our bodies. Let’s face it, children aren’t smart and they are impressionable. The Bad: I’ll skip the over the disconcerting open body cavities “Sam the patient” is exposing to your family, but the medical misinformation is reprehensible. The Good: Operation is the classic skill and action game where you’re the doctor! The Ugly: Breaking the spirit of a child or adult is large price to pay for 40 minutes of ups and down, mostly downs. Oh, and if you think you might actually win, well that’s when your kid hits the jackpot and takes the tallest ladder in the game and steals the victory. I mean, what the heck is going on? Yeah, you’re going down a chute now, buddy, except the chute is a set of steps leading down to your parent’s basement, because you can’t roll a freakin’ 6 to get to the big ladder in the game of life…uh, I mean the game of Chutes & Ladders. Just like in life, you move forward trying to get to the ladder (of success?) and you move up then before you know it you are back where you started when the chute gets you, and you’re wondering where the the last 5 years of your life went. But learning those hard lessons before you have lost all your baby teeth is a bit stressing on a child. The Bad: This game teaches the way life really works, which is good. The Good: This delightful game is simple and easy to play, even for children who can’t read. ![]() The Ugly: You child takes a real interest in explosives after seeing how simple it is to disarm a bomb in Stratego. Callous and indifference are the lessons learned here on the scorched cardboard that used to be a peaceful, evenly spaced grid. Heartlessly you then send another scout to his death, finding another bomb so the General can move forward. For example, you send a scout forward and he lands on a bomb no problem because you can send the miner to disarm it. I say it teaches you to sacrifice the weak so the strong may survive. The Bad: What better way to teach your child the horrors of war than with some plastic pawns that are given a numeric value. The Good: Stratego is a unique blend of strategy, memorization, and unit management. The Ugly: After your toddler beats you for the third time, getting any respect from them will be near impossible and your road to parenting just detoured into the Gooey Gumdrops. My advice: Never play a game with a child, unless you are guaranteed to win. And can we please change her name to something more palatable, no pun intended. Gramma Nutt may not be there to save you. Even worse, you could lose by a considerable margin if you get lost in Lollipop Woods or stuck in Molasses Swamp. As a thirty-something adult, your life is going downhill fast enough and the last thing your self-confidence needs is a can of butt-whup opened by someone whose diaper you were changing this morning. Sure, you want your kid to win, but on your terms. ![]() The Bad: This is basically a game of pure chance, which means there is a very real possibility you will lose to your 3-year-old without you intentionally throwing the game. The Good: The game teaches color recognition and matching while reinforcing the lesson of taking turns and being a gracious winner or loser.
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