Age that your kids began building battlefields?
Hi everyone, but especially parents,
So joy of joys, my kids are finally of the age that they are really interested in Heroscape! But woe of woes they still seem to be too young to build the battlefields. Today, 2 water tiles got snapped. Fortunately, it was on the edges so still should be usable, but still... it's not like terrain is easily replaceable anymore. I know that some of it is due to the plastic getting more brittle over time, but I'm curious when 'Scapers with kids let their little ones go crazy with the tiles and their imaginations, and any guidelines you used when they were on the younger side. Note, that my kids are respectful with my stuff. It's just that sometimes it's a little hard to get things together or apart and when they get stuck, they use force rather than finesse. Thanks for any insight that any of you can offer! |
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Typically I take it apart and he sorts them into the appropriate location. When he was younger I’d let him hunt the pieces needed and I would build it. Let him help out and be a part of it. |
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Very helpful to draw the distinction between building and tearing down. The two water tiles that broke did happen during tear down, so that might be a good rule to implement right away.
I'd welcome any insight others have as well! I'm so eager to get my kids into it... but not if their enthusiasm wrecks the collection! |
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I am leery about letting my teens at youth group build and take down, as a lot of stuff has gotten very, very brittle and breaks on me. But it's unclear what factors into it - some pieces are as durable as day 1 and others are brittle overall. I have lost 4 or 5 24-hex pieces since moving the collection to Germany. I am just thankful the figures stand up much better to time and my terrain collection is large enough that it doesn't hurt too badly (I mean it hurts, but I rarely build with everything, so I haven't really noticed it yet
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The rules I have implemented are:
* Only Dad takes things apart. * No water tiles The second rule led to many tears and unfortunately, the rules seem to have dampened enthusiasm significantly but I think that they are appropriate for now as I don't have the size of collection that allows for things to break. I suppose I should add that my kids are 5.5 and almost 3 and only the younger one has actually broken any pieces, so I guess it seems that I was a little overly enthusiastic getting the kids into building anyway... but that part is just so darn fun! I guess I've been overall pretty lucky! Other than the water tiles, I don't think I've had any other breakages... except the base of the large tree of RttFF, but that one just seems crazy brittle. Thanks again for your insight! I'll update if my rules change in any way going forward! |
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Anyone have any playing tips for young children? I just started letting my 4 year old play but he has no patience. lol. He loves just setting up all the figures onto the map and pretend fighting. Or is that all I can expect for now?
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Awesome tips, japes. Will have to try them for sure. I did notice he quickly understood the basic concept of skulls vs shields, so it sounds like the other things may come naturally over time. Thanks
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The basics from a kids level...counting Move and Range, subtracting shields from skulls... We played the Basic Side of the cards exactly one time...ONE. |
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My 6yo's first effort:
https://www.heroscapers.com/download...4%20am_D4k.jpg Probably a little while before we're troubling the BoV judges. She's not that interested in playing though unfortunately. She'd rather just free-play with the figures. (She hasn't really taken to board games in general. Yet.) |
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Cool.
I like the gap. I feel that is an under utilized map feature. |
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