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Well, I just lost to my 7 year old for the first time...
...and I'm sure not the last time.
We tried the basic version a couple years ago, but I found it kinda meh, so I packed it away with plans to break it out again when he was ready for the master rules. He's coincidentally been asking about it recently, and The News really jump started me, so today we did the full thing. He picked his own army, managed his own OMs and was responsible for his own movement and tactical decisions. He only needed a couple reminders for stuff like height or to check special rules on a card. I think it helped his quick grasp of HS that he's waaay into board games. Star Wars Risk is one of his favorites, so he already experienced at making skirmish decisions and prioritizing actions based on how things are going. For posterity, his army was Shurrak, Werewolf Lord and WoB x2, and I took DW8K, Brunak and Vipers x2. |
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Re: Well, I just lost to my 7 year old for the first time...
Nice story. I've always thought Heroscape is a great game for teaching kids reading comprehension and arithmetic.
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Re: Well, I just lost to my 7 year old for the first time...
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Also K, I used to give my son larger armies than myself so I didn’t have to hold back and it could still be fun for both. He got to see real strategy and not daddy taking it easy strategy and I think it helped develop his skills. As he got better army totals came closer and closer. He beats me more than I beat him now. He’s 14 now but started before Starting school and he never wanted to play basic…he wanted to use Iron Mans powers. Enjoy and I hope you have many more years of enjoyment Would I want it to be everything I love...sure...but that's just not realistic so I'm going to focus on finding things that will make me unhappy and work on fixing those. |
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Re: Well, I just lost to my 7 year old for the first time...
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Last edited by Killometer; September 5th, 2022 at 09:58 PM. Reason: I didn't mean to make him cry, and I only took the pic because it was adorable how passionate he was, not out of mean-spirite |
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Re: Well, I just lost to my 7 year old for the first time...
I introduced my 7 year old (well, she’ll be 7 in December) and her 5 year old sister to a makeshift version of the basic rules using the Marvel set recently. They’re kindergarten and first grade, and are both learning reading and math basics in school; I’m optimistic that Heroscape will be a good tool to help them with those skills, while also providing some good father-daughter bonding (hah, a Heroscape pun).
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Re: Well, I just lost to my 7 year old for the first time...
Both my kids started playing at age 8. I didn't think they'd be able to pick up on it until then.
Since introducing them, I have a roughly 10% per cent win ratio. Of course the oldest just started to university and the other is looking forward to driving lessons. Just when you thought it was all right, someone made it alright. Good trades with - Porkins / xraine69 / mac122 (x2) / frylock / Ztimster (x2) and probably others I forgotten to mention...sorry. Last edited by AMIS; September 6th, 2022 at 06:35 AM. Reason: Then they stared reprogramming my phone on me...rotten little...grumble, grumble, grumble |
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Re: Well, I just lost to my 7 year old for the first time...
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Formerly known as capsocrates -- Remixed Master Sets - challenge yourself with new terrain combinations! -- Colorado Fall 2023 Multiplayer Madness -- caps's Customs Redux - caps's multiplayer maps - caps's maps - Seagate -- Continuing Classic Heroscape: C3V SoV |
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Re: Well, I just lost to my 7 year old for the first time...
1-1 now. 240 vs 360 wasn't quite enough of a handicap. I'm going to start running through C-F tier units that I usually have had to avoid when playing my hyper-competitive brother or at tourneys. I'm looking forward to getting some play time with some figs that have never seen a hex.
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Re: Well, I just lost to my 7 year old for the first time...
Blame the dice.
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