Family Night

The Pulp Gamer Crew

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Bring your family together with some hidden gems of entertainment, and learn more about the value good games bring into your life.

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PGFN 018: Developing Strategy

Games are a great way to exercise planning and execution. Today we talk about strategy and tactics, the differences between them, how they are applied in games, and how much fun it is to stay sharp.

We first looked at Kids of Carcassonne. Its a light version of the popular tile game, Carcassonne, and enjoyed by the entire family. It is especially pleasing to see eyes light up when the young ones figure out the strategy to beating their parents at this game.

We then went on a Catan Adventure with Candamir: The First Settlers. This has all the elements of an adventure game without the overhead. Characters adventure to improve the town and grow with experience. This one filled the need to explore while staying within a reasonable game time. Its a definite must-have.

Our Catan Adventure continued with Elusand: The First City. This time, we are building a walled city. Plan and place your buildings wisely to gain the resources you need to win the game. Pirates will hinder your progress, as will your opponents as they build right over the top of your prized buildings. This one gave us some exciting conflict to fight through.

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From: Karen – May 18,2009 at 11:21 am

I love your podcasts--I also listen to the Pulp Gamer podcast. While catching up on your older casts, I heard about Pandemic. So though we're late getting started with it, I wanted to thank you & let you know how much our family is enjoying the game. We have a 10 and 8 year old who are both excited to play it often. Even our 8 year old is able to participate quite well, especially because of the cooperative "table talk" for strategy.
Thanks for t all of your work with the podcasts! Karen