Going to school and back again

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

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A true story of a boardgame addict that is a father also!!

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Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:20 pm

1. Board Game: Tsuro [Average Rating:6.47 Overall Rank:818]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

My kid is now 9 years old, and for some time that I play with him. Some games he likes a lot, another games he likes but are to much time for his attention span (more than 1 hour for a game and he starts flitting about, but I think that's normal for his age).

This photo was taken last June at LeiriaCon, when he played by himself against all adults, and come first!! He was really happy that day.

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Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:34 pm

2. Board Game: Alien High School [Average Rating:0.00 Unranked]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

So on the start of this schoolar year I attended as normal the local PTA meeting, my kid's teacher was talking about the possibility for the parents to bring to school something about the hobbies, and the like, and about how there where games out there that are completely different from the past, that help the kids to learn, etc.

Several days latter I talked with my wife and my kid about doing some kind of games workshop. My kid loved the idea so much that the very next day he spoke with the teacher. Long story short, in no time I was engaged to provide a workshop of gamming to a full class of 26 boys and girls!!!!

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Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:40 pm

3. Board Game: Tigris & Euphrates [Average Rating:7.89 Overall Rank:15]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

In a blink of an eye, I contacted my friend Vasco Chita (tiger) who prompty accepted my invitation to help me out.

Vasco is a great guy, who loves eurogames a lot and we are constantly picking each other across the field, I'm the AT-Random Dice lover, where he is the Non-thematic all mechanics gamer. But both our love for games brings us together.

This is my big THANKS to you Vasco!!! I hope we still have too many sleepless nights gaming in front of us!!

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Edited Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:50 pm
Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:44 pm

Vasco Chita

(tiger)

Portugal
Portela de Sacavem

I wasn't expecting for this one. And even picked my favorite game...

However, I still have the mission to turn your kid into a eurogamer. It will be obvious, once he reachs adolescence....

Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:58 pm
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4. Board Game: Twilight Struggle [Average Rating:8.32 Overall Rank:1]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

Than I remembered one guy that is constantly putting sessions of a sort of class of students that he coaches in boardgames: Merric Blackman (MerricB). And out of nowhere here I was pestering Merric with a lot of questions. He was really helpfull, answering my questions and giving some advices. For all this Merric my big THANKS!!!

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Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:56 pm

Merric Blackman

(MerricB)

Australia
Waubra
Victoria

Your mouse hovered over the badge? Congratulations! It has been immersed in acid and perished. Do you want to try again?

The monster you seek can be found somewhere in a tower in Terra Australis Ignota.

You're very welcome.

It's funny - when I first got into my "ad astra" boardgaming class, I had plans of demonstrating Caylus to them. As it has turned out, after almost a year, that hasn't happened. Instead, Tigris & Euphrates has probably been the most successful game...

What you've done is incredible, though. Congratulations!

Posted Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:29 am
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5. Board Game: Easy School [Average Rating:5.92 Overall Rank:5878]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

Than the big day come. My wife joined us and there we where, three adults looking to 26 students!!! But then we just put ourselves to work.

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Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:59 pm

Michele Mura

(Favar)

Italy
Pisa

Did you play Easy School with the students? Nice idea!

Posted Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:33 pm
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Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

Sorry, but no I did not. blush

Posted Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:10 am
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Michele Mura

(Favar)

Italy
Pisa

Firepigeon wrote:

Sorry, but no I did not. blush

Well.. What's the problem...? Anyway it could have been very funny to teach such game in a classroom...

(With Easy School you have to take examination without studying but cheating!)

Posted Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:03 am
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6. Board Game: Tsuro [Average Rating:6.47 Overall Rank:818]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

One of the tables was occupied with 8 kids to learn and play Tsuro. For 2 hours the kids were allways rotating in and out of this table.

My wife was the one supervising this one.

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Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:01 pm

7. Board Game: Blokus [Average Rating:7.15 Overall Rank:200]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

Blokus was another game with full occupation for 2 hours.

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Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:04 pm

8. Board Game: Hey, That's My Fish! [Average Rating:6.91 Overall Rank:322]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

Another game that took the kids to play and play again was Hey! That's My Fish!

Here's Vasco teaching it.

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Edited Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:05 pm
Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:05 pm

Laura Lawson

(lmlawson)

United States
Cincinnati
Ohio

Great photo!

I'm hoping to teach this to some of my daughter's third-grade classmates (she's also 9 years old). It's great to see the game being shared with youngsters.

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Posted Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:34 pm
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9. Board Game: Ingenious [Average Rating:7.33 Overall Rank:128]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

One game that took a long time but the kids where able to learn it and play to the end was Ingenious. My kid was also playing this one so the other kids where working hard to not be beyind.

This one I was closely watching at the start but after that I let my kid do the honors for the rest of the game.

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Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:08 pm

10. Board Game: Through the Desert [Average Rating:7.16 Overall Rank:191]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

My friend Vasco also come with this one that once it got the attention of the kids never more was alone.

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Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:09 pm

Vasco Chita

(tiger)

Portugal
Portela de Sacavem

I was worried, even after taking out the area enclosure rules. But they played it with entusiasm and without a problem....

It's my favorite gateway game: people always want to play a second time. It's faster and more good looking than Ticket To Ride USA (still my second place).

Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:06 pm
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Merric Blackman

(MerricB)

Australia
Waubra
Victoria

Your mouse hovered over the badge? Congratulations! It has been immersed in acid and perished. Do you want to try again?

The monster you seek can be found somewhere in a tower in Terra Australis Ignota.

I'm impressed. I wouldn't have pegged TTD as a gateway game, but - then again - I don't own it so I'm not as familiar with it as I probably should be. It certainly plays fast, though.

Posted Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:26 am
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I suck at Bingo .... but I don't mind

(KrisVerbeeck)

Belgium
Mol

tiger wrote:

It is the perfect gateway game. Allthough your action is allways the same so it is easy to play you can accomplish very different things with your action and the sum of your actions.

- reach an oasis, block an oasis,
- pick a waterhole
- enclose an area
- make the longest caravan in a colour

there is a lot of math involved in that game and the game is easy to analyse after it has been played. This game helps you to improve on your insight and perception skills. Basic skills that improve your scoring in other games.

Posted Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:03 am
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11. Board Game: Wooly Bully [Average Rating:6.17 Overall Rank:1531]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

I just remembered, this one also got at least two full rounds with 4 students each time!!

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Posted Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:13 am

12. Board Game: Spiel [Average Rating:6.20 Overall Rank:3218]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

and for those kids with less attention, I grabbed this and put them to play one of the dextery games that are possible to play in it.

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Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:11 pm

13. Board Game: Magical School [Average Rating:5.62 Unranked]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

And we all make it back all in one piece!!!

After all this was a great afternoon, and already the other teachers of the other classes are asking if I can arrange for other workshops.

My big thanks specially to my wife and Vasco!!! I'm just sorry to not have more photos but you may have guessed it: I forgot to bring the camera!!

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Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:13 pm

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Antonio B-D

(abendoso)

Spain
Madrid
Madrid

Moito obrigado!

I won't pretend to speak portuguese, nor will I make an effort in Portuñol (a horrible mix of Spanish and Portuguese) but I had to congratulate you for your list and your experience. Keep the Iberian gamers coming!!

Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:31 pm
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Gabe Alvaro

(blindspot)

United States
Berkeley
California

Great list! Very inspiring!

Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:15 pm
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Carlos Abrunhosa

(Abruk)

Portugal
Aveiro

Parabéns Pombeiro, deste-me vontade de levar os jogos para a sala de aula, mas na verdade não tenho a maioria dos jogos que tu levas-te para a turma do teu filho! Mas vou bolar um plano!

Posted Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:18 am
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Leonardo Teixeira

(leoesu)

United States
Stroudsburg
Pennsylvania

Muito legal a sua lista. Tenho usado jogos tambem em aulas ate mesmo a nivel universitario. Recentemente usei Pass the Bomb numa aula que dou de espanhol IV. Foi um sucesso. O pessoal gostou demais. Minha esposa que eh professora de primeiro grau usa nossos jogos diretos na sala de aula na faixa etaria de 6 a 9 anos.

Posted Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:24 am
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Pedro Godinho

(Zenao)

Portugal
Vila Nova de Gaia
Porto

Indeed very inspiring. Congrats Pombeiro.

I've also done some school demos but would never thought on DdW (TTD) which in fact is a great idea.

Starting up with Jungle Speed or Halli Galli and finishing withDancing Eggs its an advice.

Jungle Smart, Rat-a-Tat Cat and Carcassonne shouldn't be forgotten.

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