My church's cub scout pack had a meeting tonight. The theme was "Collections". One of the adults knew I had a large (to them anyway) board game collection and invited me to show it off tonight. Soo...I hauled all my games down to my car, packed them in as best I could, slowly drove to the church and set up.
I was surprised at how many tables I took up. It's a lot more impressive looking when they are all spread out. It was fun to answer a bunch of questions (mostly from the parents) about games and over all I had a good time. It sure was different from the usual baseball cards, beanie babies, pokemon cards, etc that were there - although I have to admit there were some pretty cool collections as well.
Probably the most frequent comment made was: "Games at our house never last that long. The kids destroy them." or something along those lines. When that happened, I turned to my kids who accompanied me (none are old enough for cub scouts yet) and asked them what "Dad's Rule" was. They promptly took on serious faces and replied: "Don't touch Daddy's games!" Then I smiled. I never let on what condition their games were in...
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Yes, it was collection month....wish I had done the same. Hope you were able to interest new gamers.
"Probably the most frequent comment made was: "Games at our house never last that long. The kids destroy them." or something along those lines. When that happened, I turned to my kids who accompanied me (none are old enough for cub scouts yet) and asked them what "Dad's Rule" was. They promptly took on serious faces and replied: "Don't touch Daddy's games!" Then I smiled. I never let on what condition their games were in... "
Why? I have three kids, two of which are old enough to play games themselves with friends (8 and 10). I don't mind if they drag out something that I know that they have played before and can handle (and explain, if need be). I have the games since I like to play games. There are a couple of games that I have partly because I like their old-time retro looks as well and wouldn't want destroyed, but they are games that don't have much child appeal anyway. As long as the children try to play the games they bring out seriously and don't leave them half-played, all over the place, I don't have a problem with them playing whatever's in the game cabinet. As long as the games get back into the box, I don't mind it being played. The more they like to play games, the better chances I have of finding someone to play something with.
I just tell them "Guard them with your lives, little grasshoppers"...
But now, seriously, I even encourage them to take the games when they go meet their friends. They have been making a few converts themselves!
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