Hello, I am Andrew Ulysses Baker. I design games and release them under the moniker "Games For Bryan". My legacy, Bryan, is often my playtester and codesigner. I design games in my spare time, anyway. My current focus on children's games is due to most children's games being hot garbage. HABA games are really good, but of course, Target doesn't stock those.
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Fri, 10/09/2015 - 00:12
Mon, 10/12/2015 - 10:21
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Hello.
Hi Andrew,
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Mon, 10/12/2015 - 23:41
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AndrewUBaker wrote:My current
My current focus on children's games is due to most children's games being hot garbage.
I'm surprised to hear you say that. My family has found quite a few great games for our son, especially if you include established titles, like Sequence or Reversi, which my son is disturbingly good at. I'm not sure how old Bryan is, but we've gotten a lot of mileage these past four years out of old MB titles, like Screaming Eagles and Thunder Road -- both in terms of play and inspiration for game mechanics. There are a few Fantasy Flight titles that we enjoy breaking out, like Black Sheep, and now that my son is 9, he is really getting into games like Descent and Super Dungeon Explore.
I'm a big fan of Hape's line of bamboo games. They aren't particularly innovative, but the quality of the components adds a lot of replay value for my family, so we end up playing lots of Quattro, even though it is essentially Connect Four, which my son has less interest in. I feel like Animal Upon Animal is the essential Haba game. In both cases, the wood components inspire me to save the games for future grandchildren, whereas I'm perfectly happy to chuck old plastic ones.
Bryan is just turning 6. His current favorite game seems to be Richard Ritterschlag. Second favorite is Animal Upon Animal. I've just played so many endless games of Sorry and Trouble, as well as some truly execrable thematic games for children that he received as gifts. Candy Land is banned.