Tag: family
Raising a creative child
Creativity is essential While not everyone will agree, I feel that one of the greatest gifts you can provide for your child is the ability to be creative. Thinking with a creative mind allows a person to not only develop novel solutions to a problem they are faced with, but…
Crossover Board Games
We have found that while we really love our truly gamer geared board games, we are always on the lookout for those games that have great general appeal. In our house this are referred to as cross-over games and they can bring both gamers and non-gamers to the table for…
Human ashes
My dad’s ash spreading As you may know from previous posts my father passed away in March of this year. Tomorrow would have been his 67th birthday and we will be gathering as a family for a spaghetti dinner and to spread his ashes. All of this brings to mind…
Boffering goes mainstream
My first encounter with boffer combat was through my college boyfriend playing a home grown LARP (Live Action Role-Playing) Game. We wore period style clothing, and used boffer weapons for combat. Our group played each Sunday at Mt. Tabor Park in Portland, OR. It is actually where I got to…
How not to lose your kid in a crowd
Looking for a way to make sure your young, or freaked out, lost child can get back to your caring arms? I know when we have taken our kids into crowded places like conventions, zoos, or bigger places like Disney World we are always trying to keep an eye on…
The power of belief
Gamers are well known for their imagination, at least those gamers that play rpgs or LARPs. How else can we dream up characters, recreate scenes in our heads, or plan out wild adventures to run our player’s characters through. For us our imagination is the butter for our bread, without…
Cheeky Monkey
>Another game we added to our ever growing collection this Christmas was the Cheeky Monkey Game . This is a kids game that my in-laws picked up for my 6 year old daughter. The game is one I discovered at this last Gamestorm and was excited for us to add…
Bringing your kids to Orycon
Kids and Con Perhaps one of the greatest challenges I have in being a gamer parent is how to incorporate my kids into my gamer life. Specifically without boring them and without them driving me crazy. Orycon is exactly one of those challenges. I didn’t discover Orycon until my husband…
Gamer Shirts
What Sci-fi Convention trip is complete without appropriate t-shirt, hoodies and other clothing to wear during the day before costume time his in the evening? Even more so for gaming cons like Gamestorm. My personal shopping favorite for my con day wear comes from Cafepress, sure the prices can be…
