Hating on Candyland: Why most games for kids are awful

Re:Hating on Candyland: Why most games for kids are awful by andrewflnr on Saturday April 16, 2011 @05:32PM (#2454900)

I know what you mean. It doesn't get interesting until you start making deals and trades with the other players, especially when everyone agrees to relax the rules a little. The plotting starts to get messy as you try to figure out who is getting screwed worse in a given deal, or when you have to work out three-way trades.

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Re:Hating on Candyland: Why most games for kids are awful by burgerbrain on Saturday April 16, 2011 @05:36PM (#2454908)

I find a much better game if you're into "deals" is Risk. You know you've had fun when the cleanup involves finding all the pieces that were put on ballistic paths in the final forfeit gesture of the game... good times.

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Re:Hating on Candyland: Why most games for kids are awful by sidek on Sunday April 17, 2011 @01:16AM (#2455614)

Risk is incredibly frustrating, though. I cannot tell you how many times 18-man armies have been mowed down by lone men

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Re:Hating on Candyland: Why most games for kids are awful by apetresc on Sunday April 17, 2011 @05:17PM (#2457045)

Are you playing the Spartan version of Risk, by any chance?

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