[Leica] IMGs: Simply… strange…

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

The current crop of computer games (NOT arcade games, mind you) are eons
better than Solitaire or Flight Simulators. They are totally immersive,
with great narrative stories, voice overs by top level movie stars,
excellent soundtracks,  and all of you should really try one some time. It
makes a nice diversion from Photoshop.....:-)

What about the new crop of board games? Like this one, for example:

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica

There is no dice rolls in these games, so no element of luck, and it is
purely strategy that gets you through, and I personally think that young
adults can learn a lot by playing. They are deep and require you to play
multiple times, and more importantly, to think obliquely, to learn the
strategy. You have games that finish in half an hour to some that take 3-4
hours to complete. Most of the really interesting ones are designed in
Mainland Europe....

There is no better way than this for family bonding across generations. My
sons (38 yo and 35 yo) own about 45 board games, and we make it a point to
play at least once a week on Sundays whenever possible, with my wife and/or
daughter in law as well.

Those interested could do much worse than starting with the classic "Brass"
(now "Brass - Lancashire", another extension of which "Brass-Birmingham"
can be pre ordered from Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/roxley/brass-an-industrial-revolution

Cheers
Jayanand






On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com>
wrote:

> George
>
> This is a great series of b&w images with beautiful lighting, so very well
> done.
>
> Like others I have never understood the fascination of adults for computer
> games, and Britain is now a major player in the industry. We even have TV
> programmes devoted to them.
>
> Gerry
>
> Gerry Walden LRPS
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> > On 30 Jun 2017, at 14:10, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at icloud.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On Jun 29, 2017, at 10:42 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I understand this - I am hopelessly addicted to Role Playing Games on
> the
> >> PC!
> >>
> >> Nicely captured!
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Jayanand
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 5:44 AM, George Lottermoser <
> >> george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> C & C always welcome and appreciated
> >>>
> >>> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=12137>
> >
> > Interesting.
> > I’ve never been able to stick to a computer game of any sort
> > for more than 10 to 20 minutes.
> > And those times could be counted on one hand.
> > (except when entertaining children on iPad)
> >
> > Thanks for looking and commenting Jayanand
> >
> > fond regards,
> >
> > George
> >
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