GamerDad has a series of articles up at the moment covering Gen Con. Several of the games sound pretty good, from the upcoming DOOM board game to Zombies!! (Ok, I admit, I have a thing for the horror genre. Scary movies, scary games, scary books, it's all good...)
Gaming has always been a staple of life. Be it board games, card games, video games you name it I've dabbled around with it. The girls are starting to get big enough that we can get them involved as well. McKenna has some mad MarioKart Double Dash skills and she's starting to develop some decent strategy skills from a board game called Gobblet. A friend of mine comes over once a week for some form of entertainment ranging from games to movies. Munchkin is a popular choice for gaming as are Catan and Carcassonne.
I'm glad that gaming is starting to go more mainstream. You can learn a lot from games - strategy, lateral thinking, hand/eye coordination - and you can also just have a great time and bring people closer together. I've often been tempted to try my hand at making some sort of game but just haven't jumped in and done it.
So, go read about Gen Con, look for something new and get some family or friends together and make a night of it.
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