<story><title>The Rise of German Board Games</title><url>https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/01/german-board-games-catan/550826/?single_page=true</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>koonsolo</author><text>For me, it&amp;#x27;s always a challenge to play board games with my kids.&lt;p&gt;They are now 8, 6 and 4, and none of them wants to lose. It always ends up with someone crying, sometimes with all of them crying (including the winner).&lt;p&gt;For other parents who have the same issue: I was able to &amp;quot;fix&amp;quot; this situation by declaring the winner as the person who is able to take defeat without crying. After that I mostly can declare all of them winners. Sometimes I&amp;#x27;m able to end the game nicely like that.&lt;p&gt;Just saying that playing a board game with small kids is not always as easy as your imagine it to be.&lt;p&gt;EDIT: One more thing: there are some nice co-op games for kids, and with those I never have a problem. A real recommendation!</text></item><item><author>5_minutes</author><text>I love playing board games with my kids, gets them away from anything digital: nintendo’s, ipads or tv stuff.&lt;p&gt;And hey having a 8 year old thinking about his Stratego setup, is a good thing!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>qznc</author><text>I believe dealing with your emotions (especially frustration in the case of losing) is one of the big teachings of board games.&lt;p&gt;At least, this believe is my only reason for playing certain games with my kids like Snakes-and-Ladders. I fail to recognize them as actual games because there are practically no decisions to be made. With most games, I can let my kids win by making stupid decisions. With Snakes there is no such option. The dice can force me to win and my kids have to deal with losing.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Rise of German Board Games</title><url>https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/01/german-board-games-catan/550826/?single_page=true</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>koonsolo</author><text>For me, it&amp;#x27;s always a challenge to play board games with my kids.&lt;p&gt;They are now 8, 6 and 4, and none of them wants to lose. It always ends up with someone crying, sometimes with all of them crying (including the winner).&lt;p&gt;For other parents who have the same issue: I was able to &amp;quot;fix&amp;quot; this situation by declaring the winner as the person who is able to take defeat without crying. After that I mostly can declare all of them winners. Sometimes I&amp;#x27;m able to end the game nicely like that.&lt;p&gt;Just saying that playing a board game with small kids is not always as easy as your imagine it to be.&lt;p&gt;EDIT: One more thing: there are some nice co-op games for kids, and with those I never have a problem. A real recommendation!</text></item><item><author>5_minutes</author><text>I love playing board games with my kids, gets them away from anything digital: nintendo’s, ipads or tv stuff.&lt;p&gt;And hey having a 8 year old thinking about his Stratego setup, is a good thing!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Angostura</author><text>For playing with kids try Forbidden Island. Has elements of Pandemic apparently (I haven&amp;#x27;t played Pandemic) cooperative, games typically don&amp;#x27;t take more than about half an hour.</text></comment>