by Ellie Dix | Oct 24, 2019 | Board Game Families, Games and Puzzles to Play
As I child I played loads of pen and paper games, especially with my granny, who, to my young mind, seemed to know several hundred. For the most part, it was just the two of us, playing games together in her granny flat. It was glorious. One of my favourites was...
by Ellie Dix | Oct 17, 2019 | Board Game Families, Games and Puzzles to Play
Last week my son, Bertie, and I had a go at making a Hexapawn machine. We were inspired by listening to Geoff Engelstein talk about the Hexapawn in his GameTek segment on The Dice Tower podcast. The Hexapawn demonstrates machine learning in a very simple way. All you...
by Ellie Dix | Jul 18, 2019 | Games and Puzzles to Play
My younger son, Bertie, is a regular listener to Spitballers Comedy Podcast. Every episode, the presenters do a ‘mock draft’ inspired by American Football mock drafts, where participants recruit different players to their fantasy team. On the podcast, mock drafts...
by Ellie Dix | Jun 13, 2019 | Games and Puzzles to Play
Racing Demon has it’s root in patience; but it’s not a game you can play on your own and patience is not a skill you’ll need to play. It’s best played with loads of other people – as many as you can cram around a table. And it’s...
by Ellie Dix | May 30, 2019 | Games and Puzzles to Play, Stories from my board game family
Last week I was chatting to my sister, Susie, about our childhood memories of game-playing and she started chuckling when remembering the games we used to play when on car journeys. One of our favourite games was Legs. To play Legs you need to avoid the motorway and...
by Ellie Dix | May 9, 2019 | Games and Puzzles to Play
When you find yourself with a few minutes to spare, a child or friend to play with and no game on hand. Try Sprouts. All you need is a pen and paper. Sprouts is a two-player game that was created in the 1960s by two Cambridge mathematicians, John Horton Conway and...
