Redvers and Son Get Into Bushido
Project Preamble
We like a good game in our house and I’ve always enjoyed gaming since I was knee high to a grasshopper. My son also seems to enjoy gaming, with Star Wars Imperial Assault being one of our go to games for some fun. He’s currently 11 and board games provide some structure for him to game within. We’ve tried WHFB before and while he enjoyed it, the rules, free form elements of the game and the time to play the game didn’t gel fully with him. Digesting all of the meta-game, army design and rules was also something not that interesting to an 11 year old.
I thought it was time to try something new and look at a smaller, skirmish style game. Something with a low model count, an interesting setting and rules that could be picked up reasonably easily. I was also hoping that we could both get involved in the hobby side of building/painting the models. He was on board with the idea.
We looked at Saga, Frost Grave/Star Grave, Bushido and Battletech. My son is more into the fantasy gaming idea but was certainly drawn toward Battletech – the idea of big stompy robots appealed to him. Frost Grave was also an option as he has recently started playing D&D with his friends and he really enjoys the character progression side of the game. But the option to have ninjas, samurai and angry animals attacking each other was the winner – Bushido it was.
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