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swordtart · 06-07-2018, 06:23 AM

I would point you here:

http://forums.sjgames.com/showpost.p...68&postcount=6

The rational is explained there. Basically few exceptions to rules to remember, fewer rules to exercise. Plenty of scope for dog fighting.

As a side benefit it tends to result in parent friendly fights as the chances of death are low. Some parents are bothered by violent games (kids of course want all the gore).

It works best in a small arena (which makes it easier to scale to 3x for the visual spectacle) as you don't want to spend most of the game accelerating to attack speed. We used it very successfully on an A4 arena (allowing the players to enter at any speed from the entrance ramps.

Record keeping could be done fairly simply with a write-on / wipe-off laminated card.

My 5 years old is still a bit young to play, but I might try it with my 8 year old this year.

06-07-2018, 06:23 AM	#17
swordtart Join Date: Jun 2008	Re: Good Vehicles to introduced new Players to the Game . Thoughts ? I would point you here: http://forums.sjgames.com/showpost.p...68&postcount=6 The rational is explained there. Basically few exceptions to rules to remember, fewer rules to exercise. Plenty of scope for dog fighting. As a side benefit it tends to result in parent friendly fights as the chances of death are low. Some parents are bothered by violent games (kids of course want all the gore). It works best in a small arena (which makes it easier to scale to 3x for the visual spectacle) as you don't want to spend most of the game accelerating to attack speed. We used it very successfully on an A4 arena (allowing the players to enter at any speed from the entrance ramps. Record keeping could be done fairly simply with a write-on / wipe-off laminated card. My 5 years old is still a bit young to play, but I might try it with my 8 year old this year.