In our house we love to play board games as a family. Inevitably there are winners and losers. For a pre-schooler it can be devastating not to win at a simple game. Parents can feel guilty and “let the kid win”, which is a hollow victory. How about a game that you can play with a family and nobody comes out a loser, or everyone comes out a loser but you do it together. I’m talking about cooperative games. For today’s SwagsGiving giveaway I have one such cooperative game called Mermaid Island.
Eva enjoys playing games. We have many games for her age and many for us. The one thing about every game that we have is that there is a winner and one or more losers. Sure, I loved playing monopoly and crushing the other players but that is certainly the type of game that can end in a fistfight or even begin with one. I don’t think I’d heard of a cooperative board game before. Luckily, game play has evolved.
