Family game
A family game is a social game , usually a board games or card games that can be played with no age restriction by the whole family. Neither young players should be overwhelmed nor older players should be bored. Typical starting ages are eight to ten years.
Family games rely on simple rules that can be learned quickly and still allow a variety of moves. An important characteristic of family games is that no player has to be eliminated early, so that everyone can play together until the end of the game. Often regulating game principles can be found through which a leading player experiences small disadvantages in order to allow the competitors to catch up more easily and to balance the game. The playing time is typically 45 - 60 minutes.
term
The term “family game” is not defined in dictionaries, but the term has been established by the game publishers to describe certain types of games based on the target group. The name has been established by the jury of the Game of the Year at the latest with the “Special Prize for Cooperative Family Game ” awarded in 1988 . The rules of the German team championship in board games define family games as one of four categories in which competitions are held. According to this, family games are games “that allow a mixture of strategy and luck. Whereby the respective share is not decisive, but the interaction between 'young' and 'old'. "
classification
The game genre has the broadest market coverage. Many of their representatives are considered “typically German”, so that they are referred to in English as German games or German-style (board) games. Successful authors of family games also come from other nations, so the term has changed over time to Eurogame. However, in contrast to the classic family game, other games labeled Eurogame can also be significantly more complex, have a considerable playing time and have a higher starting age. This makes it clear that a demarcation z. B. can sometimes be difficult to play as an author . One of the reasons for this is that many game designers target the large family market and limit the length and complexity of the game to an appropriate level so that an author's game fulfills the characteristics of a family game.
The Game of the Year game award specifically honors family games. As an extension of the Game of the Year, a separate category of Kennerspiel des Jahres has been awarded since 2011 , which is characterized by more complex game principles, longer playing times and a higher proportion of strategy.
Family games are delimited against, among other things
- Children's board and card games that place increased demands on age-appropriate topics, haptics and learning,
- Strategy games that focus on strategic complexity
- as well as games for seniors that take special account of the sensory conditions of old people.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cf. Fritz Gruber (formerly TM-Spiele ), 2015, at the time press spokesman for Spieleverlage e. V. , in an interview , accessed on April 4, 2017
- ↑ Family games and their interpretation from Stiftung Warentest , accessed on April 4, 2017
- ↑ Special Prize for the Cooperative Family Game 1988 , Game of the Year , accessed on April 4, 2017
- ↑ German team championship in the board game: rules ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , As of October 3, 2011
- ↑ Game of the Year: Sense & Purpose , accessed on April 4, 2017
- ↑ See "... all new publications in the area of family and adult games ...", Game of the Year, election procedure , accessed on April 4, 2017
- ↑ Game of the Year: The three critics' awards Game of the Year , accessed on April 4, 2017
