That's the thing. Not that it is important or a big deal- but with 4 people with autism disorders- it's hard to deal with the fact that they are obviously moons yet called planets. And no one ever knows if they should be called moons like they are named orplanets becuase the rules say they are. In the real world, it's not a big deal they are moons called planets- but in teaching, esp special needs kids- it can be a very big deal. And this is an educational, teaching list, so I thought it was okay to mention what things about the game aren't working in teaching my my kids. We will give it another try. The boys wanted to play that when you land on a ship instead of automatically destroying it, you play RPS to see if it is destroyed (which means the tleport inhibitor got to play RPS twice) I let them, but the next game we went to the real rules. my 9 yr old now refuses to play. Oh, well.
My ADHDAspie likes Roller Coaster Tycoon- but the computer version. (not sure if you were talking about a board game version) He actaully likes Zoo Tycoon. My ADD andother LD kid loved roller coaster tycoon a lot. He can play it all day on the computer. (did you know they have a MOON Tycoon?)
Buy my boys all have great imaginations- I always hear kids on the autism spectrum often don't, I guess I got lucky there. Of course it usually has to be something THEY want to imagine....
On 8/3/06, Magi D. Shepley <magid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If I had to guess, the reason would be because the players KNOW they are
moons and not planets. My own students with special needs, particularly
my students who have some form of autism would have real problems with
that. They can't pretend that their aren't moons or that they can be
colonized. They want to know why, how, who, when...?????? And they'll
ask over and over again until you give them the answers they want.
A lot of my kids with emotional issues are that way too (try playing
roller coaster tycoon one on one with a kid with reality issues, ADHD
and poor reading skills!)
Magi
William M. Reed wrote:
> It's a fictional game. If someone had drawn those pictures, would it
> still make a difference?
>
> It better to pretend you could colonize those moons than to pretend
> their planets?
>
> I don't understand why it's a big deal.
>
>
> Bill
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> On Aug 3, 2006, at 9:15 AM, Kimberly Terrill wrote:
>
>> Thanks.... still doesn't explain why they are called planets in the
>> rules when they are realy mooons.... why not just call them moons and
>> pretend they are colonized....
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