Horn, John wrote: >I haven't turned my daughter on to Magic: The Gathering yet. Mostly >because I know my son will want to participate, and at seven, he's >still a bit young to follow it all, I think. Mostly all the reading >on the cards. I think my daughter will love it and I'll have an >excuse to pull all those cards out of the boxes in the closet...!
It all depends on the kid, I guess. I grabbed the 9th edition Core Set starter box, which gives you two decks to play with and two booklets detailing the first seven turns for each player. It was a good way to get my son started, and he only was seven at the time. OTOH, he loves to read, so it was a bit kind easier with him. If he maintains his interest in it, I think he could wind up being quite good; he grasps the timing concepts and card interactions reasonably well, considering his age. He likes it so much that he's made me teach a number of his friends the basics as well. I play with my daughter also, but only Two-Headed Giant, generally. She's kind of timid, and she doesn't yet have the confidence to fly solo, whereas my son asks me incessantly about where the next JSS is, when we can play, etc. The Two-Headed Giant format is a good teaching tool. I took my daughter to this weekends' Coldsnap pre- release tournament, and while we didn't do as well as we'd like (having to face at least one team with one of the top twenty players in the US), it was a nice bonding thing. Jim Power 9 Maru _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
