Hmmm, interesting tale about the creation of candyland there tom. Having both several friends who are insipient parents (though only one is actually beyond the planning stage), and having some fairly clear memories of myself being that age, not to mention my mum working as a children's physio therapist, I can most deffinately say yes, people in the Uk do play with their todlers!
I think though it's quite understandable that Candyland never got a release over here. Firstly, aand I assume most obviously, "Candy" is a very specifically american term. Here in England we'd generally refer to it as sweets, ---- or more specifically by type such as jellies or chocolate. I also believe several Us sweets (and terms for them), are not used over here, ---- gummy for instance, in fact up until watching the simpsons I wasn't actually sure what gummies were. For games i remember playing around that point, ---- well Certainly snakes and ladders, also beatle and a couple of games with similar rules. I also played a number of "get to the end" style board games, such as Ludo (which is apparently a slightly easier variation on Parcheesy), and games based on Tv series I was interested in, such as card games for The Mister men or thomas the tank engine, and a thomas the Tank board game. another game I remember getting hours of fun out of was Dizzy dizzy dinosaur, which I'm guessing was available in the states. then, my grandmar taught me to play quite a few card games when i was six or seven, such as 31's, rummy, two's (a game with similar rules to Uno or crazy eights), and even Cribbage. My brother was (and stil is), a fairly amazing chess player, and started with draughts (checkers as it's called in the states I believe), at about age 5 or so. Later on of course, when I was 9 or 10, we started playing games like monopoly, rat race, Yahtsi or an excelent game called compatibility. so, I hope all this proves that people in the Uk vaguely do play with their todlers, even if companies like Hasbro don't release slightly more Us themed games over here. there are probably some games we have overhere that aren't around in the Us as well. Beware the Grue! Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
