If you ask a second or third grader what dice are used for, you will get one of two answers. Math, or gambling. Or at least those were the answers I got when I asked my board game club what they commonly use dice for. And in both answers, these sharp young minds hit the nail right on the head. Death and taxes may be the only two certainties in an otherwise uncertain life, but some element of mathematics and the uncertainty of the outcome are the only two guarantees when rolli

Back from Winter Break, the kids gave me a run for my money this week at board game club, but we still ended up enjoying some modern classics like Machi Koro and Dixit.

A scope and sequence for the first few weeks of the club, including weekly topics, discussion and reflection prompts, and some ideas for games.