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fandomhigh2009-07-17 09:26 am
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Strategy Games; Period 5; Friday, 07.17.09
Today, instead of a variety of games, the classroom was set up only with checkers - one board for every two students, and a few extras besides.
Reid stood at the front of the class, waiting for everyone to arrive, before he starts speaking.
"...Everyone here? Okay, good. I thought I'd start us off - really start us off I mean - with a game that, if you grew up in America you'd probably know as checkers." He gestured to red-and-black boards.
"The game is also known as English-" with a smile for his TAassuming she's here "-draughts. The rules are simple enough that even a young chid can learn to play, but a good player will learn to develop complex strategies and forward thinking similar to those developed when playing chess, though of course mastery of one game doesn't necessarily follow with mastery of the other."
Reid walked over to one of the boards.
"If you'll all gather around here, I'll demonstrate how to set up the board." He quickly laid out the pieces, two rows to each side, every other space. "This is the way your board should look," he explained. "Each of these pieces can be moved forward one space diagonally-" he pushed a piece forward "-like this. You can jump your opponent's pieces to capture them, and if you get one of your pieces to the other side, that piece is 'kinged' - and usually topped with one of your captured pieces. A king can move both backwards and forwards. That's... That's the basics.
"If there are any questions, feel free to ask me, um, and if not, Fiona, if you could distribute this hand-out? Take a few minutes to look it over, and then if everyone could pair up, and have a game..."
((pls to wait for OCD up!))
Reid stood at the front of the class, waiting for everyone to arrive, before he starts speaking.
"...Everyone here? Okay, good. I thought I'd start us off - really start us off I mean - with a game that, if you grew up in America you'd probably know as checkers." He gestured to red-and-black boards.
"The game is also known as English-" with a smile for his TA
Reid walked over to one of the boards.
"If you'll all gather around here, I'll demonstrate how to set up the board." He quickly laid out the pieces, two rows to each side, every other space. "This is the way your board should look," he explained. "Each of these pieces can be moved forward one space diagonally-" he pushed a piece forward "-like this. You can jump your opponent's pieces to capture them, and if you get one of your pieces to the other side, that piece is 'kinged' - and usually topped with one of your captured pieces. A king can move both backwards and forwards. That's... That's the basics.
"If there are any questions, feel free to ask me, um, and if not, Fiona, if you could distribute this hand-out? Take a few minutes to look it over, and then if everyone could pair up, and have a game..."
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