Comments on: Shadows in the Woods: candlelit board-game for kids and adults http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 16:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Sasha Shepherd http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1484299 Sasha Shepherd Sat, 21 Jul 2012 05:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1484299 no need to single out fox news, all TV news is guilty of this. no need to single out fox news, all TV news is guilty of this.

]]> By: Sasha Shepherd http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1484296 Sasha Shepherd Sat, 21 Jul 2012 05:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1484296 That is an astonishingly simple and beautiful idea. Kudos, hope to pick it up (or make my own!) one day. That is an astonishingly simple and beautiful idea. Kudos, hope to pick it up (or make my own!) one day.

]]> By: Guy McLimore http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483765 Guy McLimore Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483765 Take the same game, make the single figure with the light "Bella" and the other tokens various werewolves and vampires who are, in fact, hunting her. That is a freakin' gold mine... Take the same game, make the single figure with the light “Bella” and the other tokens various werewolves and vampires who are, in fact, hunting her.

That is a freakin’ gold mine…

]]> By: Guy McLimore http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483759 Guy McLimore Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483759 Certainly you could USE one of those flameless battery-powered tea lights for this game. But be prepared for the kids to call you names... Certainly you could USE one of those flameless battery-powered tea lights for this game. But be prepared for the kids to call you names…

]]> By: jellyfishattack http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483734 jellyfishattack Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483734 Well, 'dumb' kids could play the game if the tealight were substituted with one of those faux battery powered tealights available at Dollar Stores. Well, ‘dumb’ kids could play the game if the tealight were substituted with one of those faux battery powered tealights available at Dollar Stores.

]]> By: vrplumber http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483661 vrplumber Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483661 Like the poor soul paddling around in the belly of the fuel tanker in Waterworld. Like the poor soul paddling around in the belly of the fuel tanker in Waterworld.

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483509 chgoliz Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483509 Love the humor, but want to correct your first point, in case people mistake it for reality: you CAN get this game in the US. I've watched a *toddler* play it with her mother and slightly older brother.  Lovely little game. Love the humor, but want to correct your first point, in case people mistake it for reality: you CAN get this game in the US.

I’ve watched a *toddler* play it with her mother and slightly older brother.  Lovely little game.

]]> By: Jen Onymous http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483449 Jen Onymous Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483449 Alas, add me to the list of "Americans are too stupid to have this."  I foresee dumb lawsuits and safety scaremongering. It reminds me of the wonderful open fire-pits/cages at the Xmas markets in Berlin.  Many of them had covered piles of logs; passerby would stoke the flame when needed.  All this done while drinking hot wine in public... It saddens me that it will be a cold day in hell before any of that happens here. Alas, add me to the list of “Americans are too stupid to have this.”  I foresee dumb lawsuits and safety scaremongering.

It reminds me of the wonderful open fire-pits/cages at the Xmas markets in Berlin.  Many of them had covered piles of logs; passerby would stoke the flame when needed.  All this done while drinking hot wine in public…

It saddens me that it will be a cold day in hell before any of that happens here.

]]> By: eric hartley http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483444 eric hartley Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483444 Plans would be appreciated. Plans would be appreciated.

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483265 Robert Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483265 When I first heard about this game, I thought it was unbearably spooky. The scene it brought to mind was some guy moving slowly through a forest with only a dim torch as light, spotting things out of the corner of his eye which turn out not to be there. Mostly. The dwarves, in fact, <i>were hunting him.</i> When I first heard about this game, I thought it was unbearably spooky. The scene it brought to mind was some guy moving slowly through a forest with only a dim torch as light, spotting things out of the corner of his eye which turn out not to be there. Mostly. The dwarves, in fact, were hunting him.

]]> By: TheKaz1969 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483187 TheKaz1969 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483187 Out of stock :( Out of stock :(

]]> By: retepslluerb http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483112 retepslluerb Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483112 Well, in fall fairness, Europeans DID burn down the White House.  Well, in fall fairness, Europeans DID burn down the White House. 

]]> By: Nelson Geis http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483110 Nelson Geis Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483110 I bought this last time it was on Boing Boing, I had seen it 15 years earlier in a German catalog.  My kids went insane for this game! We played it as a run up to Christmas and the solstice, an excellent game to play in the early dark of winter. And hey, get your copy now, because winter is coming.  I bought this last time it was on Boing Boing, I had seen it 15 years earlier in a German catalog.  My kids went insane for this game! We played it as a run up to Christmas and the solstice, an excellent game to play in the early dark of winter. And hey, get your copy now, because winter is coming. 

]]> By: Nathan http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483089 Nathan Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483089 There are a number of knockoff versions of this game available in the US.  Kind of have mixed feelings about buying knockoffs as opposed to the originally licensed game- and I'm lazy- so I'll leave googling them up as an exercise for the reader, if interested. There are a number of knockoff versions of this game available in the US.  Kind of have mixed feelings about buying knockoffs as opposed to the originally licensed game- and I’m lazy- so I’ll leave googling them up as an exercise for the reader, if interested.

]]> By: donniebnyc http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483087 donniebnyc Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483087 Never going to see this in the US, but the ambulance chasers are salivating at the thought of it. The sad part, though, is we won't get to see the hilarious foxnews outrage machine kick into high gear.   I can almost hear it already: Isn't it bad enough that we shove a flaming cake into our kids faces once a year and ask them to fan the flames with their mouths?!?!  Now this pinhead, European, socialist company wants to add a raging fire to a kids' board game!!!  And the object of the game --you're going to love this -- is to set the game ablaze and then turn your back on the kids!!!!  What the hell were they thinking?!!?!! What's next?????  I know, let's put a real burning candle on a pacifier.  Babies love fire, right!!!!  Right!!!!!!!  RIGHT!!!!!!!!!  RIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! Folks, this is what happens when you put a socialist, Muslim, Kenyan, space alien, manchurian candidate, success-hating, un-American, post-colonial, dog-eating, three-eyed, child indoctrinating, freedom killing president in the White House. Did I mention it's the White House? White House!! WHITE!!! HOUSE!!! Never going to see this in the US, but the ambulance chasers are salivating at the thought of it.

The sad part, though, is we won’t get to see the hilarious foxnews outrage machine kick into high gear.   I can almost hear it already:

Isn’t it bad enough that we shove a flaming cake into our kids faces once a year and ask them to fan the flames with their mouths?!?! 

Now this pinhead, European, socialist company wants to add a raging fire to a kids’ board game!!! 

And the object of the game –you’re going to love this — is to set the game ablaze and then turn your back on the kids!!!!  What the hell were they thinking?!!?!!

What’s next?????  I know, let’s put a real burning candle on a pacifier.  Babies love fire, right!!!!  Right!!!!!!!  RIGHT!!!!!!!!!  RIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!

Folks, this is what happens when you put a socialist, Muslim, Kenyan, space alien, manchurian candidate, success-hating, un-American, post-colonial, dog-eating, three-eyed, child indoctrinating, freedom killing president in the White House. Did I mention it’s the White House? White House!! WHITE!!! HOUSE!!!

]]> By: chris coreline http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483053 chris coreline Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483053  best parent spotted.  best parent spotted.

]]> By: efergus3 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483022 efergus3 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483022 "wooden pawns that come with pointy bits of felt for you to glue on as hats" Nope, all wrong. They should each have a black cape glued on and two tiny white fangs painted on the face. Prepare the kids for the  REAL world where something hunts YOU in the dark. “wooden pawns that come with pointy bits of felt for you to glue on as hats” Nope, all wrong. They should each have a black cape glued on and two tiny white fangs painted on the face. Prepare the kids for the  REAL world where something hunts YOU in the dark.

]]> By: squeeziecat http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483021 squeeziecat Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483021 this looks like a Waldorf game. my kids went to Waldorf school for a while - they were all taught how to light and snuff a candle in kindergarden, and started whittling - with real knives - around grade 3. one grade 4 outing was to an iron forge, where the kids made moulds and then poured molten metal into them to create pendants. guess what - no-one died. the kids are all the better for having been trusted with "grown-up" activities (under supervision, of course) from an appropriate age... not coddled and padded with bubble wrap throughout their childhoods.  this looks like a Waldorf game. my kids went to Waldorf school for a while – they were all taught how to light and snuff a candle in kindergarden, and started whittling - with real knives – around grade 3. one grade 4 outing was to an iron forge, where the kids made moulds and then poured molten metal into them to create pendants. guess what – no-one died. the kids are all the better for having been trusted with “grown-up” activities (under supervision, of course) from an appropriate age… not coddled and padded with bubble wrap throughout their childhoods. 

]]> By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483010 Beanolini Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483010  Dude, make your own, it's not rocket surgery. I'm definitely going to make one.  Dude, make your own, it’s not rocket surgery. I’m definitely going to make one.

]]> By: jayson http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1483001 jayson Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1483001 If you're raising kids that are incapable of playing a game with a tea light without setting the house on fire, you've got a lot more problems that need addressing. In the Peruvian Amazon, three-year old Matsigenka boys regularly practice cutting wood and grass with machete knives. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2012/07/02/120702crbo_books_kolbert?currentPage=all I think a four-year-old can be given the responsibility of sliding a wooden dwarf in the vicinity of a tiny candle. If you’re raising kids that are incapable of playing a game with a tea light without setting the house on fire, you’ve got a lot more problems that need addressing.

In the Peruvian Amazon, three-year old Matsigenka boys regularly practice cutting wood and grass with machete knives. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2012/07/02/120702crbo_books_kolbert?currentPage=all

I think a four-year-old can be given the responsibility of sliding a wooden dwarf in the vicinity of a tiny candle.

]]> By: Marko Raos http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1482991 Marko Raos Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1482991 beautiful! beautiful!

]]> By: howaboutthisdangit http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1482988 howaboutthisdangit Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1482988 Garden gnomes do not count. Garden gnomes do not count.

]]> By: catdance http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1482982 catdance Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1482982 My son is 30 -- and I'm thinking of getting one of these to  play with him!   My son is 30 — and I’m thinking of getting one of these to  play with him!  

]]> By: Jason http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1482977 Jason Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1482977 I just paid $42.02 (after shipping) here:http://www.timewellspentgames.com/html/gamepage.php?id=3493  I just paid
$42.02 (after shipping) here:http://www.timewellspentgames.com/html/gamepage.php?id=3493 

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1482969 Boundegar Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1482969 My God this looks like SO MUCH FUN!  If only my son was younger... My God this looks like SO MUCH FUN!  If only my son was younger…

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1482967 Petzl Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1482967 I'm offended.  I was gonna do it all funny and stuff. Something like: <blockquote>"Fire and four year-olds... What could go wrong?"</blockquote> I’m offended.  I was gonna do it all funny and stuff. Something like:

“Fire and four year-olds… What could go wrong?”

]]> By: retepslluerb http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1482955 retepslluerb Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1482955 Really.   The game builds on the human fascination with the open flame in the dark, something that's with us before we *were* us. This is like taking a toy dog to a play of fetch or a walk. Really.   The game builds on the human fascination with the open flame in the dark, something that’s with us before we *were* us. This is like taking a toy dog to a play of fetch or a walk.

]]> By: retepslluerb http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1482946 retepslluerb Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1482946 No, by  Cory. November 2011. Edit: Back then he wanted to wait for his daughter to be old enough to play. I guess now she is. No, by  Cory. November 2011.

Edit: Back then he wanted to wait for his daughter to be old enough to play. I guess now she is.

]]> By: zombiebob http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1482937 zombiebob Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1482937 And to think, all this time I've been hunting them with harpoons... sigh. And to think, all this time I’ve been hunting them with harpoons… sigh.

]]> By: selfish http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/shadows-in-the-woods-candleli.html#comment-1482918 selfish Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172211#comment-1482918 Someone find me a source! I would very much like a copy of this! Someone find me a source! I would very much like a copy of this!

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