{"id":2080,"date":"2019-03-18T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/?p=2080"},"modified":"2019-03-11T16:19:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T16:19:09","slug":"a-place-at-the-table-josiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/18\/a-place-at-the-table-josiah\/","title":{"rendered":"A Place at the Table: Josiah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Traverse City Board Gamers is a fairly diverse group. We\nhave members of all playing strengths and all ages. Our youngest players are in\ntheir teens. Today\u2019s introduction is one of these younger members, Josiah.\nJosiah first started attending game nights with his dad, Matthew, in 2017. We\nhave all enjoyed playing with the both of them since they started attending.\nWithout further ado, let\u2019s introduce Josiah. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Josiah carefully considering his opponent.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What is your favorite board game, and why is it your favorite board game? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terraforming Mars<\/a> is my favorite. I love how complicated it is. You can use a different strategy every time you play because there are so many different variables. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What have you learned from playing board games? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sure that I\u2019ve learned a lot, but I find it hard to explain off the top of my head. I\u2019ve learned mostly strategies like resource management, negotiating with others, and also how to bluff. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Author\u2019s note: Resource management often happens over\nseveral rounds, so I\u2019d say that this teaches planning ahead. And negotiating\nwith others is a useful skill for the future in job interviews and other\nsituations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you ever feel like people underestimate you when playing games with you because you are a teenager? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes. I find that it happens most with people who I\u2019ve never played with before. It used to happen more often last year when I was shorter. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This blogger can attest to the fact that new gamers have\nunderestimated Josiah when it comes to Terraforming Mars. They think that\nbecause he is a teenager, he won\u2019t know what he is doing or that they can\nattempt to pull the wool over his eyes. It\u2019s quite satisfying to watch Josiah\nbeat the pants off these people. All it takes is one game with Josiah, and\ngamers realize that he is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to board\ngames. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Always be cautious when challenging Josiah at his favorite game.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What is your favorite thing about playing games with TCBG? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I often get to play games that are new to me. And there are some really nice people in the group. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It is always fun to play with Josiah and the other younger\nmembers of our group. They often provide a new perspective on the game. And\nsometimes, they come up with strategies that would have never occurred to me.\nIf you happen to find yourself in Traverse City, and you\u2019ve got some teenagers\nwith you, please stop by. We\u2019d love to play games with them.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet Traverse City Board Gamers member Josiah. Our young prodigy of Terraforming Mars. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[272,277],"tags":[257,280,286],"class_list":["post-2080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-place-at-the-table","category-blogs","tag-a-place-at-the-table","tag-blog","tag-interview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2080"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2137,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080\/revisions\/2137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}