Justin Parke

Is Splinterlands Too Complicated For My Daughter?

I recently purchased the Summoner's Spellbook on Splinterlands to check out the game and see if my daughter could get it.

Splinterlands, Will The @KidSisters Like It?

You Never Know If You Don't Try

At the advice of @faustofraser, I decided to take a tour of Splinterlands.com to see if it was something I thought the Srey-Yuu (our oldest daughter) could get into, understand, and maybe even earn a little crypto too.

Summoner's Spellbook

From previous research, I knew I'd have to spend some money to be able to play the game. It seemed the Summoner's Spellbook was a $10.00 hurdle, but that wasn't too intimidating considering the cards are tradable, and I can understand the need to "have skin in the game" to prevent potential abuse of the rewards, monetization, etc.

Playing Without Research

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](https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=55abc5585c7375aa580996ff9a46817f0eff7f83)^{click picture to watcch battle}

My main goal was to try and play this game without reading the instructions, just seeing if I could figure it out on the fly. Srey-Yuu is a non-native English-speaker, so a lot of the rules, lore, and game vocabulary will be much too difficult for her to learn in a short amount of time. I clicked on "Battle" as it looked like the most appealing button, and I was right into the action.

It seemed similar to "Magic the Gathering", something I played as a kid many, many years ago, so I assumed their would be a lot of gameplay strategy. Fortunately, for my daughter the battles are automated, so all the gamer has to do is organize a "battle crew" or whatever the correct term is. These automated battles will certainly make teaching this game a little easier.

A Khmer Princess For My Khmer Daughter

With the purchase I received a bunch of random cards. I browsed through them quickly and a found a particular card that caught my eye, the "Khmer Princess." I found this to be so bizarre, as the only Khmers on Hive are my family and a friend we onboarded that has since gone inactive.

To see a Hive Blockchain game with a Khmer character was quite satisfying, and I'm sure it will be of interest to the @KidSisters. After all, they are likely the first Khmer owners of the Splinterlands Khmer Princess card. Seeing this card alone has made want to at least give this game a change with our daughter.

A Learning Experience

Ultimately, if it's engaging she may enjoy a little bit of Splinterlands gaming, of course provided homework and all other responsibilities are fulfilled first. There is a lot of reading to do to understand the lore, card attributes, rules, etc.

I am sure with my ESL teaching background that I can make it interesting and fun for her to learn all the vocabulary words associated with the game. This weekend I may give her a chance to explore the Splinterlands-overse and see what she thinks of it.

I can she's gotten a bit bored with Hive posting, and a little change is always good. Perhaps a little blockchain gaming is just what she needs to change her perspective about Hive. It's not just for old farts like me.