Spirit Island question: Dahan proactiveness, or lack thereof

Recently, a fan of Spirit Island who studies anticolonialism asked me a really good question, and I thought others might be interested both in the query and in my answer. The questioner was kind enough to give me permission to quote them if I anonymized it, so here’s their query and the (lightly edited) core of my reply. In one…

Kids and Board Games

Sometimes I get asked about kids & boardgaming, for recommendations either of games or of how to approach games. While this isn’t a focus of mine, I can say a few things based on my own parenting experience, on seeing friends’ kids, and on my knowledge about games and how humans interact with them. (Combined with a dash of knowledge…