I agree that lots of games should be considered math activities and learning opportunities. I've been incorporating games from Ben Orlin's book Math Games with Bad Drawings (ISBN: 978-0-7624-9986-1) on a frequent basis in my classes with good results. Most of the games are easy to understand but the strategy is complex enough to be challenging for anyone.
How do you see the relationship between the necessity that people experience often in games / only occasionally in math and worked examples?
I agree that lots of games should be considered math activities and learning opportunities. I've been incorporating games from Ben Orlin's book Math Games with Bad Drawings (ISBN: 978-0-7624-9986-1) on a frequent basis in my classes with good results. Most of the games are easy to understand but the strategy is complex enough to be challenging for anyone.