The subversion of my children continues

[drwex]

On the car ride home last night the kids were complaining that their characters in the Guard Up game are apparently cornered and badly outnumbered/outgunned. I tried working them through some possible options for dealing with unequal odds and realized they don't have the background for most of it.

So I gave Thing 1 Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" and I gave Thing 2 "A Book of Five Rings."

At their current ages I don't expect much of it to stick. I had to read Five Rings myself at least half a dozen times before I felt I "got it" around age 23. But you gotta start somewhere, and I'd rather start them with the best.

Comments

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

Next, though not on tactics or strategy, try Hagakure.

Interesting thought

[drwex]

I'd need to read it myself, first.

Re: Interesting thought

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

I once wrote a comparison/contrast of Five Rings and Hagakure, but I need a MUCH better handle on the history of the eras to do it justice, as my professor pointed out.