Just a note: I believe the Yotta games were created by our local hero,
Dennis Paulson.
Just sayin,
Alan Roedell, Seattle
On Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 4:26 PM Gary Bletsch <
garybletsch at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
Dear Tweeters,
>
>
In the 1990's, a friend showed me a game called "Yotta." The name of the
>
game is a play on words, as in "You ought to." As I recall, there were
>
various versions of the game, and one was "Yotta Know Waterfowl." I played
>
it a few times with mixed groups of adults and kids. I was the only birder
>
in the group, so I used to give myself a handicap--I would have to come up
>
with the scientific name of the bird, not just the English one. After
>
playing the game a few times, young kids would know how to tell a Pintail
>
from a Canada Goose, which is a good thing.
>
>
I don't think the Yotta games ever caught on, and I don't think they are
>
sold any more. The Wingspan game sounds complicated, which would make me
>
avoid playing it. The beauty of Yotta was similar to that of Memory. A
>
small child can play Memory, as can an adult. In the case of Memory, I
>
always noticed that a young kid who did not yet know how to read seemed to
>
have a bit of an advantage somehow, as if that kid's brain had not yet been
>
clogged up with cerebral artifices.
>
>
Yours truly,
>
>
Gary Bletsch
>
_______________________________________________
>
Tweeters mailing list
>
Tweeters at u.washington.edu
>
http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <
http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20211212/369ab1d5/attachment.html>