#goldbug busytown

[twilighttrekkie]

crossover doodles!

ruff ruffman (fetch! with ruff ruffman) and goldbug (busytown mysteries) hanging out because they would be best friends actually. this is my art i can create all the cross-media-friends propoganda i want >:3

why did i make this crossover, you ask? well. you see. the characters are mildly alike, and that was enough for my silly billy brain to decide on a crossover. simple, really.

[salonnierealexis]

Scarry’s Busytown books are treasure hunts disguised as narrative adventures. “Where is that Goldbug?!” our son kept asking about the tiny yellow cricket who “shows up just about everywhere” but is difficult to spot. (Shouldn’t most beginners’ books be treasure hunts?) The unforced silliness appealed to his native desire to subvert the humdrum with the comically spectacular: pencil cars, pumpkin cars and, look, there’s a hammer car! 

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‘Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go’ Turns 50

For my family, reading Scarry together was itself like a car trip — the rare sort where no one gets cranky and the world, as seen from the back seat, is fresh and startling.

[takasgf]

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> 🐭 Reepicheep (The Narnia movies)

> 🪲Goldbug (Busytown mysteries)

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[jkottke]

Busytown 2018 - Bitcoin Miners, Mansplainers, and Dog Whistlers

In 2014, Ruben Bolling created an updated version of Richard Scarry's Busytown (as seen in What Do People Do All Day? and Busy, Busy Town) populated with workers with job descriptions like climate change denier, content aggregator, and rage pundit. At Topic, Bolling has updated the activities of Busytown residents for 2018.

Busytown 2018 residents include gig economy worker, fake news troll, good guy with a gun, and swamp drainer. Still no Goldbug though...I thought he showed up just about everywhere? (via david jacobs)

[skilbucks]

5 Best Board Games you can play with your family to kill time during this crisis

We know, not being able to play with your friends is the worst, that doesn’t mean you cannot have fun with your family. This lockdown has brought you and your family in front of each other for more time than ever and frankly, we understand how that can sometimes be bad. It is up to you to decide if you want to spend the rest of the pandemic holiday driving each other crazy or by having fun. In this article, we will suggest you some of the board games you can play with your family and have a lot of fun.

1. Sequence

The sequence is a card-based strategy game that is very easy to learn and provides you so many outcomes that each game is going to be more fun than previously. The quality of this game lies in being more fun as you keep on playing it.

You can play the Sequence Game individually or in teams and is recommended for kids ages seven and up. Here’s how it works: Each player or team gets a hand of standard playing cards, and during each turn, they put down one card and cover the corresponding spot on the game board with a chip. The objective is to get five chips in a row, and each round usually takes 10 to 30 minutes.

2. Catan

Catan is a very fun game to interest children and parents and is complex enough to be the most played board game across B schools. This adventure game teaches you about probability and helps you gain an intuition in a fun way. Each game can get intense and action-packed that the rivalry may spill over to your daily life too

If you regularly have family game nights, you should definitely add Catan into your arsenal of party games. This adventure-based game is perfect for three or four players over the age of eight, who will all battle to collect resources and build settlements on the island of Catan.

The premise of the game is relatively straightforward, but there are a lot of rules and obstacles that make the game fun — players can trade resource cards, sabotage each other with the robber game piece, and more as they race to become the conqueror of Catan.

3. Busytown, Eye Found It

Want a game that’s just for the kids? Richard Scarry’s Busytown, Eye Found It is a highly rated kids board game, designed for children ages three and up. Using the six-foot game board, kids will work their way to Picnic Island, searching for hidden objects in an I-Spy style challenge.

You can have up to four players in each round of Eye Found It, which is designed to encourage collaboration between players. On each turn, kids will spin the spinner, which tells them to move a certain number of spaces or solve a “Goldbug Mystery.” When it’s time to tackle a mystery, all the players work together to search for certain objects on the game board — balloons, fire hydrants, etc. If they find five objects before time runs out, they can move five spaces. The goal is to make it all the way to Picnic Island, where a pair of hungry pigs are eating all the food.

4. Pandemic Board Game

Pandemic is not your regular board game. What makes it unique is the cooperative play. The cooperative play used to be a thing of online gaming where players formed teams to achieve a common goal. Pandemic helps you bond with your family and keeps the importance of measures and caution in your conscious in this crisis

In a cooperative board game, you all win or you all lose. In Pandemic, several life-threatening diseases are spreading across the world, and you must work as a team to find the cure. Each player is assigned a character, such as a scientist or operation specialist. Each player has unique strengths that they contribute to the group. During each turn, players can move around the world, share information, treat infections, and work towards a cure, but the epidemics spread just as quickly so you need to work efficiently. If you want an extra challenge, you can make the game harder by starting out with a greater number of diseases on the board.

5. Scrabble

Scrabble has been the number one board that improves spelling and vocabulary. This game can get very competitive with seasoned players. It also helps children in learning new words and how to spell them.

This family game is designed for players eight and up, and there can be two to four players per round. However, don’t be afraid to team up, especially if you’re playing with younger kids! Scrabble comes with a game board, 100 wooden letter tiles, 4 tile racks, 1 drawstring letter bag, and a game guide. To start the game, each player draws a certain number of tiles. Then players take turns creating words on the board, building off existing words, and earning points for each letter. You can increase your points by landing on designated spaces for a double or triple word or letter scores.

[thingspeopledrive]

Anyone else out there looking for Goldbug? #richardscarry #busytown #glasstruck #thingspeopledrive (at New Jersey)

[thestarterboxgamer-blog]

Sign up for Huckle Cat and Lowly Worm on a Busytown adventure, racing around Busytown to search for hidden objects in this fun-filled collaborative. Richard Scarry’s classic world comes to life in the gigantic, colorful game-board. Drive through city streets, and activity-filled farm, a busy airport, and a bustling harbor full of boats. There’s such a lot to discover along the way!

Busytown awaits!

Six-foot board!

How Many Can You Find!? Pig Will and Pig Won’t are on a mission to eat all of the food on Picnic Island! The usage of the illustrated, over six-foot long game board, you’ll work as a team to make it to Picnic Island before they eat the food! Work along with other players to find hidden objects like buckets, traffic lights, flags, or ladders! Everyone gets a chance to say, “I Found It!”—the faster you find the hidden objects the faster you’ll move!

How to play, snapshot! After setting up the game board, placing the ferry at the end of the road, and the food items on Picnic Island, everyone chooses a mover. On your turn, the spinner will tell you to move, take away one food item from Picnic Island and spin again, or solve a Goldbug Mystery! To solve a Goldbug Mystery you flip a Goldbug Card and work as a team to find the item on that card on the game board. For each and every item your team finds you get to move forward a space. To win, all players will have to be on the ferry and arrive at Picnic Island before the pigs eat all of the food.

Quality Wonder Forge has won over 120 prestigious awards by creating good-for-you games that encourage teamwork, healthy competition, and get-up-and-go active play! Disney Princess Pretty as a Picture Matching helps to keep little ones engaged and having fun, at the same time as it promotes key preschool learning skills.

What’s In The Box? 1 Game Board in three sections, 4 Movers, 4 Mover Bases, 1 Spinner, 1 Ferry Tile, 10 Magnifying Glass Tokens, 6 Food Tiles, 30 Goldbug Cards, 1 Sand Timer, 1 Game Rules Manual. Richard Scarry’s Busytown Eye Found it! Game is intended for 2-4 players ages 3 and up!

Work and play together!

For ages 3 and up Product Type: Board Game Theme: Kids Games Kids have fun and build confidence each and every time they say, “I found it!” Encourages teamwork Promotes attention to detail Reinforces object identification and matching skills [amz_corss_sell asin=”B002V3RCE6″]

Wonder Forge Richard Scarry’s Busytown, Eye Found It Sign up for Huckle Cat and Lowly Worm on a Busytown adventure, racing around Busytown to search for hidden objects in this fun-filled collaborative.

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Busytown 2018 - Bitcoin Miners, Mansplainers, and Dog Whistlers By Jason Kottke

In 2014, Ruben Bolling created an updated version of Richard Scarry’s Busytown (as seen in What Do People Do All Day? and Busy, Busy Town) populated with workers with job descriptions like climate change denier, content aggregator, and rage pundit. At Topic, Bolling has updated the activities of Busytown residents for 2018.

Busytown 2018 residents include gig economy worker, fake news troll, good guy with a gun, and swamp drainer. Still no Goldbug though…I thought he showed up just about everywhere? (via david jacobs)

Tags: books   remix   Richard Scarry   Ruben Bolling   working September 5, 2018 at 08:43PM via kottke.org https://ift.tt/2wSuAlR

[twilighttrekkie]

i'm gonna create a small yet dedicated fandom for busytown mysteries if it's the last thing i do. and by "create a small yet dedicated fandom" i actually mean that i'm gonna draw goldbug more than any rational individual should and tell my friends "yeah this show made for 4 year olds is peak television actually".