Summer Camp 2025: Week 4

Tuition:

Full Week 9:00 am - 4:30 pm: $800                              

Individual Full Days (9:00 am-4:30 pm): $170

Full Week Half Days (9:00 am - 12:00 pm OR 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm): $400

Individual AM Half Day (9:00 am-12:00 pm ): $80

Individual PM Half Day (1:30 pm-4:30 pm): $80

Daily lunch and a park/play break are included for full-day campers.

Snacks are provided in both the morning and afternoon.

Daily Schedule:

8:30am                Early Drop-Off

9:00am                Regular Drop-Off


12:00pm              AM Camper Pick-Up / Lunch


12:30pm-1:30pm Outside park time (weather permitting)

1:20pm-1:30pm   PM Camper Drop-Off


4:30pm                Camp Ends

6:00pm                Late Pick-Up Ends

We
recommend registering by 8:30 AM the previous day (24 hours in
advance), but we can accept same-day registrations as long as space
allows.

Drop
kids off between 8:45 and 9:00 AM. Our morning programming starts
promptly at 9:15 AM and our afternoon programming starts promptly at
1:40 PM, so please have your child here on time so that they don't miss
the fun. Our counselors are American Red Cross CPR/First Aid certified.

Mornings 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Mornings are ideal for exploring and learning new games in a relaxed and supportive environment.

All
campers begin with assigned groups for Open Play, where they pick from a
curated selection of age-appropriate games. Our staff shares a variety
of mechanics and games that require different skill sets. We teach
strategic approaches for game success while encouraging good
sportsmanship among players.

In
the second half of the morning, campers can take part in Creative Game
Design, where they explore game mechanics, create original games, and
develop game materials. Campers immerse themselves in an investigation
of the mechanics, illustrations, and interactivity inherent to strategic
board game design. We encourage campers to design based on what they
know and what skills they have acquired during activities, and they are
given the opportunity to test their game mechanics in actual play.

Lunch & Park Break 12:00 - 1:30 PM

Lunch is included for full-day campers. We make our campers' lunch on-site in our cafe.

If your child has a dietary restriction, please send lunch as we do not have the capability to offer an alternative. However, The Brooklyn Strategist is
a nut-free environment. If your child has an allergy or travels with an
EpiPen, you must alert staff at drop-off and provide explicit written
instruction on your child’s waiver. 

** Please do not send anything that contains nuts, as there may be children with serious nut allergies. If your child has dietary restrictions that we should know about, please be sure to tell us. **

Afternoons 1:30 - 4:30 PM

Afternoons
build on the skills explored earlier in the day, and allow campers to
focus more deeply on their choice of mechanics and specific areas of
interest. Campers have the opportunity to sign up for an activity of
their choice. Available options may include Magic: The Gathering,
Role-Playing Games, Wargaming, and Board Games.

Magic: The Gathering
focuses on promoting good-spirited tournament-style play, teaching the
rules of Magic: The Gathering, and determining point values and rankings
when appropriate.

Tabletop Role-Playing Games are
narrative systems and encourage cooperation, decision-making, and
creative thinking. Popular systems for campers include Dungeons and
Dragons, Cypher System, Star Wars Roleplaying Game, and various
independent RPGs well suited to one-time sessions.

Miniature Wargaming is
a genre of games in which players collect, assemble and paint
miniatures to represent an army which they then use as game pieces to
play through scenarios and battles. For campers, we offer Warhammer: Age
Of Sigmar and Warhammer 40K. Campers are encouraged to bring their own
armies if they have them. New players will be able to use our store
models to learn how to play.

Board Games: Campers
may select age-appropriate games from our massive board game library.
Afternoon groups explore different strategic approaches for game success
and continue to focus on good sportsmanship.

Snacks:

We
offer bagged snacks (Fritos/Pretzels/Ruffles) in the morning and a
home-baked sweet treat (usually a chocolate chip cookie) in the
afternoon. There is always water available and campers should bring a
refillable water bottle.  You may want to send an additional snack if
you have a hungry child.

Changes/Rescheduling/Credit/Refund Policy:

Changes: We
know that schedules change, and we are happy to try to make changes to
your Full Week, Full Day, or Half Day registration with 7 days advance
notice, if availability allows. We cannot make incremental schedule
changes (i.e., one day out of a Full Week or half day out of a Full
Day). Please email [email protected] with change requests.

Absences: If
your child will be absent for camp, we are happy to offer four Walk-In
Play credits for each day. In order to request and receive these credits
you must notify us by 9am on the same day of your child’s absence by
email to [email protected]. Only email notifications/requests can be considered.

Any other rescheduling, credits, or refunds are issued at management’s discretion. Any credits expire on December 31, 2024.

Lateness Policy:

Our
morning programming starts promptly at 9:10 am and our afternoon
programming starts promptly at 1:40pm. If you are running late to pick
up your child, please call us asap. We offer a 10 minute grace period at
our 12 noon, 4:30pm and 6pm pick up times. For each 10 minutes late
beyond that, a $5 late pick up fee will be charged.