It definitely is. I learned to play Othello and Backgammon by randomly trying things vs the computer as a child. It is also relatively easy to learn card games'

It definitely is. I learned to play Othello and Backgammon by randomly trying things vs the computer as a child. It is also relatively easy to learn card games' rules, even Poker (albeit some very edge-case rules could take a long time to grasp). The key is that you give the kid a computer version of the game, that doesn't allow rule breaking and makes it clear when a reward or penalty is applied (YOU WIN!).