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Game Review - Yahtzee Jr. Spider Man and Friends

What’s that you say?   Has my blog really stooped so low as to critique a board game meant for small children?  Well … yes, sort of.   I am in the middle of exam mode recently and this explains my lack of blogging, but this is also the very reason that one of my roommates dragged me out for a walk yesterday.  We ended up stopping into an antique store and in the back was this not very antique game.  I was kind of curious about it so I cracked it open and had a look inside.  

            First of all I have to say that I don’t really understand the concept so much.  I am used to playing Yahtzee, I have been playing it since I was 5 and this had the instructions of 4 and up.  Yahtzee is not terribly difficult to understand, you roll dice and different combinations make different point scores (the combinations are a lot like poker – two pairs, a full house, or five of a kind which is called a yahtzee).  Here from what I could tell the kids are supposed to be playing just for who can get the most of any character, which basically means you are just playing to see who can get the best of a two, three, for or five of a kind.  I am not sure why the game got dumbed down just because its for kids.

            Secondly I can see some parent buying this for their kids, but it is really more of a present for the parents I think.  I started reading comics at a young age (6-7) but I was not really that interested in them when I was 4.  There were shows of course, but I don’t think a four year old really makes the connection with comic books.  I am not opposed to a parent exposing their children to comics, but I don’t think this is the best way.

            So mostly I would recommend waiting until they are six to introduce your children to comics or Yahtzee.  Even both at once if you like.       

 Also Captain America looks ridiculous 
 Also Captain America looks ridiculous 

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