Days of Wonder | Ticket to Ride First Journey Board Game | Ages 6+ | For 2 to 4 players | Average Playtime 15-30 Minutes

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We’ve been playing this since Christmas and it is certainly a hit round here. It’s a great fit for the family and very engaging for Charlie.

Released on 9 November 2022. Northern Lights is a stand alone game. The setting is the Scandinavian region (the same of Nordic countries), focusing on the 4 main nations (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), the Baltic nations (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), Poland and Russia. In this edition up to 5 players can play (Nordic countries only allows up to 3), and there are 11 bonuses that can be awarded by varying conditions. This edition is mostly available in Scandinavia. As a Dad, there is a real drive to share your passion for games with your offspring and get them hooked. The challenge is pitching the right games at the right times so as not to overwhelm them while finding things that are engaging for them- and after a while, for you too. The start of that journey is inevitably games a bit simple for grown up tastes – roll the dice, move the thing, repeat. These games are important though for small kids to learn dice etiquette (no lobbing at the cat) and taking turns and the inevitable loss.

Volume 1: Asia - Team Asia and Legendary Asia (2011). Team Asia allows 6 player games, on teams of two, while Legendary Asia introduces Mountain Routes.

Claim a Route: Play Train Cards from your hand to claim a route and place your plastic trains on that route. Volume 3: The Heart of Africa (2012). The Heart of Africa introduces Terrain cards, which give a bonus when claiming a route if you also have the terrain cards to match it. Kids can harness their inherent silliness in Snake Oil, a party game in which players compete to market a made-up invention to specific types of customers. Each round, combine two cards from your hand to invent a ridiculous product that would appeal to a different character archetype, such as a cheerleader or a criminal. Everyone goes around the table pitching their product. Like similar games such as Apples to Apples (which also has a Junior variant), a new player acts as judge each time. Volume 6 1/2: Poland (2019; 2022). This collection was published by Rebel under the Polish name Wsiąść do Pociągu - Polska. It was planned as a Polish exclusive, but by early December was available from online merchants in the rest of Europe, but for a limited sale only; the trade was shut down in January. However, DOW officially announced that the volume will be launched worldwide in September 2022. [17] It is the smallest expansion map board in the series, having only 4 sections as opposed to the standard 6. Gameplay has an emphasis on connections to neighboring countries. [18]

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NUMBER OF PLAYERS AND AVERAGE PLAYTIME: This family and adult board game can be played with 2 to 3 players. The average playtime is 30-60 minutes San Francisco (2022). Instead of trains, the pieces are cable cars. Also, it features new Tourist tokens in the city's famous landmarks.The wild card is a ferry. With about 1/3rd of the busses (trains) as the original games, the game plays in a fraction of the time. Plus, because of the shorter play time, players don’t spend their time hoarding Transportation cards before claiming routes. The coloured train cards are nice and clear and there are a number of wildcard options that can be any colour you like- this is great to encourage kids to think about their options for the turn. Stay at Home (2020). Released to mark the COVID-19 pandemic. [19] It's a free print at home expansion that allows players to control family members as they navigate domestic life and complete daily tasks. [19]