To make Castle Panic more kid-friendly, Fireside has distilled the essence of the original down to a quick-playing game that’s accessible to kids even as young as 4. We’ve even gotten out our old Hero Quest goblin and troll figurines to spice up the display and get into the fantasy theme even more. Dad Suggests was created to share with others the many different things that we have loved sharing with our own children. Once an adult shows them how it works, it’d be pretty easy for most older kids to play the game themselves without too much supervision.

My daughter promptly told me that no, we need to capture the monster closest to the castle and that I was going to do that. My First Castle Panic makes a fantastic gift for the youngest board gamers in your life, and a great entry into the wide world of board gaming. What this game does so well is teach children to cooperate together to try and win, by sharing cards and thoughts about which monsters should take priority and in doing so it teaches some really basic elements of strategy. In the game, monsters follow a single path toward a single, large, eye-catching castle, which is protected by one wall. Almost all of the reviews on Board Game Quest are from review copies of a game provided by the publisher.The 3d castle and wall on the board stand out which adds to the feeling of giving you something to protect in the game rather than just being a square on the board you are trying to stop the monsters land on.

As usual, I don’t give ratings for kids’ games, because your experience will greatly vary depending on the age and experience of your child. If you want to take our enemies, you must play a card that features the shape on the space where they stand. The only very slight observation is that you really need to sleeve the cards if you want this game to survive any length of time. It certainly doesn’t hurt that the very first time we played she drew a card that let her rebuild our destroyed wall. In fact, if she’s ever in a bad mood, we can just remind her about that time she built the wall for us and she’ll cheer up.If you can match a monster with one of the cards played, with colours and shapes for easy matching, then it gets thrown in the dungeon, which is designed around the insert of the box. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.