My 8 year old son and 6 year old daughter love to play Talisman. How is this game similar or different as far as complexity and pace? thanks!
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With descent you can get a little bogged down in the pace of the action, rolling different dice for different situations, visually Descent can be quite compelling with a sprawling dungeon, and 3d critters. There are many types of Dungeon crawlers out there... if you are at all curious about any board game, as they are trendy, BoardGameGeek. Is a great resource where players put out picks and there are usually review videos in the video section of each game.
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It's areally fun game for younger kids, but the game is so balanced if they make one wrong move they may lose. I would suggest this game though. The complexity is more the Overload's concern, so you can adjust the difficulty and guide them through it. At some point your children will get it and make it more difficult to add replay value. Great learning tool, and helps teach team work. Unfortunately, I have not played Talisman.
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I think he would be too young. I have a 6 and an 8 year old. We played it with the 8 year old, who can read. She enjoyed it the first time and we went easy on her, since we knew her routes. (We had to explain it to her as we went along.) Then we let her play it without our help and she ended up crying because she was so disappointed to not play so well. It's a great game but my kids are both too young for it yet.
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My kids have played it and they are 5 and 7. My 5 year old picked the rules up pretty fairly quickly and my 7 year old figured it out right away. Both of them enjoyed it a lot. I imagine ages 4-10 would be a good range.
1939260
My family only played it once. We are all adults but I think 10-14 year olds will find this game exciting too.
1313631
My 6 yr old son plays this game all the time with me. There is a learning curve with the game. It doesn't come with a manual, you have to download it from the games site
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I've found that it depends on the child. My 8 year old caught on fairly quickly and plays with us regularly. His friend, however, wasn't quite ready for the complexities of the game. So I'd suggest giving it a try and seeing if the child/ren can understand the game and find it enjoyable. (All of this is mainly speaking about the basic game rather than the expansion listed here.)
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I think all three of your kids would still enjoy it. There aren't many overly complicated cards (the only ones I can think of that are crazy are Chaos cards, and those are optional anyway). The game itself is quite random and appropriate for all ages - no swearing, etc. The game keeps everyone on their toes so they honestly could do very well.
757134
It totally is interest holding for all ages. My wife and I play almost every weekend with my 6 year old for about a year now. Any others that come over and play also love the game. I've played with people as young as 5 and as old as 65.
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It's a pretty simple game at the low level, but there's a lot of depth to it as well. Should be fine for a 10 year old, but they aren't guaranteed to enjoy it.
512449
It depends on how much help you intend to give. We play as a family and my son who was 8 when we bought it plays very easily but he's also obsessed with board games. After playing it a few times in a row, he's capable of playing on his own. If your kids are like mine and watch videos on playing board games they should take to it easily. If not, as long as you are playing with them it should be easy for them to play along
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My five year old loves it. It's too hard for my 3 year old. My 8, 10, and 12 year olds love it just as much as the five year old. (Try to master this yourself, it's no "rookie" game.) Harder than it seems. But simple enough to get the 5 year olds hooked.
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Yes, it is a game you can play with two people, but it is more fun with more people.My son loves being outdoors, really likes to gardening, and is relatively introverted, so he didn't mind just playing the game with just the two of us. He loved looking at the pictures and talking about them. When we bought this game my son was 10, he was introduced to this game by friends of mine who have high school kids. Quite cross-cultural game...we played it with friends who are Asian and speak a different language - they thought the pictures fun too.
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Our 10 yr old AND our 7 yr old play the game and love it. The 7 yr old required some guidance from one of us for several games until he got the hang of things (then again, so did the 10 yr old), and he still sometimes needs a little advice when figuring out his total battle strength, some rules, etc. (but then again, so does our 10 yr old...and so do I, for that matter!). But he mostly plays on his own, and he's won more games than anyone else in our family. We play it together most weekends. It's a great game for kids, especially ones who love silly violence humor.
1483106
Yes, we play it with our 10-year-old daughter. We help her a bit with the strategy, but she enjoys the game.
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I just thought I'd answer even though this may be old. But we have had the JR version and my kids played that one since they were 4. Same game, but a bit easier for them and still fun for Mom and Dad!
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I think so, however the youngest I've known to play it is 8. If the 6 yr old grasps instructions well then he should be fine. It's the explanation of various combinations vs. just colour combos that may frustrate him. But there is no reading involved so he may just enjoy it for the combinations and patterns.
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This game is great for ages 3 and up. My kids loved this game and it grows nicely with them. Initially it's matching shapes or colors. As they get bigger, its more complex matching. It's easy, quick, doesn't take a lot of skill or strategy. Lots of fun and not painful for parents to play either!