In the age of iPads, Android, Hulu, and all the other technological timewasters we have available to glue our eye sockets to these days, it’s refreshing when a family can sit down to play a good board game and still have a good time. Even stating your intention to move the gnome is necessary - because if both players try to move their gnomes at the same time they will often disconnect and fall, forcing you to start back in a corner. Our son is only 6, but he might be mistaken for a glum teenager at dinnertime if I try to ask him what he did at school.

To start the next round, shuffle the treasure cards and the corner start cards and place them in a pile face down. Find the location of the treasure (each treasure appears only on one side of the board) and start talking to the other player(s).

On each side of the board, the gnome may move through the labyrinth but may be obstructed by a wall in the path, leaving no way to get the item. Good quality party products for your family occasions beautiful children's toys and dressing up costumes. In each round, players are always looking for the same 12 treasures, 6 on one side of the board and 6 on the other.

The celebration cannot happen without the treasures and there is not much time before daybreak and the start of the party.There are so many different Peaceable Kingdom games that I would recommend as the first board game for a child. Using descriptive language like left, right, up and down will help your teammate better assist you in collecting that treasure. I love cooperative games for my kids because no one gets to float at the end that they are the winner and the other is a leader. I really like that you have to work together in the game age the magnetic pieces are different and fun. It's best played with two people and they have to communicate with each other to help the gnomes find all the treasures before the timer runs out.