Concept Kids Animals - Cooperative Animal Guessing Game for Children! Fun Family Board Game for Kids & Adults, Ages 4+, 2-12 Players, 20 Minute Playtime, Made by Repos Production

My 5 year old, homeschool kindergartener isn't super into games like his older siblings. However, we played this at an afterschool program at our library and he loved it so much we immediately ordered it! While it is excellent for pre k and Kindergarten, as well as maybe 1st and 2nd graders, it is still fun for my 5th grader to play with my 5-year-old. The game play is simple and fun. A round takes about 3 minutes, so you cans spend as much or little time as you have!

This is a game night staple at our house (which is saying something with our 200+ game collection) ! It is easy to teach to new players, super fun for all ages, and always full of great laughs.

The first time you play with anyone new it will take a bit of time to learn the new "language" of Concept. It's totally worth it. It's such a fun challenge, and every time I've played the new players start out hesitant and stick with the easiest ones. As we play though, everyone wants to try the harder ones, and we get more and more comfortable with the board and learning how to communicate with it.My 21 year old niece has Downs Syndrome and her parents were initially skeptical that she would be able to play on her own. Once she caught on, she absolutely loved it and really excelled! Her parents were really excited for her to have a game that enabled her to communicate really well without requiring a lot of language skills. Would also highly recommend for groups where not everyone speaks English as a first language. Its nice that there are 9 options on each card, as everyone can find at least one option that they can confidently get.

Came as expected with packaging intact, brand new. Kids as young as 7 can play the easier cards. Super fun, different game, perfect for those with a logical mind or those who think in pictures!

I don't know how it took me almost 10 years after its release to find this game. Such a clever concept (pun intended) and surprisingly challenging. The game pieces are of good quality and the three icon cheat sheets were a great addition to have for players new to the game. It takes a lot of creativity and is quite fun to play.What keeps this game from getting 5 stars? There are two issues I have with it. First, there are many, many clues that I have no idea what or who they are. Like, a ton of them. You can get around this by allowing somebody to come up with any concept they want on their own, but this is still pretty limiting.The biggest issue I have is with the scoring- it just doesn't work effectively, and, after almost 10 years in production, there should be some good ideas by now (the instructions even disclose that scoring is a potential issue and suggest that scores may not be kept. I get it, but c'mon, it's a game!). I have experimented with awarding points for the number of markers used to get somebody to guess the word or phrase (i.e., each round is worth a maximum of 10 points; if the concept is guessed with 5 markers used on the board, the round is worth 5 points; if the concept was guess with 7 markers on the board, the round is worth 3 points, as so forth). We do not play on teams; points are awarded to both the person giving the clue and to the person who first guessed it. I suggest the developers release a 10th-anniversary edition with new clues and revised scoring options.

Our family loves to play games and we got this from a gift exchange. Everyone really enjoys playing it

We love this game. This has become our girls’ (ages 6 & 4) go to game. We love it so much that we gifted it to our 5 year old niece for Christmas.A few things - in all fairness of the review: I have a degree in Wildlife Biology. One of my girls’ first phrases was the song of the chickadee. Our movie and popcorn nights feature David Attenborough documentaries. My girls know their animals - like I was blown away when playing this game how many animals they knew. It has been such a fun game for us.My niece’s family are not quite as nerdy (self-proclaimed) as we are. When playing at Christmas, I had to switch to the kids team (10, 8, 5) to tell them what the animals were (my oldest got annoyed that they called a tortoise a turtle and ended up wandering away from the game). For those unfamiliar with a wide range of animals, a key or the name of the animal on the cards would be so beneficial!! This is really the only drawback I have for this game.However, this game still brought a different aspect of game playing that I appreciate so much. Especially for those over competitive kids. It was hard for some of the kids to get over the “I want to win” mind-set and comprehend that the point of the game was to help the other team. The kids get good at looking at details and deducing. Example: does this turtle have flippers or feet; so does it live on land or water.So very educational, and lead to some fun conversations! Also, I absolutely love that it is a success when the other team gets it right!