Race to the Treasure

This is a good little game for children under 8. You play as a team in a race against the Ogre to get to the treasure 1st. Easy to play you roll 2 dice to place 4 keys & an Ogre snack on the game board and the rest is just turning over cards which will either be a path or an Ogre. If it is a path you have to work out between you which direction to take on the game board to collect 3 of the 4 keys you need and possibly the Ogre snack which can be used to slow the Ogre down. If you turn over an Ogre card you place it on the Ogre's route to the treasure which is a straight route. Your route is longer than the Ogres but there are more path cards than Ogre cards. Part of the excitement for kids is what card will be turned over next and can you collect the keys and get your path to the treasure before the Ogre. I have played this quite a few times with my just turned 7 year old granddaughter and she has enjoyed it. On average you probably beat the Ogre 4 out of 5 times. Game lasts about 5-10 minutes.

Love this game, It is very nice game for our 5-year old boy. Could be played as single or coop.

Great board game concept to foster a team spirit, BUT it is quite simple and my 4 and 6 yr old got bored out of it quickly

Really pleased with this game. It and the Cauldron Quest game were bought mainly because my grandson is very competitive and gets extremely upset when he loses at anything. So I was looking for something which we could enjoy, without having winners and losers and this fits the bill perfectly. There is still the competitive element, as you’re playing against the game, but everyone is on the same side, and it also encourages them to learn to work together. The rules are simple, but the game is different each time because of the different placing of the keys. Grandchildren are 5, 6 and 7 and all love it.

Peaceable Kingdom have done it again. Another brilliant co-operative game, had us howling with excitement to see if we could defeat the ogre. Easy but interesting to set up, my 6 yr old daughter was making a strategy before we'd even started playing. Excellent to help family members bond! Thanks, Peaceable Kingdom!

This is a fun cooperative game where you all play together as a team to try and get to the treasure before the troll does. I liked that it was simple to set up and play, and the children (4 and 6) could both play it together

Bought for my granddaughter's 4th birthday and now played a few times. She is familiar with other competitive and co-operative games and loves this one. It has a good level of new learning: co-ordinates to place the key cards, deciding the best use of the path cards. Also there is excitement each time an ogre card is picked up, especially towards the end as it usually gets to be a tight race. Interesting enough for adults to enjoy too and you can encourage problem solving and decision making discussion around the laying of paths. Good game for families or groups of friends with a range of ages as the older ones can support younger children.

My 5 year old enjoyed playing this.. Really easy to learn. Not sure how much life there is in it as it is very 'samey', but for what it costs, it's been worth it already.

Excellent game for kids and parents. My 4yo plays it often. The game is well made, sturdy.

I purchased this as a last minute gift for my 3-1/2-year-old niece. I warned that it might be just a bit too much for her, given her age and what others have said. But she absolutely LOVES IT! It's at my parents' house, and whenever she goes over there she plays it multiple times. She went five games in a row one day, only stopping because it was time for lunch. I'm a huge fan (and player/DM) of Dungeons & Dragons, and I can honestly say this game is like that at it's core element. That is, all the players work together to accomplish the goal. You either win as a team or lose as a team, but it's about the experience of working together. This game is great for any child and adult to play. But if you're a fan of D&D or other similar tabletop games, you'll definitely enjoy this. And hey, it's never too early to start prepping the little ones. Tip: There are eight Ogres in this box. They are represented as cards. But if you search other sites, you can probably find 8 Ogre miniatures that you can put on top of the cards. It makes it that much more enjoyable for the little ones! I suggest auction sites as buying a bulk of 8 might be cheaper there than specialized hobby websites. For example, I was able to purchase two sets of four Ogre miniatures from the Pathfinder Battles: Rise of the Runelord set on a popular auction website. I paid $50 for the 8 total pieces, which worked out to be $6.25 each. But according to the prices on the more popular websites for buying/selling miniatures, they were valued at $9-$10 a piece. So I saved some money there. Again, still rather expensive, especially or a $15 children's game. But if you can swing it then I feel it's worth it.

It’s used item!!

Its quite a simple game. Perhaps, I would chose something else. We played it once with kids and they found it very simple (my kids are 6 and 9)

Awesome little game, loved by all ages but especially the elementary and under set. I use it during ESL teaching. Sturdy construction. Some suspense if played like a story.