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And you'd be right to think so - Forbidden Island is also designed by Matt Leacock, and he's mirrored many of the fantastic mechanics from his other hugely popular co-operative game and translated them into a simpler format. The characters have asymmetrical player powers - just like in Pandemic - and there are various ways in which you can lose the game: if one team member is on a totally flooded tile and cannot swim to safety, if the Treasure tiles sink before you've claimed them, if Fool's Landing totally sinks, or if the Water Level reaches the top. Forbidden Island is a brilliant co-operative experience if you and your gaming pals are looking for a team challenge that's on the 'gateway' side of things. There are various levels of difficulty on offer in the set-up, as well as similar titles Forbidden Desert and Forbidden Sky, before you can move onto the likes of Pandemic in its many guises, or the campaign option that is Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 (all by Matt Leacock). 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All other cards are identical and contain a grid of the different die roll combinations which in turn provides the co-ordinates of the word you will describe from one of the topic cards in the main game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne player rolls the two dice and players use their grid to locate a word on the topic card being played that round. Each word is loosely linked to the topic title. Players then go round providing a one word clue to the secret word on the topic card, being careful not to use any of the words that are on the card, or the word itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is difficult for the chameleon as they must blend in without knowing the specific word the team are describing. However, players cannot provide too easy a clue as otherwise they may help the chameleon to guess the hidden word. Once all players have stated their word, the team then discuss and attempt to work out who is hiding as the chameleon. This requires deduction skill and some good bluffing from the chameleon. Once deliberations are concluded, players vote. If they are correct and unmask the Chameleon, the chameleon gets the chance to guess the secret word, it successful, the Chameleon stays hidden.\u003cbr\u003eIt is the balance here that creates the enjoyment as players must choose their words carefully so as not to make it too easy for the chameleon, whilst the chameleon needs to choose a word that is open ended enough that they don't get caught.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is an option to score the game with the undetected chameleon scoring two, the chameleon scores one if they're unmasked but guesses the secret word. The team score two if the find the chameleon and he\/she doesn't guess the word. In this game, it's the first player to give points that wins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis game goes down well with families and at parties. So... can you manage to blend in well enough to play as the Chameleon? Do you have the detective skills to successfully unmask the chameleon? Get the game deal our the cards and find out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlayer Count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3-8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTime:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15 Minutes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- \/wp:fl-builder\/layout --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Big Potato Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56050117280122,"sku":"ZBG-CHA01","price":19.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/The-ChameleonThe-Chameleon-InsideThe-Chameleon-Back.jpg?v=1760984885"},{"product_id":"azul","title":"Azul","description":"\u003cp\u003eDesigner Michael Kiesling and Plan B Games have created board game gold in Azul. This is a tile-drafting, pattern-building game, with set collection bonuses up for grabs. Here you're decorating a palace with Moorish azulejo tiles. The Portuguese king has commissioned you with a 5x5 pattern. Azul is a challenge to see who can impress the king with their tiled walls!Traditional azulejos are white and blue, but in Azul they come in five colours\/patterns. And we're not talking cardboard punchboards or wooden tokens for components. The 100 'Starburst'-sized azulejo tiles are resin material. They make a wonderful clacking noise when jangled in the cloth bag! To start a round, four tiles get drawn from the bag and placed onto each 'factory'. Players take turns drafting tiles from any factory of their choice. Whenever they pick tiles from a factory, they have to take all tiles of a matching type present there. Those they don't draft join a new, separate factory. As the round wears on, this separate factory grows in size, but the drafting of tiles rule applies here, too. Players draft tiles until all factories sit empty.You're aiming to collect enough of one tile type to fill in thresholds on your player mat. At the end of each round, if you've filled up a threshold, you can stick said tile onto the wall! It's like Sudoku; once you've filled one tile-type onto the wall, it can't repeat on the same row or column. At first, you'll collect tiles in a laid-back fashion. But the pinch closes in during later rounds. Your options start to become ever-more specific. Other players can take note of your predicaments. Elements of push-your-luck enter the fray. Especially considering there's the chance you might get left with excess tiles you can't place! These class as 'smashed' tiles... And that means minus-points!Azul is a quick game to teach, and addictive to play. This fits the category of easy to learn, but tricky to master. It's easy to see why Azul has become an overwhelming modern classic! Such is Azul's wild success, it's spawned two sequels already - Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, and Azul: Summer Pavilion. Both scratch the same itch, with tile drafting being the core mechanism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Plan B Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56050118885754,"sku":"ZBG-PBG40020","price":30.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/ZBG-PBG40020_FRONT-2-1024x1024-1.jpg?v=1760984890"},{"product_id":"photosynthesis","title":"Photosynthesis","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you have ever wanted to experience the life of a tree then boy do Blue Orange Games have a game for you! Technically, Photosynthesis is an abstract game, but if is one of a growing number of abstract games that look absolutely amazing - see Azul and it's sequel Stained Glass of Sintra. In Photosynthesis you and 2-3 other players choose a colour of tree and set them up on your player board. Trees come in three levels; one, two, and four just kidding it's three. You can't just chuck a massive level three tree out on the board straight away though. No, you have to grow to that height from a seedling. To help you out you start the game with two level one trees on the board so you can gather the currency in the game - light. Light is what you spend to take all the actions in the game so you'll want to start gathering it as soon as possible. Which is the exact reason you will want the tallest trees possible, but of course to get them you will need to spend a lot of light... Light comes, of course, from the sun. The sun rotates around the board in a clever fashion sending it's light towards the trees, hopefully your trees, and hopefully you trees don't have any bigger trees in front of them. You see any trees the sun hits cast shadows, level one trees cast a shadow one space, level two cast shadows two spaces long and so on. If your tree is in the shadow of a bigger tree you won't earn any light points. This makes the outer board spaces valuable for light gathering, but they also score less points if you manage to end the life cycle of a tree on them. Completing the life cycles of trees is the main way of scoring points and as the game is quite brisk you will want to do this sooner than later. However, as the only trees that can have their life cycles ended are level three trees this creates an interesting quandary - leave those trees out as long as possible to gather more light, or secure points quickly. Points for each space decrease as the game goes on so you need to be quick but not too quick. To get to the high scoring middle spaces your trees can send seeds for new trees, which also block other spaces if you are feeling mean. Photosynthesis stands out on the board thanks to 3D trees and great looks. The game is as thematic as an abstract gets, without sacrificing depth. Photosynthesis requires some though, and that's why the visual nature of it's presentation almost essential. An ideal purchase for anyone looking for an approachable game that doesn't sacrifice depth and decisions. Player count: 2-4 Time: 30-60 minutes Age rating: 10+\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Blue Orange","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56050142577018,"sku":"ZBG-CS1001","price":30.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/PhotosynthesisPhotosynthesis-InsidePhotosynthesis-Back.jpg?v=1760984993"},{"product_id":"kingdomino","title":"Kingdomino","description":"\u003cp\u003eKingdomino has got a smattering of Dominoes to it, but instead of numbers, you're building a multi-terrain kingdom around your castle. It's like the Ronseal of board game titles - \"does exactly what it says on the tin\". Kingdom-ino? Well played, Bruno Cathala; well played, sir. This won the coveted Spiel des Jahres award in 2017 (the best Family Game of the Year), and it is easy to see why... Kingdomino is a charming, colourful tile-laying board game for two to four players. You're competing monarchs, acquiring rectangular 2x1 land tiles that have two different terrains on them - including lakes, mines, pastures and more. There are 48 tiles in total, and in theory, the more valuable tiles are the higher-numbered ones. Some tiles will have crowns on them - these are worth precious points. The game ends after 12 rounds (24 rounds in the two-player variant). Players then multiply the size of each continuous terrain by the number of crowns within it. Highest score wins! Gameplay is as wonderful as it is simple. As many tiles are randomly selected from the supply as there are players, and are then placed numerically. In turn order, players select which Kingdomino tile they want by placing their monarch on it. Then more tiles are revealed, but turn order has changed; now the first player is the person that claimed the lowest number tile in the previous round. They do two things: claim another tile from those just revealed, and then place the tile they claimed earlier into their own, expanding kingdom. When putting a tile into a kingdom, at least one of the two terrain types must touch a matching terrain (Dominoes-style). You might wish to, say, expand your woodland, or concentrate on a giant lake, instead. However, players must think strategically and plan ahead: the borders of your kingdom only stretch so far. You're limited to building five squares high by five squares wide. (In the two-player variant, you can build a 7x7 grid, which becomes quite the pleasant puzzle). The rules are quick to teach and elegant to present - you'll be up and running within two to three minutes of taking it out of the box. Games are short and snappy - they fit into that wonderful 'Let's play that again!' category. The tiles are thick, chunky and therefore durable, which is handy, because believe us, you're going to play Kingdomino again and again! Player Count: 2-4 Time: 15 Minutes Age: 8+\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Blue Orange","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56050143723898,"sku":"ZBG-KINGDOM_UK","price":15.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/Kingdomino-1.jpg?v=1760984998"},{"product_id":"codenames-duet","title":"Codenames: Duet","description":"\u003cp\u003eCodenames: Duet is a two-player, co-operative version of the very popular . Two covert operatives are on a secret mission in a crowded city. Each knows nine secret agents that the other must contact. Communicating in coded messages, they must sneak past three enemy assassins to complete the mission before time runs out. With a grid code words laid out on the 5x5 table, the players take it in turns to give a one word clue, followed by a number which indicates the number of words on the table that are linked to the clue. The clue giver wants to link as many of the 'correct' words as possible whilst avoiding assassins and decoys. There is a time limit on the number of turns in the game and the number of wrong answers that can be accepted, so you need to be more ambitious that given single clues. With cleverly designed, double-sided clue cards, each player is given information about the codenames of the agents that the other player must guess. Together you must guess them all, but each side of the clue card has some common agents as well as one common assassin. This extra knowledge can be used to try and deduce even more about what your team-mate is trying to communicate. Codenames: Duet adds to the spy theme with a campaign where you will travel around different cities. In each city you will have a different challenge with a different balance of timer tokens and acceptable mistakes, forcing you to swap more ambitious coded messages and generally increase your ability to think as a team. Whilst Codenames: Duet is primarily a two-player game, it can be played in teams with four or more players. But, if you're looking to play Codenames with a larger group, then you can always checkout the original game, , or many of the other themed games in the . Player Count: 2-4 Time: 15-30 Minutes Age: 11+\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"CGE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56050146640250,"sku":"ZBG-CGE00040","price":17.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/ZBG-CGE00040-FRONT.jpg?v=1760985011"},{"product_id":"flamme-rouge","title":"Flamme Rouge","description":"\u003cp\u003eFlamme Rouge is a tense race to the finish set in the early 20th century world of bicycle racing. Commanding a team of two racers, players launch themselves around tight custom tracks, jostling for position and riding the slipstream of others to propel themselves to glory or crushing defeat. Aesthetically the game is very thematic with painted artwork that is evocative of the period. The board is made up of modular sections, building many possible variations. The rulebook has a selection for different game lengths and due to its nature it allows players to design their own. The tracks are predominantly two squares wide, which bunch the bicycles close together. A large part of Flamme Rouge is based around the notion of slip streaming, tucking in behind other racers and the benefit this brings. If you are leading the pack or not close enough to be slip-streaming, each turn that player receives a fatigue card to that team member. Hills also feature leading to a change in tactics at different parts of the race. Each team comes with two plastic miniatures in one of four different colours. The racers are split into a Rouler and a Sprinteur. Each comes with its own deck of custom numbered cards. These dictate how far the racer can move on its turn. The Rouler is overall slower than the Sprinteur who excels with a couple of high numbered cards for pushing away from the competition. The fatigue cards clog up the deck and have lower move numbers than the regular cards. The tense interplay of working out when to play your higher cards and break away from the pack to command a lead, or catapulting your Sprinteur out from behind another rider to cross the line at the last minute brings real excitement to the game. As a more strategic alternative to a roll and move game, Flamme Rouge is all about pacing your team and knowing when to gamble on a big card play. An expansion is available, Flamme Rouge: Peloton, that increases the player count to six teams as well as new track sections. 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The latter of whom are trying their hardest to cripple proceedings.Two 'rock' cards and one 'gold' card get placed face-down, in a vertical line. A tunnel 'entrance' card sits face-up, the width of seven cards away across the table. The gold-diggers win if they can dig a meandering route linking the entrance to the correct 'gold' card. They need to achieve this before the deck runs out. The saboteurs win if they can prevent this from happening. The role cards are always weighted in favour of there being more gold-diggers than saboteurs. But how can you trust everyone?Players also receive a hand of cards. These could be 'tunnel' cards, which further extend the tunnel network, like roads in Carcassonne. Or, they could be 'attack' or 'fix' cards. Suspect someone's on the opposite team to you? Smash their lantern! Break their mine cart! Or you could help mend an ally's tools. But beware - reveal your allegiance too early and you could make yourself an easy target. How long can you pretend to help the dwarves before you start sabotaging? Who should you trust? Who's bluffing? Who's double-bluffing? Saboteur is the kind of game that thrives when players get into character at the table. You won't play this one in silence - it doesn't take long for the accusations to start flying!Player Count: 3-10Time: 30 minutesAge: 8+\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Mayfair Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56050173968762,"sku":"ZBG-MFG5712","price":8.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/Saboteur-1.jpg?v=1760985144"},{"product_id":"7-wonders-duel","title":"7 Wonders: Duel","description":"\u003cp\u003eGiven its title, 7 Wonders: Duel will come as no surprise to you being a two-player game. This is not an expansion or variant of its popular parent game 7 Wonders (also published by Repos Production), but instead a separate card game all on its own, specifically designed for just you and one other opponent to battle it out to construct man-made wonders of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Wonders: Duel does not rely on all players drafting a card and then passing their hand over to their neighbour. Instead, Antoine Bauza has teamed up with fellow French designer Bruno Cathala to create a different way of gaining cards for set collection that's equally enthralling, if not more so.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgain, 7 Wonders: Duel is played over three rounds. Cards are pre-arranged into a communal pyramid-like display, partially covering each other. The majority of them are face-down, while the lowest level ones are face-up. The categories will be familiar to those who have played 7 Wonders (green science cards, brown\/grey resources, red military, and so on). Players may take any card they like from the pyramid to add to their own tableau - but only if it is completely uncovered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs cards are removed, more cards' identities are revealed. Therefore, it becomes a case of timing your moves to perfection, trying to force your opponent into removing cards that then allow you to grab the exact card you want!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike regular 7 Wonders, in Duel players can win before the third round has ended. A player could earn a military victory by getting the military pawn to the end of the conflict track (kind of similar to the swing in power that you find in games like Twilight Struggle). Alternatively, they could earn a science victory by collecting each of the six different science symbols. Therefore you'll have to keep a close eye on what your opponent is taking - you can't afford to let them get too far ahead! If neither of these victory conditions is met by the end of the third round, then sets are scored to determine a winner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor some board gamers, player counts can really make or break a game. If you love 7 Wonders but you're in a position where you play a lot of games with just you and a partner, then 7 Wonders Duel is going to be a great choice for you. With rounds lasting approximately 10 minutes each, games can last about 30 minutes in total. And, considering its high replayability factor, it fits beautifully into that category of 'go on then, one more game...'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlayer Count: 2\u003cbr\u003e\nTime: 10 minutes\u003cbr\u003e\nAge Rating: 10+\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Repos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56050182259066,"sku":"ZEG-ASM7DU-EN01","price":17.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/ZEG-ASM7DU-EN01_FRONT.jpg?v=1760985176"},{"product_id":"ticket-ride-first-journey","title":"Ticket To Ride: First Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- wp:fl-builder\/layout --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTicket to Ride: First Journey takes the game-play of the Ticket to Ride series and scales it down for a younger audience. Players collect train cards, claim routes on the map, and try to connect the cities shown on their tickets. The game board shows a map of the USA with certain cities being connected by coloured paths. Each player starts with four coloured train cards in hand and two tickets; each ticket shows two cities, and you're trying to connect those two cities with a contiguous path of your trains in order to complete the ticket. The first player to complete six tickets wins! Alternatively, if someone has placed all twenty of their trains on the game board, then whoever has completed the most tickets wins! Please note this is the USA map edition, a European map can be found here. Ages 6+, 2-4 Players, 15-30 Minute Playing Time\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eVIDEO\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aVArJh1lZh0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450px\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBLOG\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTicket to Ride First Journey is the children's version of the popular gateway board game, Ticket to Ride. Brought to you by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamedesigner\/9\/alan-r-moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAlan R Moon\u003c\/a\u003eand published by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/days-of-wonder\/\"\u003eDays of Wonder\u003c\/a\u003e, this game is a simplified version of the original and is perfect for children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is bright, colourful and uses the same engaging game play techniques we have come to expect from the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/ticket-to-ride-games\/\"\u003eTicket to Ride collection\u003c\/a\u003e. 2-4 players race to be the first to complete six tickets, each one showing a different route that you need to use your trains to claim. It takes around 30 minutes to play and is engaging enough for all the family to enjoy. Let's take a closer look at this great game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSet-Up\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe game board should be placed in the middle of the table and then each player chooses a colour and takes 20 trains of the matching colour. Shuffle the train cards and deal four random cards to each player. The rest should be placed to the side of the game board as a deck.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are 32 ticket cards and these should again be shuffled and two should be dealt to each player. The rest of these should be placed to the side of the game board as the ticket deck. There are four coast to coast tickets that should also be placed to one side and there is also a golden ticket for the eventual winner of the game!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFirst Journey Gameplay\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe youngest player starts the game and takes the first turn. Play then goes round in a clockwise direction. On your turn you can either draw two train cards from the top of the deck or claim a route.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDraw Train Cards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe train cards are either; red, blue, green, yellow, white, black or they are multi-coloured locomotives. The locomotives can be used as wild cards, so they can be whichever colour you need to claim your route.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClaiming a Route\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo claim a route in First Journey you play the number of train cards from your hand that match the colour and length of the route you wish to claim. You then place one of your coloured trains on each space of the route you are claiming. Place the train cards in a discard pile, face-up next to the train card deck. You can claim any route on the board that hasn't been claimed already even if it isn't connected to any of the other routes you have claimed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, some cities are connected by two parallel routes, you cannot claim them both. Don't forget that locomotive cards are wild and can be used in place of any colour train ticket. You can only claim one route per turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/product\/first-journey-europe-ticket-ride\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cimg title=\"Ticket-to-Ride-First-Journey---Board-and-Componets\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ticket-to-Ride-First-Journey-Board-and-Componets.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ticket-to-Ride-First-Journey-Board-and-Componets.jpg 820w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ticket-to-Ride-First-Journey-Board-and-Componets-300x201.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ticket-to-Ride-First-Journey-Board-and-Componets-768x515.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ticket-to-Ride-First-Journey-Board-and-Componets-180x121.jpg 180w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ticket-to-Ride-First-Journey-Board-and-Componets-500x335.jpg 500w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ticket-to-Ride-First-Journey-Board-and-Componets-45x30.jpg 45w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ticket-to-Ride-First-Journey-Board-and-Componets-89x60.jpg 89w\" alt=\"Ticket to Ride First Journey - Board and Componets\" width=\"820\" height=\"550\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e Ticket to Ride First Journey - Board and Components (US Edition)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCompleting Tickets\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach ticket shows two cities that you are trying to connect with a continuous line of your coloured trains. 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In this case the player with the most completed tickets wins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFinal Thoughts on First Journey\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI love playing First Journey with my son. It is a great game with lovely components and its format means that it doesn't take too long to play. It is a lovely engaging game to play and encourages forward planning, being aware of what others are doing and problem solving. It is a very satisfying game to play and is a refreshing change to the endless stream of cheaply made, mass produced kids games that saturate the market at the moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst Journey is a brilliant scale down of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/product\/ticket-to-ride\/\"\u003eoriginal Ticket to Ride game\u003c\/a\u003e and doesn't lose the essence of the full game. 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Gameplay-wise, Codenames: Pictures works in exactly the same way as its predecessor, with the big difference being that instead of the Spymasters giving clues relating to a 5x5 grid of words, they are now giving clues relating to a 5x4 grid of pictures! The pictures are a joy to behold, ranging from an igloo with a deckchair next to it, to a hand grenade pineapple hybrid, to a parrot with a microphone, to a mummy wrapped in toilet roll... You get the picture! The Spymaster will have to think of clues relating to the pictures on their locations but be mindful of the innocent bystander locations and their opposing team's locations. Oh and, of course, avoiding the Assassin at all costs. The pictures can bring some surprisingly weird and wonderful clues as there is a lot to interpret in the pictures. This makes game suitable for younger children as there are no words to read and the youngsters will no doubt find the pictures intriguing. 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