My little grandson loves this game and often wants to play it again and again.  It's easy for beginners as they only need to count the number of color spaces to move.  The board is very colorful and the short cut paths well marked - but I still need to help him with which direction his piece moves after a short-cut.  I must admit that I find two games about my max as it gets a bit tedious.  (I'm looking forward to when he gets old enough for dominoes and backgammon.)