How many times have you feigned interest in a child's game you agreed to play with them? This little sack of letter tiles is quite different.  We've all had so much fun playing this, it's worth its weight in gold.  I gave it to my just turned 7-year-old granddaughter for her birthday thinking it would be good 'filler', ho-hum but not expensive, and good for her to learn spelling.  I was quite surprised that she instantly recognized it from her pre-k class and was very excited because she'd loved it then (when she couldn't spell much of anything).