This is a good game if your kids are highly analytical and strategic. It is a trumped up version of dominoes and plays well once you get into it.  It can teach both kids and adults a thing or two about thinking. I do have to choose this game for my kids as they like to play games that are more like junk food for the brain, but they can maintain interest for a while once it is underway. My kids are 14 and 11. I certainly wouldn't go much younger than that, they will be bored.