I have been looking at games for our family since now our youngest two are finally old enough to play. We live on an acreage in Minnesota and so having things to help pass the time during long cold winters is a must. My daughter is in kindergarten and I thought this would be great for her and my preschooler to learn spacial reasoning, patterns, matching etc. this is also one of the games recommended for the elderly and Alzheimer's which is what I do. We have played this a couple times and the kids love it. My daughter who just turned 4 can easily follow along. The pieces are durable and excellent quality. The colors are vibrant. They love uno type games where game play is matching so this is great. We just play the game at this point with out keeping score and the kids love it. I loved Rummikub when I was young and this is similar. A good introduction to that. Definitely a good purchase for us. It is also great to have games that isn't parent torture that the kids enjoy and want to play.