I first wrote about this game about a year ago.  It was a Kickstarter project that intrigued me.  So with my whopping $12 investment, I waited a long time to see this.  I knew that my oldest son would love this game.  The box arrived, we opened it together–and what was his first reaction?  “This is a girl’s game!”

The artwork is what grabbed his attention.  Indeed, it’s unique.  And pictures of fairies don’t usually inspire my Lego-addicted son.  But he agreed to try it out.

We played it three times that night.

In fact, that was 11 days ago–and we’ve played 2-3 games EVERY NIGHT since.  He asks me to play with him.  And that made my $12 worth every penny and then some.

In a nutshell, all cards have two sides–a goblin side and a fairy side.  Each side has a character’s name–which makes us laugh every time we read them.  And you have to read them, because part of the game is matching cards by rhyming.  The goal is to get rid of your goblins and collect fairies.  The actual directions are beyond what I want to document–but I can say that most of our games are about 15-20 minutes—perfect for his attention span.

The game is available for sale as of today at Game Salute for $15.