The game is a lot of fun and is quickly understood. Even 7-year-olds understand the principle and play with. As an adult, you can deliver exciting duels. Practice makes perfect here. Someone who plays the game for the first time, has no chance against a erprübten player. Now to the game board. It is solid and has no splinters or rough spots on. For me, the holes for the green points sticks were too low, so that one gets out only to turn the game board and simultaneous top tapping, the rods. I have small O-rings pure pressed into the holes, so that the rods can no longer reinrutschen so deep. Furthermore, should be advised to glue the middle with thick edge Fils, otherwise the background noise rises immeasurably when two nimble players are at work. The wooden discs I have sharpened with 320 grit sandpaper, so that they slide better. After some playing time this happens even automatically, but just takes longer. After a few games, I can say that the board can withstand all that well. The only thing I noticed is that the green footprint now shines a bit more. Because she has also smoothed, where the stones glide back and forth. But that is no impairment. The game is really recommendable. Too bad that the price varies greatly here. From 63 to 120 (for Christmas)