I found the game just a bit pricey but our big it has gotten to the 8th birthday and played with his friend leave immediately "for hours". It requires calm, strategic thinking, memory and has been played by a single explanation and play along with just without me. The good thing is that the information will be announced at your fingertips. To promote concentration and thinking / memory, I find the game ideal, unfortunately, it is very large and therefore somewhat unwieldy for the journey.