The rules are even for our son (4) easy to understand. It is rolled, a precious stone is placed on the particular ship, or you're looking out on that (the black ship), draw card or the gems are unloaded at the Viking Village and quasi auctioned, in which everyone can using the card to make an offer , Surely the subtleties of the game will come to fruition only when the relevant age layer, but also for younger siblings, it is suitable, as they always have fun yes to Vikings etc.. The Takieren is also MMN with 6 years still quite difficult, because it is then on the other players. Like most Haba games can also modify here the game idea. The material is in usual good quality. For me personally, there are games that make me more fun, but the children certainly makes it fun. As a travel game I find it less suitable because the 40 gems go then easily lost.