Honk! Board Game Review

 

Honk!

Players: 2-5

Play Time: 20 min

Ages: 5+ (officially 6+)

Overview:

In Honk! players are gathering food cards to feed (collect) geese and collect eggs (points). Each goose has different food symbols on it that you will have to collect to feed it. You can only collect geese that have no other geese on top of them. Collecting a goose earns you an egg, but you get more eggs if you have multiple of that kind of goose. Special golden eggs are also hidden underneath the bottom layer of geese.

Review:

This is a fantastic kids game that is also engaging for adults. I mean, I would probably never choose to play this with only adults, but I will never turn my son down if he asks to play. This is such a great game to help bridge from "kids" games to more complex games. 

I love that there is very little luck to this game, it requires planning ahead and kids have to weigh potentially getting geese that cost fewer cards with ones that might match existing geese and earn more points. My son has also had to learn to adjust his plan if someone takes the goose he was planning to get, which is harder for a kid than you might think.

My son started playing when he was about 5 and a half, which is when I found the game. I think he probably could have played a little younger. Now, he is 6 and will still play if I get it out, but has also been able to make the leap up to Splendor, which I consider a huge win.

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