Pro & Con Arguments - Best Haba Games 2018 - Buyer’s Guide

This cooperative game is designed to foster social skills and understanding of game rules, develop color recognition skills and teach counting by ones. Game idea: working as a team, the children try to pick the fruits from the trees before the raven reaches the end of the path. If the players succeed in harvesting all the fruit before the raven reaches the orchard, they win together. If the raven gets there first, they lose together against the quick, ravenous raven. A simplified variation of the classic “orchard” game adapted to suit players ages 2+, this game has been enjoyed by families for over 30 years.

Contents include: 1 raven.1 fruit basket.4 green apples.4 red apples.4 yellow pears.4 blue plums.5 path cards.4 trees.1 color-symbol die, set of game instructions. This set can also be used as a pretend play set of solid, wooden fruit.

A roll of the die tells the players how many animals can be placed or whether they can add to the alligator base. This game fosters hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. A wobbly stacking game for 2-4 animal piling players ages 4-99. A true haba classic, made in germany this game is fun for the whole family and a favorite for adult game night too. Players race each other to be the first to place all of their wooden animals upon the animal pile before any of the other players. One of haba’s most popular games, this game is a winner of the major fun. Celebrating it’s 10th anniversary with over 600.000 copies sold.

Contents include: wooden die with symbols, game instructions and 29 wooden animals: 1 crocodile.4 toucans.4 sheep.4 snakes.4 monkeys.4 penguins.4 hedgehogs and 4 lizards.

High quality – roll and play is made with a high quality plush cube, and comes with 48 game cards which provide endless learning opportunities and lots of fun. Also includes a storage pocket for cards, and a parent’s guide. Award winner – winner of many awards including the play advances language award, oppenheim platinum award, and more. Also a toy of the year finalist. Develops critical skills encourages creativity, active play and gross motor skills, and provides a perfect stealth learning experience for your toddler. Clear instructions easy to learn with a clear, high quality instruction manual. You can start playing immediately.

Contents include: 6 racing cars.6 color dice 1 game board and instructions. Challenging game variation idea included. A tactical thinking game for 2 to 6 clever players aged 5 to 99. The first player throws all 6 dice. Now try to move your car according to the colors obtained. You must compare the colors of the dice with the colors of the squares directly ahead of your car. A clever but simple children’s game that combines color recognition and “thinking ahead” skills. It plays in just 5-10 minutes and takes its name from the italian city known for its formula one grand prix racing circuit. Six racing cars are raring to go on the starting grid of the big race. The player who rolls the right colors on the dice and makes clever combinations will be able to move ahead the fastest.

After each single move, put aside the corresponding die. If you cannot use certain colors, your turn is over. You can only move your car ahead and you must avoid the obstacle squares.

Contents: 4 rabbits.3 wooden carrots (in different sizes).6 bridge pieces.5 gray stones, carrot island, starting island, color dice and set of game instructions. One clever rabbit has an idea to sink big stones to create a bridge between the islands with planks. Unfortunately there aren’t enough boards, so all the rabbits need to use the same bridge pieces. A player who overestimates the length of the planks must stand still and watch the other rabbits hop past on their way to the carrot island. So pay attention and start guessing and building. A giant golden carrot shimmers on the horizon. Unfortunately the golden carrot and other delicious carrots are on a different island and the poor rabbits don’t know how to swim.

Contents include: 1 game board.1 cherry tree.1 raven.5 pairs of cherries.1 little basket.1 color die.15 flower cards.1 set of game instructions with two game variations. A co-operative memory and color dice game for 1-4 players ages 3-8. This game stimulates memory, recognizing and naming colors and developing & experiencing the “we” concept. The pesky crowwants to steal the ripe cherries from the orchard. Can the children harvest them before the raven reaches the tree. Children learn about team work and cooperation as they rush to beat the greedy crow.

A beginner s tactical fantasy adventure for 2-4 heroes ages 6-99 years. Evil trolls have stolen the treasure of the ancestors and the magical tribal amulet. Brave heroes set off with flying griffins and fast cliff runners to reach the trolls lair at the bottom of the volcanic crater. Contents: game board.4 scaled griffins.4 cliff runners.55 playing cards (18 gold cards.9 scaled griffin cards.18 cliff runner cards.9 +2 cards.1 waterfall card).80 pieces of gold.1 magic amulet. The hero who plays their action cards cleverly, rescues as much treasure as possible, and snatches the magic amulet back from the evil trolls will become the big hero of kaskaria.

Fun for the whole family and includes versions for particularly brave adventurers.

The dragon children have found an unusual treasure: a column of ice with sparkling stones frozen inside it. Together with dragon dad the players remove one ice ring after the other, and melt the ice column. Contents include: 1 dragon dad.1 box base with 4 dividers.1 game board.4 dragon children.9 ice rings.90 sparkling stones (18 in each of 5 colors).5 sparkling stone tiles.1 ice floe tile.1 set of instructions. Determine the winner after the final ice ring has melted. The player with the most sparkling stones in their dragon cave wins. Includes 3 game variations to encourage beginners and challenge advanced players.

This makes the sparkling stones fall down. But be careful: only certain sparkling stones can be collected. The rest go into the cave in the center for the dragon dad.