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We bought this game for our two children when they were 3 and 4, and we were pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable it is to play, even for mom and dad. It isn't a competition game as much as it is a cooperation game, so if having a clear cut winner is what you want, this probably isn't the game for you.

Each player has a farm with four different crops to harvest before autumn turns to winter. You roll the die to determine which crop you may pick or if you have to move everyone closer to winter. If winter comes before the crops are harvested, then there might not be enough food for winter, but the object is for everyone to harvest their crops before the onset of winter.

The neat thing about this game is that really the best way to get the harvest in is for everyone to work together to harvest each other's crops and not just work individually on your own crop. There is an additional element (which we have not yet played) to the game where you can plant the garden first and then harvest it. It is for more advanced players, but I think a young player could easily play it too after having played the easier version a few times.

I highly recommend this game for families of all ages. It's been a blessing to watch the kids want to help other players more than they want to harvest their own crop!

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I bought this last year for my competitive 4 year old. She has difficulty playing other games (she can get rather upset when she loses you know how that is!), so this game is a breath of fresh air we both enjoy it and it's nice for us to finish playing a game, rather than having to stop when she gets mad. We have fun coming up with "recipes" to make as we harvest as well.

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Our 3 y/o loves this game and we enjoy it too. It's pictorial, so no number or word recognition is required, and the cooperative aspect makes it so much more enjoyable than Candyland!

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Our 3-4 year old boy LOVES this game!

What a difference from playing other traditional winner/looser games.

It removes the stress/anxiety and leaves the pure enjoyment of playing against the dice

and the rewarding feeling of working together towards a common goal.

The board itself and the pieces are a little cheaply made (low end cardboard cutouts).

But other than the cheap feeling of the board, the game itself is a winner.

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Easy for my 4 year old to get, he enjoyed the puzzle in the middle. I like how you can make it a little different as they get used to the basic game by adding in the planting phase. Only issue I had was game board was a little wrinkled where it attached to board, but was still fine to use.