HABAKaruba - Jungle Adventure Tile Placement Family Puzzle Game - Exciting Family Games & Kids Board Games Ages 8-12 (Made in Germany)

Oh boy, this game has grabbed my husband and me and won't let go. The product description says it's addictive and it IS. We're in our 60's and were looking for something new, fun, and different from our usual Parcheesi, Sorry, Scrabble, and Challenge Rummy routine. We got this in hopes it would create challenges, new ways of thinking, fun, a short play time, and be a game that isn't mostly chance (like so many card games) but instead requires pre-planning, spatial awareness, etc. This does that. We really love it. First of all, the board and all pieces are gorgeously painted and produced. Pieces are sturdy, and that's important and necessary because the playing boards and tiles are cardboard. The pawns are either wood or sturdy plastic, I don't know which, and the gems which you collect on your journey through the jungle are plastic. Either way,it's all built to last. Layout is simple. The directions, however, were a bit complicated for us, but that's probably because we're old. Easily solved though. We just went to You Tube where there are quite a few videos on how to play the game, and that saved us. Play time is about 20-25 minutes as each player moves his adventurer to the same-colored temple across the board. You're laying out tiles with every turn that will hopefully get you there, but you have to watch out for intersecting paths leading to the other temples. Anyway, it's a fun game, absolutely deserving of its Game of the Year award, and probably would be easily understood by children as well as adults.

-After about 2 games kids and adults have the hang of it-You're all playing your own board concurrently, so no waiting for turns and game goes faster-It's not annoyingly addictive where you're getting constantly hassled to play, but you do want to play a few times in a sitting because it's really fun! You could probably play 3 or so times in around an hour.-If you have one younger player they can be the expedition leader (draws the cards for the whole group)-Great for casual and serious board game people-Pieces and boards are sturdy/quality madeLove this game, played it at a friend's get together and have since bought it for myself and gifted it 3 times!

We picked up this crunchy game for our daughter's 10th birthday. Karuba was easy to teach, yet challenging enough for both adult and child to enjoy. It's a puzzle playing adventure similar to Labyrinth or Kingdomino. Yet, it has the added bonus of balancing that with moving multiple "adventurers" around an island to their respective "temples". With it's variable game setup and 36 options throughout play, I feel this game has almost endless re-playability. We love/recommend this game!

In Karuba, players are placing tiles to have their explorers reach the temples before others and collect gems on the way. Players set up identical maps and then one players calls out different tiles (by their number) that need to be placed on the board (respecting a few simple rules) or use the tiles to move explorers along their paths. You can decide to stop and pick up any gold or gems on the way or move along as quickly as possible to gain more treasures at the destination temples.Learning the rules are simple. There is some set up to each game as players may want to lay out all their titles in numerical order. It's a great play experience as every one is puzzling their way through the map. There is not a lot of player interaction meaning that you can't affect other players which is great for younger or newer players that may not like direct competition. Overall, a great gaming experience for families.

Bought this after playing at a parks department game night. We have a very logical-thinking 6-year-old who loves games and has learned Catan, chess, and Carcasonne. This game, while it is random, really makes you think about how to place your randomly-drawn tiles to get to the temple/treasure first. Rules are very simple., and the game only takes about 20 minutes. With 3 players, it's interesting to see that we may start out placing the first 3 tiles in the same location, but after that, it has been totally different. We are testing strategies of building one road first to score the top points on reaching the temple first, but then dealing with an inefficient road system to get to others vs. slow and smart but maybe not getting all the top points. It also depends on the other players' strategies, as you want to get to the temple first to score the most points. Even thoguh you are not directly interacting your players on the same board as others, that is what makes this interesting since there are essentially no defensive moves, only offensive. Then, the question is always, do you use the tile to move before the road is complete, or do you complete the roads and then move? it's up to you.