Trekking National Parks Family Second Reviews Summary

Trekking National Parks Family Second Review: Pros & Cons

Description: Underdog Games Trekking The National Parks - The Award-Winning Family Board Game | Designed for National Park Lovers | Great for Kids Ages 10 and Up | Easy to Learn

Avg. Price: $49.95

Rating: 4.7
based on 258 reviews.

Game Setup and Instructions

Pros:

  • "After reading the directions a few times it was quite easy to understand and play."
  • "The best aspect of the game is that you can teach new players in ten minutes."
  • "The directions appear difficult at first, but it was very easy to catch on and the video directions were very helpful."
  • "It was fairly easy to learn."
  • "It was super easy to reach out to the company and a new one is on the way."
  • "The instructions are a little complicated but once we started playing it all came together."
  • "It takes 1 round to learn."

Cons:

  • "The directions when you read them are pretty tedious."
  • "Setting up the game and reading the instructions was not easy."
  • "This game was initially confusing to set up."
  • "The map is, pretty bad; and not helped by the fact that it’s primarily brown."
  • "It takes up a lot of room and can be tough to follow everything."
  • "After an hour we still hadn't finished reading the instructions and setting up."
  • "Just reading the instructions was daunting."

Game Quality and Components

Pros:

  • "Great quality. Solid board and cards."
  • "High quality pieces, extra large board, lots of smaller pieces."
  • "It is very high quality materials."
  • "Game pieces are AMAZING quality including a game board that is the size of an actual map and is made of chipboard that’s about 1/4” think and folds up easily."
  • "The playing pieces and cards are all good quality and a good size, with the pieces all made of wood."
  • "Very high quality board and materials, they even included extra buttons should you lose any."
  • "The game board, box and all the pieces are very high quality."

Cons:

  • "One more thing to note, our game was missing 2 stones."
  • "There seemed to be an item missing. They immediately sent a replacement and a nice reply to my request."
  • "Our game was missing a red tent."
  • "We are missing a set of cards."
  • "A couple of game pieces were missing."
  • "I opened the unsealed one, the cards and pieces were scattered in the box."
  • "The pieces were extremely thin and somewhat small making it very hard to build this puzzle."

Educational Value

Pros:

  • "The game does educate on parks so that is the benefit."
  • "Also helps teach states and geography."
  • "It is an amazing game to teach about the National Parks and to learn strategy."
  • "It's a great way to learn where many of our NPs are, relatively easy gameplay and fun for the whole family."
  • "Absolutely love this game! Simple, fun and educational!"
  • "Educational AND fun! The award this game earned is well deserved!"
  • "This game is a great way to learn about the national parks."

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