Educational Insights Frankie's Food Truck Fiasco Game

My 3 year old son really loves the board game.

A mi hija le gusta. Trabajan motor fino y las figuras geométricas.

This game is of excellent quality, easy to set up and play straight away. My 3 and 5 year olds enjoy it. It teaches the concept of shape in a fun way. I am not sure about the option of stealing from someone else, it upset both my kids and my 5yo refused to steal when it was his turn. Also the majority of the food choices are not healthy but I suppose this makes it more attractive for children.

This is the second board game from Educational Insights that I have purchased (the other was Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel) and I absolutely love the educational concepts and high quality pieces. You get the cute cut out shape box, which doubles as the playing board when you lift the lid, a pair of Frankie the Cat tweezers, a spinner, 4 place mats that show you the shapes you need to collect, and several foods of each shape (circle, square, rectangle, and triangle and one of each shape for the crescent, star, oval, and heart). I like that there is no assembly required because the company already attached the food cards to plastic pegs for you, so you can play as soon as you open it. The game is intended for ages 4 and up, but my 3 year old can play just fine. Also, it's for 2-4 players, but ours came with a fifth place mat by mistake I guess.The concept of the game is that you need to be the first player to help Frankie the Cat deliver all five courses of the meal using your shape recognition skills. My daughter already knows her shapes pretty well, so this is a really fun way to reinforce the concept of shapes as well as teach strategy skills for collecting the harder to come by shapes first like the crescent, heart, or star, for example, and also the strategy of taking the shapes you need from another player if you spin that option. To play, you spin and use the Frankie the Cat tweezers (which also helps with fine motor skills) to pick up the shape indicated. You can land on a circle, triangle, square, or rectangle and must take that shape; if you already have it, you can't do anything on that turn. You can also spin two "Chef's Surprise" options that allow you to pick a food that matches any of the four shapes pictured that you still need. You can spin a "Yuck! Fly in my Soup" option, which means you have to put back one of your foods. There's a lose a turn option as well as a "That Looks Delicious" option that allows you to take a food from another player that you need. One round can last about 10-15 minutes, especially if you keep losing your foods or keep spinning shapes you already have.I love how it takes this early math concept and makes it so fun that kids don't realize they are learning. Even at 3 years old, this game holds my daughter's attention through several rounds, up to 30 minutes all together. I love how thick the cardboard playing pieces are so I don't worry about them getting bent and torn like most other board games on the market. I continue to buy games from this company because of the educational value and the high quality construction. This game has become a family favorite of ours and we play it almost on a daily basis. Awesome learning game!

My 4 year old loves playing this. It's a great way to learn how board games work (e.g. spinning a wheel, making decisions about which pieces to choose, taking turns, working toward a goal).It's a fairly simple game, but the aesthetics make it really fun to play repeatedly.One thing I'd caution is that it's very similar to the Sneaky Snacky Squirrel game. It is very slightly more complex, in that not all of the pieces in each category are identical, but otherwise more or less the same game.