Ravensburger 21580 Minecraft Explorers - Cooperative Card Game for 2-4 People Ages 8 and up

I love cooperative games for our family - especially for our competitive 6 year old.The game is pretty simple to learn. It follows the standard card game format: each player's turn has them using their "food energy" cards to make choices that cost a certain amount of "food energy". So each player can collect items and/or fight monsters. The goal is for the team to collect the items needed to fill the chests. The challenge is to keep the monsters in check before we are overrun. There is also the Game Over card that is toward the bottom of the deck that will immediately end the game.Very simple concept but lots of fun. And a lot of conversations (especially with our 6 year old) about what the most pragmatic/helpful/logical choice to make and/or how to set up your teammate to have a fruitful turn as well.Our 6 year old loves Minecraft and he also likes board game so this was a no brainier.We also find ourselves having interesting conversations about his tendency to be a little too self-interested in his pursuit of collecting armor (his favorite part of the video game is also acquiring armor) in lieu of helping the team fight monsters or collect items. It's actually been a great opportunity to explore community cooperation in a low risk setting.Cards look great and are well made and thick. Very fun to look at - look just like you'd expect a Minecraft branded game to look.Definitely worth the cost - we'll get a lot of play time. We can even convince our 16 year old to play. We all find it pretty enjoyable to do cooperative games with our kindergartner.Husband tried playing the game solo. He said it's much more challenging playing solo but still doable. Love that it's an option.

We bought this for my nine-year-old son for a Christmas present. It was a little complicated to figure out in the beginning, but once we got the hangover of it, we loved it. My son loves to play with us, which is great for family time.

Super fun game for the family! My 9yo loves it and it’s fairly easy to learn.

Got this for my 11 year old for Christmas. He loves it. However, since it can be a multiplayer game, he wanted everyone to play with him. Having played Minecraft, he understood all the symbols and scenes on the cards, but to someone without that background knowledge, it doesn't make a lot of sense. The instructions don't really explain what you're looking at, and by the very nature of Minecraft, the pictures are pixely and unclear, which definitely don't help if you don't already know what you are looking at. But the kid like it, so I guess its a win? But don't use it as an introduction to Minecraft.

One of my son's favorite games. And for the price, you can't beat it. Highly recommended!

My kid loves this game.

There may be a limit on replayabilty after quite a lot of plays if you memorize the cards, but for its cost, we think it is great. It is quick enough to explain to friends, but complex enough to entertain euro-gamer adults. Very portable and quick to set up and take down. 1-player mode works great and we love the cooperative dynamics that encourage coordination and communication. Minecraft knowledge gives players a slight edge, but it is definitely not needed to play.

According to my son it’s super fun and easy to play but challenging enough to make it interesting. Great value.