Jumping High Fives Ants Picnic Party Board Game - Childrens Cooperative Garden Bug Picnic Game for Kids Ages 4 and Up - Learn New Skills Through Hands-On Play, Perfect for Family Time

It was use for an activity for my son

I found this game while on the hunt for more preschool-aged board games. The game design and artwork are very cute, with bright, friendly colors that make it look fun and inviting. The setup was very easy and quick.The instructions left a bit to be desired, three adults read through them and everyone agreed that some sections were wordy/poorly worded. The instructions don't clarify what happens if it's your turn and there are no spaces that match the cards in your hand (not all sections have a space for all item cards), it only addresses what happens if a matching space is occupied. Do you draw a 4th card, lose a turn, or advance to the next plant/end space? The "Game End" section has slightly ambiguous wording as well. It states that if the pests take all the tokens from ANY plant before the ants (you) have collected all your snacks and made it to the end, the group loses and you have to start over since you didn't gather enough food. The debate was over whether you start over if the pests take all of a veggie/fruit even if you've already collected the one needed of that item.So for example, we collected a carrot (then later peas) to put in our basket, but as we continued to play, the pests took the remaining carrots and peas. We managed to get all ants to the picnic party and 1 of each snack in our basket with 2 remaining strawberries on the board. Did we win because we collected the final snack (strawberry) and made it to the end before the pests took those too? Or had we already lost because the pests took the remaining carrots and peas even though we had already collected one of each? If the answer is that it doesn't matter if you've already collected an item, as soon as a pest takes the rest, you start over, then it bodes a very never-ending Monopoly-Esque type fate for the game where you will forever be starting over. We started on "easy-mode" with only 3 ants and barely finished with all of our veggies/fruits, so it would seem to escalate to the "intermediate" and "expert" mode with 4 and 5 ants would make the game impossible.In spite of some lingering questions/concerns about the instructions, we really did enjoy the game and found it to be a good cooperative game for our preschooler, who as already asked that next time we try it with more ants next time. We're happy to have them game and will definitely add it into our regular rotation.

The art is super cute but the game is very confusing and my littles and I couldn’t figure it out. Returning.

I got this Ants' Picnic Party game for my son who just turned 4. He has played Candyland a few times, but is still pretty inexperienced with board games. This one was a little complicated for him; I relayed the rules, but really had to keep the game moving by instructing him exactly what to do on each turn. That said, I'm sure once we've played a few more times he'll remember the rules. It's a cooperative game, not competitive, so players will definitely want to help each other.This game is good for beginners just learning some of the basics of playing board games -- e.g., taking turns, drawing a card, discarding, moving a marker, adding/removing tokens. One game with 3 markers took us about 15 minutes (which included learning the rules), and that was perfect - if it had gone on longer my son would have lost interest. Game play can be made more challenging by adding more markers to the board.The board, deck of cards, tokens, and markers are all very good quality with appealing artwork. This game would be a nice gift for kids 4 to 6 years old.

You’re obviously not gonna be getting this game if you don’t have kids. This games difficulty level is suited to a 4 year old. The game play/directions are suited to a 4 year old. They explicitly describe this in their directions. So if any reviews ever mention this, then ignore them.Keeping that in mind, this game is PERFECT for getting your little one into games. There’s a small amount of strategy, thinking about which item cards to play, how to get the ants moving faster, and in which order the food should be eaten by the pests. There’s kind of a very beginner card drafting mechanic as well.I love it. You can make it more difficult if you want by using more ants or (I made this up) removing 2 foods per pest card. But regardless of what you do, this game is geared toward you getting your/a kid into gaming. Love it for what it is.I CALL LUG!

We chose this game because it looked like something fun to play with our little boy. It turned out to be quite a fun strategy game where kids can develop teamwork skills and their ability to think critically. The game is setup to play 3 to 5 ants at a time. The more ants, the greater the challenge. Note: You are playing as a team so the number of ants in play is not relevant to the number of players. As a team, you are in a race to collect food tokens from the 3 garden plants and make it to the picnic before the food is eaten up by the pests. Pests are cards that must be played when dealt, which eat up one food token. If you are looking for a teamwork-based (all win or all lose) game to play with your children, Ants Picnic is definitely a lot of fun and I’d certainly recommend it.

We have a handful of the Jumping High Five board games and generally have a pretty high opinion of them. At this point though, there are two in particular that are the best of the best - the princess game which is also a coop game, and then the dragon game which is competitive. This ant game is very similar in nature to the princess game - you work as a team to get to the finish before the pests take all the food. But in my opinion it gets a little too busy by comparison because the pests take away some of the food which I think is supposed to be placed off the board, while you gather food items as you progress around the board through three areas until you get to the end. The path is a little confusing to follow with the three giant food areas breaking things up. The princess heroes game is a little simpler because when they encounter obstacles you just move a leaf down a step closer where the game ends at the last spot. I don't dislike this ant game, but if I had to choose between the two then my vote is obvious - I'd give this ant game about 3.5 stars while the Princesses win out with 5 stars!