We are a family that loves board games. During our games, my husband and I always musing about how fun it would be when Peanut can finally join us on the table, playing a game or two and start working those strategic skills early. Well, maybe it won't be too long before she can start playing this very simple board game from Selecta Spielzeug (the Germans churn out the best boardgames out there in the last 15-20 years).
Nino Conillo is a charmingly simple boardgame for toddlers. There is a burrow and 20 little rabbits. It's raining, the burrow is flooding and you have to save all the bunnies.
Very simple theme any of the smallest children can relate to.
In order to save the bunnies, you have to roll a dice with colours on the faces, and whatever colour comes out, you put a bunny in front of a door with the same colour. When you roll a colour of a doorway which already has a bunny standing before it, you can take it safely out of the burrow. Player with most bunnies saved won.
Very simple rule of playing and winning, is a hallmark of every great game, that's why I love the game. It doesn't involve any strategic thinking yet, only colour recognising and maybe simple counting at the end to determine the winner. The box said 3 years and up, but I suspect that's because the bunnies are rather small, not because they need to be 3 years old to be smart enough to play this.
Actually, I'm not sure at what age they will start to name colours. Or taking a defeat without throwing tantrums... (Oh, the latter will take years after puberty to develop).
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