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Ravensburger Enchanted Forest - Family Game | 
| Brand: Ravensburger
Category: Toy
List Price: $24.99
Buy New: $14.75
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Seller: fivestarsales
Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 1800
Color: Green
Batteries Included: No
Age: 6 - 15 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 14.8 x 10.8 x 1.5
MPN: 01148
Model: 01148
UPC: 810973010698
EAN: 0810973010698
ASIN: B00001OK75
Release Date: June 12, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | A magical treasure hunt in the land of fairy tales. | | • | The king's castle reveals the treasures you must search for throughout the forest. | | • | Roll the die to determine the distance you move, making your ways to the trees to see what treasures are hidden under them. | | • | Once you've found the treasure the king has requested, make your way to the castle so that you can announce where it is. | | • | The first player to correctly announce the location of three treasures wins! |
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Product Description
Find "once upon a time" fairytale treasures & inherit the kingdom! Cinderella's glass slipper, Aladdin's lamp, Puss' boots, the Emperor's crown, 13 magical surprises hidden in the Enchanted Forest. Explore the lovely forest, peek at treasures. When the king asks for help, race to the palace to become the next to take the throne. Lovely classic illustrations. 2-6 Players. Ages 6+
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 23
 A Timeless Classic Children's Game March 26, 2010
Ben C. Taylor (Chantilly, VA)
I remember playing this as a child back in 1986. When I saw it was still being sold, we purchased a copy to play with our kids. The game has thirteen trees with fairy tale treasures (i.e. cinderella's glass slipper, rapunzel's tower, and the golden ball from the frog prince) underneath that match 13 playing cards that are kept in the castle. Players move around the board looking under trees for the treasure that matches the displayed card, then race to the castle. The first player that makes it to the castle and correctly remembers where the corresponding treasure is gets to keep the card. First player with three cards wins. An average game with 3 players takes about 45 minutes to play.
Our kids (now 7 1/2 and 5) just now have the attention span to sit through an entire game. Usually we would play for 30 minutes and then just put the game away. Some other reviewers have suggested some helpful modified rules to move along the gameplay and keep everyone engaged.
The version we purchased included some more obscure fairy tales (maybe more common in Europe)? Also, the pawns were painted wood while the trees are molded plastic. The quality of all of the pieces is high and the gameboard is durable. As a parent, I like this game because it encourages memorization and evaluating alternate moves. Specifically, the rules allow you to change directions (i.e. move one way the number on one of the die, and reverse directions for the number on the other die) which increases the chances of landing on a treasure space.
Fun version of Memory February 24, 2010
Thorsten Kling (Miami, FL)
Played it many times with my 5 year old. This is not one of the games that you only play to entertain your kids, but I actually enjoy playing it myself as well. It's a nice combination between memory, some strategy, and luck. The rules are very simple. One game lasts about 20 minutes.
 Great Game, But They're Modifying a Classic February 18, 2010
B. Corbett (NY, NY)
I owned this game growing up and I would definitely prefer that version to this. The colors on the board alone are bright enough to leave you seeing spots. In addition, the trees are slightly crappier quality and they've changed some of the treasures to things that are more commonly known. I for one thought that the novelty of the other, less common treasures were better.
I'd still recommend that you buy it, but I hope that a Ravensburger employee reads this and makes a classic version for a higher price.
Fun game February 2, 2010
Mary E. Nagel (Kennesaw , Georgia)
Enjoyed this game. I think it will be really nice for the age suggested. It was a little longer play then I thought it would be but held our attention just the same.
The best game we have purchased all year January 18, 2010
C. Freyer (San Francisco, CA, USA)
This is definitely a game that my daughter will grow in to. She's just a little more than 4, so we have modified this game to be more cooperative and yield faster rewards, and it is our absolute favorite.
For parents of 4-5's who might be interested, we have made the following modifications:
* We play 2 at a time and it's mainly cooperative with some competition thrown in (mostly hooting, hollering, racing) with a much faster tempo (game done in 20 mins).
* Our rules are a blend of Junior Labyrinth, Memory, Sorry, and I Spy (other games that she loves and plays well on her own without help).
* Child wants to win but needs help with strategy at times.
The modifications:
1. We move as instructed with the dice. Doubles get you to a tree or straight to the key (to cut down on some of the hassle of landing on the key, which can drag on and on).
2. When you land on a tree, you show everyone the treasure that you found (like Memory). Both of us work together to pattern the trees into our memory, and we work as a team to get to and identify the different tree-treasures.
3. Then we basically are racing to the key via doubles or dice rolls to try to claim whatever treasure card is showing and helping each other either remember or try to figure out which of the "unseen" treasures it might be.
4. Whoever gets to the key gets to try to remember where the treasure card was (we help each other).
5. If you win the card, you take both the card and the tree for your "treasure area" (again, like Memory or I Spy) and go back to the village to "start again." Of course, if you roll a double on your next turn, you can choose to go to either a tree or right back to the key to claim your next treasure.
6. The person with the with the most treasures at the end wins (like Memory or I Spy). She usually beats me by 2 cards, and has a wonderful time doing it.
We did play a "real" game tonight and the first card really stumped everyone, so folks had seen all the trees, then forgotten them, because we forgot that a double could change the treasure card. 40 minutes in, only I had 2 cards, Dad had been sent back to the village, daughter was dancing around the room. Went back to modified play and she had a great time playing 2 more rounds.
There are a number of things that I love about this game:
1. As described above, this game has loads of potential so it can be modified to be faster/more cooperative/easier for kids all the way down to 4 years of age.
2. It's Ravensburger, which means that you are getting really excellent quality game, with nice pieces, a beautiful playing board, strategy, etc. I can see this game lasting a really long time.
3. She is going to grow into it over time--as opposed to growing out of it over time. Many "kid" games are for such a narrow age range, say 5-7 years, and I find that the 4 & 5 year olds memorize the plays really quickly and a lot of the games can become boring or just too easy. (I Spy, while loads of fun, is enjoying a retirement for this reason, until everyone "forgets" the memorized game cards; Operation is just too one-dimensional.
Super game, thrilled.
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