Underdog GamesTrekking Through History: The Award-Winning Family Board Game | Great for Kids Ages 10 and Up & No History Knowledge Needed | Easy to Learn & Fun for Family Game Night | Designed

My wife and I love to play complex board games as we do enjoy the puzzling aspect and how it stimulates our brain into thinking about how to be efficient. This game is not something we would think of playing, but I personally purchase this for a couple of reasons. First, we do like Trekking The World as it reminds us of several other games we like, combine into one. So we decided to pick this up expecting it won't disappoint. And second, we need more welcoming games and we could pull out in case our family members wished to play.We played this game more than 5x now as it becomes my niece's favorite. She was not a board gamer but she enjoys the puzzle aspect of the game, especially in fulfilling your itinerary. This is not the game my wife and I would think of playing together, but I rated this as a 5-star as it really delivers as a family (lightweight) game. That even non-gamers or casual gamers would enjoy and would make them more interested in discovering what board gaming has to offer.Component-wise, I personally am so fascinated with the production quality. This was the first board game I had with a neoprene mat, and best of all, it does have a functional insert to store the components. Hand's down a top-notch production. I wish this would be the norm for all board games.Again, as a heavy gamer, though not the game I would always prefer playing, I'd still highly recommend this for families who want to play something fast, and simple yet offers a good amount of decision space.

Like the other Trecking games, this one is fun, educational, and really holds our interests.

The game is very easy to intuitively understand but also has enough depth for adults to play by themselves!The components and build quality are top notch! This is a game designed for some wear & tear. The art is amazing. The facts & historical moments are fascinating. The box and added plastic insert is awesome. It packs up & sets up very satisfyingly.It plays quick and breezy at a light/medium complexity weight.Honestly I'm very satisfied, very impressed, and my adult friends & I had fun!The only real con is that this game isn't so addicting or complex to withstand tons of playing for "advanced" gamers. If the theme doesn't already keep you coming back to the table don't expect the gameplay to, in my opinion. The gameplay is great but not a ton of depth.

Birthday gift for grandson 10. Family loves the games- steep learning curve on game play but will keep interest for years to come.

I read reviews that this was the best of the Trekking series so I got this first. The cards are great quality. The playing board is a mat that gets rolled up and put a away. weird at first but I like it. I did learn some things playing the game. There are notes on the cards that can be read. A fell in love with the mechanic of moving less means I could go again and possible a better card appear. It has some elements of 7 wonders game. This is several family members favorite game. I have to be careful not to overplay it and make others hate it.

Does not require history knowledge to play. It is strategy and draw of the cards. To learn history you will need to read the cards which is not a requirement for the game. The artistry is nice. I like that you can change the length of the game. It is only up to a 4 player game.

Tonight we played Underdog's new game, Trekking Through History. It took a solid hour and a half plus to play the game, maybe closer to 2. It can easily be divided into 3 nights though, without leaving a major monopoly level mess on your table. We all enjoyed it, and learned new facts. There are several different approaches to strategy that can be used to win the game/points. It's also easy enough to modify as a collaborative if playing for win isn't your thing. Or, to not count points at all at the end and play to learn. I definitely don't feel guilty counting it towards school because of the various forms of education involved in this (strategy for math, timeline work for math and history, historical information, and reading). You could easily play this as a family game and then prompt kids to pick a card they played that they want to learn more about and research it for the upcoming week and share what they learned diving deeper into that history card. There is a video link included in the game for how to play, about a 10 minute watch, but does an amazing job relaying instructions. Says 10 and up, and my 10 year old played independently the first time around. You could easily partner with a younger child and play with littles easily, though the attention span/love of history would be the thing to be mindful of. It's not a fast paced game. Not everyone is playing to the same strategy, and because there are so many ways to win, there is no incentive to keeping your next move hush hush, allowing you to easily talk through game play with a younger kid wanting to learn. 10/10, recommend