Sleeping Queens 10th Anniversary Tin Card Game

Let me start this with you by stating that I am blind/visually impaired individual with a five year old daughter eager to learn. There’s a reason I am stay in this and I will let you know more.I’m researching what kind of game to get for my five year old daughter I came across the reviews for this one. I bought the 10th anniversary tin version due to the fact the reviews stated that there was extra cards and more final game playing with this version. I found this to be true.My daughter is currently getting better at math and this actually gave her a big boost and jump in the learning curve due to the fact that she loves this game so much. Only took two games for her to know how to play on her own but only five years of age. The math is very simple with the cards going from one to 10 making simple math equations.Also, The cards are very easily remembered. Which helps my daughter in the reading category because she knows certain words look like she also is really good on letters so she’s getting better with that as well. But amazingly the artwork is really good.The daughter loves it so I love it. However, the reason I love it so much is due to the fact that me being blind/visually impaired I have severe optic nerve damage. Another words I see a gray foggy filter in for my vision at all times only able to see shapes at around 4 feet. Do not see faces or detail. So reading is out of the question for me and I have to rely on the cards shapes of the artwork. I can’t however see the numbers enough to tell what they are and I can distinguish each card for what they are. This is great for me because I’m able to play with my daughter without anyone having to tell me what cards are in my hand.This car game has been a life changer for my family and I. Can’t wait to buy more games from the same family or company.

It’s nice to have a game that is easy enough for younger kids to play without being completely tortuous for older siblings and adults (looking at you candy land and chutes and ladders). The four year old picked up the actions and counter actions for the special cards as well as the few queens who have different attributes easily. It doesn’t really hurt the game if you have to help younger ones do the addition to discard number cards either. She usually just keeps her number cards from her hand face up on the table so we can help with the math when she’s chooses to discard those instead of playing any special cards in her hand. She’s able to play independently enough that we can all carry on a conversation while playing like in a normal card game. The cards are colorful and decent quality (slippery when new like most playing cards) and the kings and queens are each unique and interesting enough to keep kids wanting to play through the game. The game moves along quickly and you can also adjust the win conditions to suit your family and time available. We usually opt to play one longer game by having it end when all the queens have been awakened and whoever has the most queens wins. The instructions also have other suggestions such as stopping when someone has woken up 5 queens or adding up the point values printed on the queen cards with winner being whoever gets to 50 points first, etc. Since there is some light adding involved it’s a good game to help kids keep practicing those number skills without the whole game being focused around the math. You can choose to have the adding be more or less strenuous to suit the various ages without being too boring for older people.

My cousins introduced us to this game. It's quickly become a favorite. Love the idea and fast pace. Perfect for ages 3+

This is my children's favorite board game of the entire Gamewrite catalog. Seriously fun! It is easy to learn in 5 minutes, even for my four year old, but is the rare kid game that is enjoyable to play for adults. No reading is required, the cards are numbers and pictures. There are several learning elements hidden in the game. You can gain cards by forming your numbered cards into math problems (1 plus 5 minus 2 equals 4), encouraging the kids to move the cards around a math problem to get rid of as many as possible. Younger kids don't need to do math problems and can spot pairs instead. There is also a memory element of where the flipped over queens are, because they get sent back by the use of a sleeping potion card. My four year old daughter became so enamored that she came to recognize blemishes on the cards from wear as the specific queens, i.e. she taught herself to cheat by marking the deck, causing us to buy two new copies. I noticed a few reviewers gave one star not for any product reason, but because they have a political problem with the queens being thin or in dresses or asleep and want their review to be a social critique. Ugh. Please don't mislead shoppers like that - nobody reads a child's game review to find political arguments, and the game is actually outstanding!