The World Game - Geography Card Game - Educational Games for Kids, Family and Adults - Cool Learning Gift Idea for Teenage Boys & Girls 8-12 with Map

I've traveled all over the world.... years (can I emphasize YEARS) ago. Was humbling to play with my kids and mother. They thought I knew all the answers. How did I forget so many capitals and locations... and cities I've been in? And the flags... hmmm... we played a modified version of this for my kiddos. Also, they could pick "who has less surrounding countries" or "who has the lowest highest altitude" "least population" so it wasn't the biggest = best. (That made it MUCH more fun when we started doing that.)Reminded me of many facts I had forgotten. And kids got a hit out of learning and guessing.My 7 year old was on the brinks of not really being able to play with much meaning. We managed. But my 11 yo was much more fun. My mom was super fun. She also gave hints and (although that's not allowed), it was more fun, too!My teen that is not at all interested in family games was still just not interested.So good game. Not magical, but educational and fun. We've played it multiple times. It's also nice and small, so could travel well.Oh, and because it's so random that Slovenia is #1 country (what's the background story behind that??), whoever gets it wins that round automatically. That also makes it more fun and highlights a country that is rather overlooked.

This is one of the best educational board game! I have bought it to my 11 years old son, to extend his geography knowledge and sense of the world. It really helps him to orientate on the map and have better understanding of countries location.It also gives knowledge about population of every country and flags. After playing a couple of times he can name the good number of countries by their flags.It is very good for adults too - you will refresh your internal geography database and even learn something new.Pros:Very good polygraphic quality of every piece - cards, map, box. The box is very solid - you won't break it even if you step on it. Every picture is very colorful and bright. Cards are thick and also look sturdy.The game itself is very interesting and enjoying. You gonna learn a lot playing any variant of the game.194 cards with flags, capitals, population, highest point and number of neighboring countries.Detailed, well marked colorful map for easier navigation.Cons:Nothing come up to my mind

It was a great hit for the boy to whom I gave it. Although, he has the full game, he appreciated that this would serve as a travel version of the game.

This has been a fantastic resource for giving my homeschooled kids a MUCH better grasp of world geography than I learned in public school. In an hour a week over the last couple of months, they've learned the majority of the countries in Europe, Oceania and the Americas, and we're moving on soon to Asia and Africa. It's been a good springboard to more in-depth study of countries, but I like how it forces you into an understanding of the relative sizes and positions of places- even if my kids can't point exactly to a country, they quickly learn a sense for where to look, which I consider one of the more important goals in teaching geography. The game play is snappy (essential for not losing your mind when playing with children) and the challenges and breadth of information mean it's still fun to play after you've learned every country in a region. The capital cities make for good quizzes when we're away from the table (am I the only homeschool parent who quizzes their kids when they're acting up??).As I see it, there are only two downsides. One is that I now know things I never wanted or intended to know, like the comparative areas of Honduras and Guatemala. The other is that our deck isn't complete, so I've had to make some replacement cards. We had an extra of Tanzania, Thailand, Eswatini, Suriname, Switzerland and Sweden, and we were missing Germany, France, Estonia, Finland, Fiji and Georgia.

Full disclosure: I have never used this set to actually play a game, but rather to use as a study aid for a geography course. In that capacity, they were extremely useful and effective, and I can absolutely vouch for them as a learning tool. They are handsome-looking cards, complete with pertinent "vital statistics", and the coordinating map helps one locate each country with ease.

My 30 year old daughter had a stroke, and her memory and speech was affected. This card game has been fantastic for her recovery. It gives us something to try to bounce off and guess about the countries from the info on the cards. We don't use it precisely as the game is meant to be played, but instead ask questions of the handful of cards we hand to each person playing. It is educational, good for memory and general knowledge... and makes it clear what you need to brush up on. Very good product.

I think this was a good game! Rules are simple, and good length! I enjoyed it.