BLOKUS STRATEGY IS A WONDERFUL GAME FOR A FAMILY OR EVENT WITH MIXED AGES! So many board games favor older children/adults, but this is a true game of strategy that even smaller kids can do well and win. My kids were 7 & 12 when we first got tBlokus strategy board game 3 years ago and the first thing I noticed is that my 7 year old could beat his sister and I. We have owned it for 3 years and still play it - the game never gets old, we just get better! Our family loves logic games such as Tetris and chess, but the difference with Blokus is that the rules are so simple that a 4 to 5 year old can learn to play easily. Blokus strategy board game is the one game that we own that I can bring out in a mixed crowd of small children to adults and you can not predict the winner! I would highly recommend this game to parents that are trying to sharpen their children's logical/reasoning skills; plus to grandparents or others that need a game that can be played with a crowd of mixed ages. And for the grandparents, it is not a game that is so complicated that the kids understand it and you don't!