Last week we were away on our family holidays in a self-catering cottage in the Lake District with the girls and my parents. As is traditional on our family holidays, we took a few new family games to play together in the evenings and Dobble Kids came out as one of our favourites.
Dobble and Dobble Kids are fast, fun and easy to play games which are perfect for taking with you on your travels. We took Dobble Kids which is suitable for children from 4 upwards but we did manage to play it (of a fashion) with Holly as well. The game comes in a metal tin which protects the cards when you're travelling and is compact and easy to put into your suitcase.
Dobble Kids comes with recommendations of 5 different ways to play with the brightly-coloured animal-themed cards. We chose to play the two most simple games with Lara and Holly as we thought it would be easiest for them to understand. Every card shares one picture with any other card, the aim of the most simple games is to get rid of all of your cards as quickly as possible by shouting out the name of the animal that matches the central car. Adults can play with more cards and younger children with less cards to give everyone a similar chance of success.
Each card in the pack is unique; they feature a selection of animal characters of different sizes which makes it hard to pick out the matching animal on each card - this all adds to the fun.
We loved this game because it didn't require Holly and Lara to be able to read - this opens it up to everyone. Holly took to it instantly and started to make up her own rules (which is absolutely totally fine with me!). Holly, who is younger than the recommended age for Dobble Kids, did struggle a bit with the speed element of Dobble Kids so prefers to simply take it in turns to try and find the matching animal from one of your cards with the central animal card.
Lara became very competitive when playing Dobble Kids and I think she is ready to try some of the harder game ideas.
Dobble also comes as a family-friendly version suitable for children from 6 years upwards, featuring different images on the cards. I think its a wonderful game based on such a simple concept that makes it timeless; a game that you can come back to time and again. It costs around £12.99.
