My First Stone Age (2016)

About this game

Travel to the past with Jonon and Jada, two stone age children, to rediscover how the first humans settled the world around them. In My First Stone Age, a children's version of the Stone Age family game, the players collect goods and build their own settlement. Players first explore the location of forest tokens surrounding the village. Flipping a forest token over indicates the movement of the player's meeple to an action spot on the board. Gather or trade resources, visit the construction site or get a helper token for the kid's dog Guff who will fetch any resource when it's time to build a hut. The construction site is where huts can be build. Each requires a different set of resources. A visit the to construction site also resets the forest tokens: Flip the tokens back over and swap a couple of them to introduce some challenge. Use your memory to find the fastest paths to gather resources and built 3 huts before everyone else to be the winner of My First Stone Age.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 1.1/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 5 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.