Lego Heroica, What a Great Way to Spend with Your Kids

In this day in age it seems today that many kids toys require batteries and need to be noisy to keep the child's attention. Lego Heroica is a board game that requires problem solving and creativity. You can have your child help build the game board and even set up the location of the pieces. 


I got my set  to play with my 5-year-old son. It is pretty much exactly what it looks like: a cool little Lego dungeon-crawler. Each Heroica set comes with a certain number of 'rooms' and 'hallways' that can be combined in almost endless ways. Then you populate the dungeon with monsters and treasure and have at it. 


Most set come with 3 books in the box,  the standard instruction book, a rule book, and an  "adventure" book with a mini-comic and three suggested dungeon layouts. The dungeon layouts are not presented in any particular order, but if you look at the bits that are supposed to be included in each one, you can assemble them into a mini-campaign that ends with a confrontation in the throne room with the goblin king. 


Is this worth it? Depends on your child's age and interests. For kids 6-10 I think it's a gold mine. It encourages tactical thinking, memory, and some very basic math. There is also lots of scope for creativity and spatial thinking, since the tiles and bridges can be laid out in so many different ways. The bits are cool and even played cooperatively it is a fun way to pass the time. There's nothing scary or occult in the game; it is all pretty innocuous. 


So the bottom line is that I would recommend this game to a close friend. I would buy this game again if I had to. 

P.S. This game can be expanded buy purchasing other set and even growing the adventure. I hope that you get to enjoy this game as much  as we do.