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(More customer reviews)Letter Dwarves is a game produced by Haba aimed at reinforcing alphabet and vocabulary skills in children ages 6-10 (these are the manufactuers recommended ages, I believe kids as young as 4 can enjoy this game). Haba is known for producing kids games with high-quality components and this one is no exception.
The goal of Letter Dwarves is to be the first player to move your dwarf pawn around the board while collecting at least 3 gold tokens. To accomplish this, players flip tiles depicting one of the following:
1 - a set of objects
2- "Fairy Forget-me-not" holding a picture frame asking you to name 2 objects, 2 animals or give 2 names
3 - "Hob Hotchpotch" holding a frame asking the player to identify a letter falling between two other letters
For tiles 1 or 2, the player has a choice of using one of 4 letters, each of which is resting on a barrel on the gameboard and each having a point value (1-4) used to move the players dwarf around the board. The player must choose one of the four letters to name an object on the card (in case 1) or 2 animals, objects or names (in case 2). In order to land on treasure spaces and collect gold, the player may need to use a specific letter associated with the number of spaces he needs to move. This is the stage where vocabulary comes in as players try to think of different ways to name an object on the card (ie "castle" could also be "fortress" or "palace" etc...). Alternately, if a player draws tile type 3, they name the missing letter and roll a 6-sided die to determine movement points.
My kids enjoyed Letter Dwarves, though perhaps not quite as much as some other games we've played. I do think this is a good game to help younger kids work on their vocabulary and alphabet. I also like the fact that it encourages kids to really use their powers of observation at times. My son needed to name an object beginning with E and had a card with a Zebra, a Camel, a fence, shed, bushes... and was drawing a blank until it finally hit him that the animals had Eyes and Ears. For my daughter, the game was good for getting her to identify beginning sounds of words with their letters.
Overall a pretty good game for kids. It's hard to go wrong with Haba, a company that consistently puts out quality products.
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Letter DwarvesHob Hotch, the tricky little elf loves nothing better than hiding letters all around the alphabet village.Helped by the fairy Forget-Me-Not, the eager letter dwarves are trying to put all the letters back in order around the village.Can you help them?Letter Dwarves is an excellent game for learning and teaching the alphabet as well as new words, inspiring creativity in the young and old alike.Intended for 2-4 players, ages 6-10 years. Contents: 4 dwarves, 1 game board, 40 cards, 26 letters, 26 coins, 1 alphabet strip, 1 die, 1 little bag, set of game instructions. Designed in Germany.
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