HABA Orchard Game - A Classic Cooperative Introduction to Board Games for Ages 3 and Up (Made in Germany)

I'd read about Orchard and had been considering purchasing it for awhile, but wasn't sure about spending the money on it. Finally, we decided to get it for our sons (2.5 and nearly 4) for Christmas. My husband and I were both REALLY happy that we did.Negatives first:1) It's true that the baskets are not very durable. One of ours is a bit smashed already (the one year old got ahold of it), but we'll find a replacement if necessary.2) The puzzle for the crow is a bit difficult because the pieces don't stick together, but not a big deal.3) and this is VERY nit-picky, I wish the cherries were a bit neater on their place; once I gave the stems a little twist and that fixed it. BUT, my kids don't care at all and they work just fine.The positives:1) the fruit is beautiful! I love the little wooden pieces2) my sons were easily able to get the rules of the game and don't need to be coached through the game at all. In some other games, we either have to go over the rules for each turn EVERY turn or forget about them, and that takes all the fun away.3) it teaches fair play (gently stopping the 2 year old from rerolling if he gets a crow)4) and turn taking.5) good for reinforcing colors6) and counting (2 fruit for the basket, and of course, we love to see how many of such and such fruit we have)7) working togethershall I go on?Best of all, the boys love it!And my husband and I both enjoy playing this game with the kids and our 11 month old (when we got the game) even likes in on the action and will sit in one of our laps and will "roll" the die on our turn.My mother, who is a kindergarten teacher recently purchased the game for her class center time after playing with our boys.All in all, a winner.

I remember playing this game in Kindergarden 35 years ago and that I loved it and today my kids play it and love it as well. The game just doesn't get old.You have to work as a team and try to pick all the fruits from the trees before the raven Theo manages to steal them. The rules are easy to understand and remember and the kids love the feel of the wooden fruits and the little baskets. We love the quality of the game pieces and that they are not just cardboard or plastic that break easily like most other games for little kids come with. Haba games are in my opinion and from my experience generally better quality games.We had the version for younger children too and recommend both for everyone with little ones that love board games.

This game is fabulous1. My 2.5 year old plays it daily and absolutely loves it.2. durable (baskets get squashed, but hold up to it okay but a little beaten looking)3. game pieces adorable (small) and high quality. If you have very small children then you may want to laminate the cardboard puzzle pieces. I haven't but the puzzle component is doing fine despite that.4. Co-operative games are important developmentally and not so easy to find.This is a great first game for kids. It teaches about taking turns, sharing, and working together towards a goal. We've had this game for several months and it still comes out everyday to be played with. My toddler loves rolling the die (singlular) and putting the fruit in the basket. The puzzle is fun for her, too. The fruit game pieces are small (hence the recommended age) but my 2.5 year old plays the game as it is intended.

Extremely cute game that teaches early boardgame mechanics in a collaborative (non-competitive, you play against the crow) way. My little one's new favorite game to play as a family.

It is an interactive game which a child at age 4 very much enjoys playing.

We own a lot of games and many are fun....at least for a little while. But this game is my favorite and my 4.5 year old son's favorite, too. He's had it for a year and it's been his favorite for pretty much that whole time. His 2.5 year old sister can play this one, too. The quality and craftsmanship is exceptional. The cooperative nature of it is fantastic. Everyone who plays is on the same team, trying to collect all the fruit in the orchard before the raven does. We get extra fun out of it by yelling "No ravens! No ravens!" when we roll the die. At the end, the kids jump up with excitement and dance around the room, singing "We beat the raven, we beat the raven." I much prefer this to having them taunt each other about one kid winning and the other not! The only knock on this game is the raven puzzle in the middle - it's tough to put together so the kids can't do that part themselves. For that reason, we always play this one with them.

Got this for our son’s 3rd birthday. He got the concept very quickly and loves to play it with his sister. All the fruit pieces are well made and cute. Our daughter likes to collect them in the basket. Really fun and an easy cooperative game for all ages!

I am SO happy with this purchase! My LO is 21m and I have been desperately waiting for her to become old enough for ANY board game, just ANY! I am a big boardgame fan myself and we haven’t had a chance to play any boardgame since she was born, with our lives full of baby duty and work. I started to try boardgames with her since she was 18m old. And 18m is probably the minimum age you are able to find any boardgame that’s suitable for. But I had no luck. Even with the Thinkfun Roll and Play which is marked for age 18m+, she showed no interest except throwing the cards around. I kept trying but even today she would lose interest within a minute when her dad and I play the Roll and Play with her. But this HABA Orchard game is a hit!! She still couldn’t quite get the rules, but the fact that she got to pick the toy fruits from the trees and put them into her little baskets (she owns two while my husband and I got the other two) after the dice was rolled to a certain color kept her focused and interested throughout the game. She was also so eager to finish the crow puzzle that her little hand is always holding a piece of the puzzle. I guess she still doesn’t have the concept of win or lose, so collecting fruit and finishing a puzzle are both the fun for her.We did not buy the My First Game version of Orchard because I think this one will last longer when my LO gets older. And she stopped putting any non-food into her mouth quite a few months ago already and she’s able to spit out the fish bones when she eats fish. We don’t have much concern of choking hazard on her and we won’t let her play this by herself anyways. If your LO does not have choking concern either, you can easily convert this game to the My First Game version by alternating the rules a bit (just take two fruit pieces every time instead of one). I think for young toddlers this makes more sense since the game will be much shorter this way and they can easily stay focused and interested throughout such a short game.

サイコロを振って、出た目の果物をカゴに入れていくだけという非常に簡単なボードゲームです。カラスの目が出たら、中央にカラスの絵のパズルを完成させていきます。全てのフルーツをカゴに入れたら勝ち、カラスの絵が完成してしまったら負けです。でも、カラスは6つのうち1つしか目がないので、ほとんど完成することはないです。笑子どもたちはそんなことも知らずにカラスの目がでたら大騒ぎですが、実際は負ける確立が非常に少ないので大人は平和にプレーすることができます。うちの子は初めてプレーしたのが2歳10ヶ月位の時でした。フルーツの駒？が小さくて可愛いし、カゴに集めるのが楽しいようで何回も連続で遊ばされます。安くはなかったですが、家族で一緒に遊べるので満足です。

Wonderful family game!! Working together players try to glean the produce of the orchard and not be thwarted by the greedy crow!!! Real-looking wicker baskets, pears, apples, cherries, and plums add to the fun.

Fantastic game, was bought for four year olds and they love it, we played it over and over on Christmas day and no arguments or tears because you all have to work together to win against the raven and my four year old twins can play it just them two as it is simple enough to not need adult involvement.

My 3 year old loves this game and it’s enjoyable as an adult too. Would recommend!

Great kids game, son is 4 and he loves it. Hoping to get him addicted to bardgames early :)