Review written by: Dusque with help from her kids Mayhem & Chaos
Review Copy provided by HABA USA (Please note that the views and opinions of this review have not been influenced by anyone associated with Taxi Wildlife or HABA)
Review Copy provided by HABA USA (Please note that the views and opinions of this review have not been influenced by anyone associated with Taxi Wildlife or HABA)
Taxi Wildlife is an engaging game designed by Florian Racky, and Published by HABA. It supports 2-4 players. I find that 3 players works best. The box states it is for ages 5-99 years. (I'm not sure what happens if you let a centenarian play) It takes roughly 10 minutes to play. You and your opponents are taxi drivers winding your way through the jungle ferrying various creatures. You accomplish this by trying to blindly grab the animal that matches the card with a road on it out of a bag before your opponent does the same. The person with the longest road and the most animals wins.
Components
Taxi Wildlife provides very colorful animal meeples that kids will adore. The bags can handle the traffic your kids will give to this game. Cards are sturdy but if playing with some younger ones, they may get get bent, but that is probably expected. Everything is very colorful which made my kids completely interested in it once I showed them the box. Be careful not to leave children under 3 with the animals as they do look tasty to them. HABA is known for providing colorful and durable components that are great for family games, and Taxi Wildlife does not let you down.
Taxi Wildlife provides very colorful animal meeples that kids will adore. The bags can handle the traffic your kids will give to this game. Cards are sturdy but if playing with some younger ones, they may get get bent, but that is probably expected. Everything is very colorful which made my kids completely interested in it once I showed them the box. Be careful not to leave children under 3 with the animals as they do look tasty to them. HABA is known for providing colorful and durable components that are great for family games, and Taxi Wildlife does not let you down.
A Mother's opinion
I really enjoyed playing this with my kids and might have had more fun with it than they did. My youngest (3 years old) said "meh" when I asked her about it. She is a little too young to understand how the game works, but she did enjoy the animal pieces. My son (5 years old) loved the game and always wants to play more of it. Parents with children on the spectrum may find this difficult to play. It is a very tactile game and this proved daunting to some children that played with us.
I really enjoyed playing this with my kids and might have had more fun with it than they did. My youngest (3 years old) said "meh" when I asked her about it. She is a little too young to understand how the game works, but she did enjoy the animal pieces. My son (5 years old) loved the game and always wants to play more of it. Parents with children on the spectrum may find this difficult to play. It is a very tactile game and this proved daunting to some children that played with us.
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