Customer Reviews:
 Very good family game for Indiana Jones fans! September 6, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
My daughter received this for her 7th birthday. She became and Indy fan after playing the Indiana Jones lego Wii game. We (husband, myself and daughter) have played this game 3 times already and we all enjoy it. There are different paths for different movies and you are to try and take/save artifacts from the world and each other as well as avoid the typical Indiana Jones "traps." You collect and lose partners along that way that can be good (ie: willie, brody, jones sr) or bad partners who can take money, lose artifacts and turns for you. You at the very least pick up an adventure card and follow the directions during your turn so it isn't just a boring move to a spot game. Each game can go completely different and although there is some strategy to it, a 7yr old can just as easily win this game as an adult. The game is for 2-4 players but since you need to go thru the adventure card, it tends to go faster with more people. It can be a good 45-60min game with just 2 people. The box states it is for 9+ but I think any child with good reading skills and loves Indy would enjoy this game. At the very least, young kids could team up with a parent which would be fun as well. It is much different then most typical kids games so we all have really enjoyed this one. Although I don't think many adults would enjoy playing this with just each other, I highly recommend it for Indy-fan families!!!
 Really Fun June 1, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I think board games are like video games. People like them because you're basically in exciting situations you would never be in, in real life. In Life, instead of getting away to an exciting start as being in control, you face the same problems in the game as in real life. That's when Indiana Jones comes in. Instead of "You can't pay for college, go back to home space," it's "You escape the traps and natives, draw one Life tile." The feeling of being important is now even in Life. There are three relics worth a ton of money (the Ark, the Shankara Stones, and the Grail) each in a section representing a movie: Raiders, Temple, and Last Crusade.
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