Angry Birds: Knock On Wood Game is Fun for the Whole Family

The Angry Bird: Angry Birds: Knock On Wood Game is an exciting board game based on the on the best-selling phone app game, Angry Birds. It brings all the fun of the touch screen app to a new, tactile playing field for two to four players. The game goals are the same as the online version: launch the Angry Birds toward the egg-stealing pigs’ wooden castles to destroy them and advance to the next level. The game comes with three Angry Birds, four pigs, a variety of “wooden” pieces, and a bird launcher
Although this game that combines problem solving and action play is designed for children ages 5-9, it is one that will be enjoyed by everyone in the family.
Play consists of drawing cards from any of four levels, building a structure on the card, and then knocking it down. To play, you draw a card–the higher the card the more points possible to earn. Give it to the next player to build that card’s castle. Then, use the bird launcher to shoot it down with the birds indicated on the mission card.
All the game pieces are nice and sturdy, so made to hold up to younger children. The rules for playing the Angry Birds: Knock on Wood Game are simple and easy to learn and since the “missions” are pictorial, no reading is necessary. Although it says for ages 5-9, older children and adults will have fun and be challenged by some of the structures they need to build.
Angry Birds: Angry Birds: Knock On Wood Game is great for teaching young children how to take turns, figure out how to solve problems and it also helps build fine motor skills. At the same time, being able to throw the Angry Birds figures with the slingshot keeps enough action to maintain their interest.
Don’t be surprised if your child sits and plays with this game alone. With or without the “mission” cards, your child could have hours of fun simply building various improbable structures. Of course, a large part of the fun from Angry Birds: Angry Birds: Knock On Wood Game will always be from making those birds knock the towers down again and tumbling the pigs in the process.