TRAILS

Trails

Family Game
2-4 Players
About 30 Minutes
Grade 4 and Up
Game Schooler Recommendation

TRAILS, from Keymaster Games, incorporates simple concepts to create an approachable game. TRAILS is an easy to grasp resource management game where players collect resources to earn badges for points. Every once in a while, a game comes along that is elegant and straightforward, TRAILS is that game. The production is price aware, the gameplay doesn’t outstay its welcome, and most importantly, it’s fun!

Game Overview

In TRAILS, players hike back and forth along the trail, collecting rocks, acorns and leaves; taking pictures; and encountering wildlife to gain bonuses. At trailhead and trail end, you can turn in resources to earn badges, after which you start back in the other direction.

Skills
  • Competition Competition
    Develops healthy competitive habits as two or more parties compete for a goal that cannot be shared.
  • Logistics Logistics
    Allows students to manage the flow of production between the point of origin to the point of consumption.
  • Tactical Thinking Tactical Thinking
    Challenges students to make decisions based on currently available information.
  • Resource Management Resource Management
    Boosts a student’s capacity to efficiently and effectively oversee available assets.
  • Time Management Time Management
    Improves a student’s ability to organize and plan how long they spend on specific activities.
Game Details
  • Type: Board Game
  • Category: Family Game
  • Designer(s): Henry Audubon
  • Published: 2021
  • Game Length: About 30 Minutes
  • Players: 2-4 Players
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