I am excited to share with you a fabulous game we’ve had the pleasure to experience with a couple friends of ours. WildCraft: An Herbal Adventure Game is a cooperative game that teaches about edible and medicinal plants. We love board games and this one is great for it teaches while it entertains. I have been a fan of this herbal learning board game for quite a while and now I have ordered my own copy.
Wildcraft! is all about real, valuable knowledge and skills that are quickly getting lost in today’s technological age. It is a gorgeous game that teaches the players all about herbs and their uses. Artist and naturalist Beatriz Mendoza uses vibrant watercolors to create a colorful and playful world for Wildcraft! The plant cards show the level of detail needed for identification in the field.
The players are on a mission from grandma to go and pick wild Huckleberries. Players walk up and down a long winding path to collect berries, along the way they find herbs (plants cards), and they even run into some trouble (trouble cards). Some of the troubles include sore muscles, an earache, a toothache, a hornet sting, and splinters. Thankfully, the herbs you have been collecting along the way may provide just the right herbal remedy to help you.
Step by step along the game board kids (and parents) learn about various herbs and their practical applications in health and healing. Wildcraft! includes a 20×20 inch game board, instructions, 4 player pieces, 52 plant cards, 52 trouble cards, 25 cooperative cards, and a spinner. It also comes with a downloadable story to enhance the story of the game.
This game typically only goes on sale during the holidays. But for the next couple days (until May 30th) you can get it for 50% off, that’s less than $20! To make the deal even sweeter they are also giving buyers the following free bonuses:
- Access to webinar, Outdoor Kids, Herbal First Aid for Summer, by Aviva Romm
- Dandelion Activity eBook
- Herbal Roots zine kids activity magazine
- The Herbal Gifts eBook (Saves you more in gifts than you spend on the game)
- Mentoring Kids & Nature Connection with Jon Young (mp3)
- Herb Fairies Activity Pack, with Book One and activity materials