I've owned 10 Days in Asia for many years and had played it a few times with my game-group friends and a 2-P game or two with my wife. One day my college-age son and daughter wanted to play a boardgame. I thought that we'd try something new (to them); so, I pulled out 10 Days in Asia. Once my daughter learned the mechanics (during the first game), she fell in love with the game. The puzzle element of the game really intrigued her, I believe. She beats me at this game quite frequently (she doesn't beat me at games often, but I love it when she does). My daughter was getting ready for a Study Abroad College Term, in Germany. So, I bought 10DiE for her. She loved this game as much as Asia. 10DiE preceded 10DiA, and doesn't use railroads, which seemed a bit odd for European travel, but it was what it was. This actually made us use air travel much more than we did 10DiA. My daughter loved the puzzle element of the game so much that she made a house rule that when drawing the first10 travel tiles, that the tiles have to be placed in left-to-right order. It's easy to make up many other house rules to make the game either harder or easier, or just different. My daughter absolutely loves this game series, and Daddy adores spending the time with his daughter playing boardgames.We bought this early on in our Homeschool Days. Several Mothers on Blogs where infatuated with it. It was Sooo educational and FUN.YA! not so much. There isnt that much to the game. Okay ya you get some geography in, but it's about as much fun as sucking on a log. I think there are more enjoyable game choices for that the Ticket to Ride Series (great maps with cities too) or even Pandemic (a Co-op Game). They arent going to learn much from this game if they arent interested in it. My 6-9-12 year old LOVE playing Ticket to Ride Europe.I thought it would have a bit more to the game as far as game play. You just pick 10 tile and line them up on Tile Holders one for each of the Ten Days. You can then do ONE of these things. Swap one Day for another. Pick up from the discard pile /discard one. Or discard one and pick up from the New Tile Pile. Then you try to link your days either by one country next to the other IE Germany to Poland, OR you could FLY from Germany to Ireland.SAVE YOUR SELF some cash and just have your kids.... plan a make believe on Orbits or some travel site. HECK they'd probably learn more!!.The ONLY reason it got a 3 is that they could have used cards but they used tiles. They gave you a nice wooden tile board that has a very durable paint job. Also the box, game board and component tray are very well constructed. The artwork and map are colored well and the rule book was really well done-SHORT.It's just sitting on our shelf though. Kids will gladly grab Ticket to Ride loooooong before they will go for this game.It's Dust Collector Game.... IF you are still looking at the game... PLEASE play it once before you buy it!!This game has given my entire family hours of fun for all ages. The directions are easy to read and follow and encourages good thinking along with a little luck and to plan a trip across Europe. By using tile cards, you place them into each of the 10 days initially. Your first ten cards will not allow a fluid trip so on your turn you can trade a card with one from the draw pile. The goal is to connect like colored countries by like colored transportation or putting adjacent countries/cards together. This would be easier to do if you could swap out cards, but as with any great game, you have to think and carefully review the map and strategize! It usually takes about 30 minutes and goes a little faster once everyone has the hang of it.As a gifted facilitator for elementary students, I bought this and several of the 10 days Games for our program and the students love it. The 10 days in Europe is my favorite. The other versions are good as well with slight twists in the transportation options. My 3rd grade students and older understand it. The adults in my family love it as much as our teenagers and 9 year old.I am always looking for games that are fun AND educational. This is a game where you have cards and you plan a way to travel through Europe in a certain number of moves (linking cards). The rules are simple, the game is colorful and while playing it, kids (as well as adults) learn geography while having fun. There are also a few facts on each card about the country. The one funny game we had was where my husband thought he had completed a trip and yelled that he was finished and he turned his card holders around (only to discover that he had made a wrong travel connection). Once we saw his cards, we knew what cards he needed and could block his travel. Needless to say, he lost that game. ;) If you watch the cards that others pick up, you can sort of anticipate which direction they are traveling (or what country cards they will need) and block their efforts. While there are not a lot of variations (or levels) to this game, it is fun to finish a trip around Europe. The first one to complete a travel plan, wins. Like I said, a good geography game.I bought this game for my 4 year old, who is super into countries. We change the rules a little bit, so he can play. We've had the game for a week, and play one or two times a day. These are some of the countries that he can find in less than a second: Sweden, Spain, France, Russia, Iceland, Moldova, Serbia, Austria, Montenergro, Latvia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He still doesn't know where England is. It's difficult to get to and from England in this game.How we changed the rules for a 4 year old: We start with six cards each. Then, we chose to start in one of those places. We play with pawns from another game, and put a pawn in our starting countries. Then, we put the rest of the card in a pile and lay 5 card out in front of the draw pile. We construct our routes day by day, drawing any card we want from the five cards in front of the draw pile, and replacing the card once we choose one. My husband think we play it a lot like Ticket to Ride, but without a destination.Anyway, I highly recommend this game to anyone with a bright child ages 4 and up, although you'll have to change the rules to make things a bit easier.