Angry Birds Knock on Wood

Today's board game is Angry Birds: Knock on Wood. This is another one of our favorites that we particularly like because you can choose the length of the game. You can even play by yourself!

The Point:
Knock down as many towers as possible and earn the most points.

Gameplay:

There are five different card piles. The purple cards, with eggs and a star icon, are rewards. More about those later. The green "1" cards mean that the tower will be a bit easier to knock down and is worth 100 points. The orange "2" cards are a little bit tougher towers and are worth 200 points when knocked down. The blue "3" cards are the most difficult and are worth 300 points when knocked down. The red cards are the favorites of my kids. They are "freestyle" cards which means you are told which blocks to use for your tower, but you create any tower out of those blocks.

In this game, I was building for Brianna. She wanted a 300-point tower, so this is the card she chose. I had to build the tower exactly as shown on the card. If she knocked over all four of the green guys (the pigs), she wins the card and essentially 300 points. If she also was able to knock over the yellow star, she picks up a purple star card worth 100 points!

Hunter built this tower for me worth 200 points. The same rules apply - if I knock over all the pigs, I get the 200 points, and if I can also knock off the yellow egg, I get the purple bonus card!

Like I said, the kids really like the freestyle towers. This is an example of one. You pick the card and all it tells you is which materials to use for building:

I made those materials into this tower for Bri:

Hunter created this freestyle tower for me:

And Bri built this freestyle tower for Hunter:

Verdict:
Thumbs up! We like to pull this game out when we don't have a lot of free time - maybe while lunch is cooking or if we have 20 minutes to kill before our next extracurricular activity. It's also great for all ages, because younger ones can just knock the towers over with their hands or feet - haha!

Great for Learning:
Dexterity, Fine Motor Skills, Creative Play, Geometry (finding the perfect geometric arc can be tough!)