Busy having fun in Busytown.

I read a review about this game a few weeks ago and thought it sounded like good investment.

It was $19.99 on Amazon. I don't have time to search stores, but I'm sure it's available at Toys R Us, Target, and the like.

Richard Scarry's Busytown!

 It turned out to be a phenomenal investment.

The game is easy to understand. It's 6 feet long. It's not one player playing against the others...it's teamwork to the end. It does teach taking turns and following directions.

The object is simple. Get your cars to Picnic Island before the pigs eat all the food.

 First player spins and may spin a "move", "pigs eat" or "golden bug" spot.

If it's a "move" spot, then player moves that many spaces. (1-4)

"Pigs eat" means you take away one of the pieces of food from Picnic Island. (The game starts with 6 pieces of food there)

"Golden bugs" are fun. When spin one of these, you select a bug card and see what is on the back. Then you grab a handful of magnifying glasses and flip the sand timer. While the sand falls, you search all over the board for the object located on the card and put a magnifying glass on it. When time is up, you count how many you found and EVERYONE gets to move that many spaces.

All players must be on the ferry before the ferry can take off for Picnic Island. So no one can get there first. You don't need exact number of moves to land on the ferry, and if you get there first, you wait for everyone else and keep helping them by finding objects from the bug cards when necessary.

 It's fun!! I recommend it highly. We have played it every single day lately. Several times.