Review
Minecraft: Heroes of the Village
Minecraft: Heroes of the Village is a solidly made, very simple set-collection game that can get a five-year-old to the table. Older children may find that the suspense runs out rather quickly.
Minecraft: Heroes of the Village
- Published
- 2022
- Designer
- Christian Fiore, Knut Happel
- Publisher
- Ravensburger AG
- Players
- 2–4
- Playing time
- 25 min
My young one and I do not yet share the same board-game obsession, but Minecraft got him to the table willingly. Heroes of the Village is a decent first step: a familiar theme, proper Ravensburger production, and bits built to survive small hands — though if an annoyed seven-year-old chooses to throw it, you will notice the weight.
At its heart, this is set collection in its plainest form. You gather what belongs together, complete your sets, and move on without wrestling with awkward exceptions or elaborate combinations.
“There is no point in us always beating Dad; there needs to be suspense.”
TheCuttlefish
That makes it easy for a small child to grasp, but it leaves very little room for tension between the players. The base game did not create enough of it, so after a few plays we added house rules devised by the boy himself. “There is no point in us always beating Dad; there needs to be suspense.” And there it was: the five-year-old had become the table’s designer.
For five-year-olds, it is perfectly good and a safe way to make use of their Minecraft fixation. For seven-year-olds, it is likely already too shallow — and best not mentioned while they are holding the box.
For seven-year-olds, it is likely already too shallow — and best not mentioned while they are holding the box.
TheCuttlefish
Source: BoardGameGeek
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