Fantasy Stables: Regular Edition Board Game

I was looking for a family game that we could all play with our horse-obesssed daughter. Someone mentioned this one in a review for a different game as being perfect for horse lovers, so I set off to find it. It was out of stock on Amazon, so I found their website and emailed them to see where I could get it. The creator wrote me back almost immediately to let me know that they had just shipped more to Amazon, and she even followed up with me again as soon as the new stock was reflected. Seemed like a really wonderful person who is more interested in the right people playing her game than selling a million copies. I am so glad I found this game! My daughter loves it-- definitely her favorite Christmas gift (she is 9). There are two different games you can play, a fast version and a long version. We haven't even played the long version yet because the fast one is so much fun. The dynamic of the game is similar to Monopoly, but it's really so much more well thought out and developed. It's fast-paced and very fun, perfect for anyone who loves horses!

This game is really fun. Yes, a bit involved as others have mentioned, but once you understand it's enjoyable. We've found it's best to play 2-3 years rather than collecting a certain number of horses. Once my son made me play until all the horses were gone. It took a couple of days, but boy did we rack up the bonuses! Great for math and thinking ahead. It helps you understand how a big financial risk could not work out well later on in the game. It's complicated enough not to get bored easily. I really enjoy this one!

I bought this for my daughter's birthday and we were very excited to play it. But after 15 minutes of reading and re-reading the directions, we gave up. There are 20 PAGES of instructions and each section refers to another section on another page. I read it aloud to everyone in the room and we all agreed the instructions didn't make sense. We couldn't even find the objective. We love to play economic/money games (my 3 children - 10, 6, and 6 years of age all play Rich Dad's Cash Flow game - the ADULT version) and I thought one relating to horses would be even better, but it will take some time to sort out the purpose, let alone the process of playing, which shouldn't have been that hard. We will try again when we have 20 minutes to sit down and figure it out.

The instructions are a little confusing and there's one section where it makes no sense whatsoever so we just made it up as we went along. The designers should play this a few times and they could fix the issues easy.

If there was a choice for "0" Stars this would be chosen!! This game is clearly not for children nor is it for adults. I am an educated, average mom and even my educated husband was like, "this is ridiculous"! After spending appoximately 45mins of reading through instructions, it was clear these are ridiculously complex instructions that go so in-depth you lose what the beginning of it was trying to explain. The instructions to play this, what you would think, is a simple board game goes into an enormous amount of instructions within instructions. For Pete sake just make the game like all popular board games because they are suppose to be played by families or kids! Sending back ASAP! BTW, this was a Christmas gift for my 5th grader who has a horse and wanted all horse-related stuff for Christmas. We were going to play this game as a family. This was a bomb!!!

This game is a must have. It's very original and totally unique. It's fun for horse enthusiasts and non-enthusiasts alike. Fast paced, complex enough to keep you interested for hours but not so hard you can't pick it up in a few minutes. The instructions are very well written and the board, cards, and pieces are beautifully designed and sturdy. The rules offer several options to "complete" the game so you can pay for an hour or hours. This is not just a equestrian version of Life or Monopoly. It's addictive. I hope the expansion pack is available soon.

I got this for my 11 y/o daughter who loves horses, but it was way above her level of understanding. The directions are clearly written, but you have to keep them out and constantly refer back to them. You have to bid on horses and auction them off and she just didn't understand that concept, which is a major factor in the game. This is definitely for an older child or adult with a firm concept of money and bidding.

My 10 year old granddaughter enjoyed it, but it is a very complex game to play...it took us a long time to understand the rules and we changed them For our purposes. It was too complicated.