If your kids love bugs, invertebrates, insects, or creepy-crawlies, then they might enjoy Bugs and Slugs! Made by the same people who made Scabs ‘n’ Guts, it’s a simple, fun science game.
Personally, I have to admit I wasnât impressed. We played it just the once for the play-through video then donated it. However, my kids are getting older and my family has been into more complex games. If your kids are younger, then they might enjoy Bugs & Slugs more.
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How to Play Bugs & Slugs
The overall gameplay is very simple. Everyone starts on the âSTARTâ space and rolls one die to move. If you land on a âQUESTIONâ space, someone else draws a question card and reads it for you. If you land on an âACTIVITYâ space, draw an activity card and read it in your head before reading it aloud.
There are a lot of question cards with very simple, straightforward questions (usually T/F or multiple-choice). There are not very many activity cards, but we only had one player land on one activity space in the whole game.
Challenging Aspects of the Game
However, there are some aspects of gameplay that could lead to meltdowns in younger kids. If you roll a 6, your turn is over and you donât move anywhere. There are some spaces that have you move forward or back. And if you answer a question card correctly, you get to roll again. This means that one player can quickly shoot way ahead, or one player can find themselves in a loop: rolling a number, landing on a âmove backwardâ space, and moving back to where they started from.
Overall, the game is fine and cute. We picked it up at a thrift store and itâs worth a couple dollars. However, donât expect anything earth-shattering from it, as itâs overall a pretty basic game.
