Wildcraft is a cooperative board game that teaches kids about edible and medicinal herbs. The premise of the game: "Grandma needs huckleberries to bake a pie. You and your cousins embark on an adventure up the mountain to collect berries as well as herbs she uses."
There are playing cards representing 25 edible and medicinal plants. In the video about the game on Learning Herbs, the happy customer talks about the kids taking the cards outside to help identify the plants. I love the idea of an indoor game getting kids interesting in the outdoors. However, it could be frustrating if they don't have any of the game's plants in their backyard.
I mentioned Wildcraft to a friend of mine who teaches survival skills classes. He said that he'd love to play it at our next games night. I'm sure he'd win, but I'd be willing to give it a go. It sounds like fun - espcially if we all got to eat huckleberry pie at the end of the game.
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