First two games of Niagara - excellent!!

Today we played our first game of Niagara and although the rules looked long, they summarised onto one one page and we had a fantastic time! This has become our favourite boardgame - firstly Maya, Anita and I played a game with Anita producing a sudden and shock win - you're concentrating so much on ensuring your boats don't go over the falls that you hardly notice who is claiming what gemstone! Maya was able to get into the game straight away with no trouble and with little reading, it is open to an early age. The first game was so successful, that we wanted to play again - this time Roshni joined us as she had finished her homework. With Kavita still working on hers, we dashed up and down the river again, this time I won. Brilliant simple fun but oh so full of strategy! And the mechanics of the flowing river is just brilliant.