Tom thank you very much for such a flattering review. Never in a million years could my daughter and I imagine this. After I lost my father last summer, I realized that there really aren't enough opportunities to share good times with loved ones, so turning friends and family away from the gaming table (due to age or experience limitations) suddenly didn't appeal to me. We wanted to create a unique game that was inclusive enough for younger/casual gamers, and yet deep and rewarding enough for those who are more experienced. It's about creating great memories together--I hope that in your eyes we've captured the spirit of that through this game.

Love to see that "all time Top 5 kids games" list

Firstly, I have to say that I dont do comments on youtube but the joy that my kids have had playing this game has been unbelievable. Full credit and blessings to the creators for creating probably the best family board game I have come across. Even my 5 and a half year old was able to understand and picked it up fairly quickly. This is definitely a niche that needs to be considered more seriously as my kids aged between 4 and 8 need the challenge thaf this game has wthout being complex. Great work and great review

That is some huge praise...congrats Jamey, Hoby & Vienna!!! Game looks amazing

I'm fascinated by the exercise of boiling complex 'gamer' games down into simpler 'noob' games. Distilling game mechanics into their leanest form and then retrofitting it with a new theme is something I'd love to do 24/7. I did it with Monopoly, and I'm itching to do it with BGG's top 10 games...

I'm glad Jamie and his crew pulled it off. Seems like they found a niche in a market where you would think there wasn't any. I'm a fan of Scythe, and I thought this was a joke too. I will for surely pick this up for when my grandkids get a little older.

We preordered Mt Little Scythe from our local games shop; here in Brisbane, Australia. On this rainy Saturday afternoon , we have just sat down to your tutorial in preparation to play. Thank you for such an excellent review, it's always our first step pre new game. And thanks for the shout out for kids games, they are the only ones we play at the moment, and it's really wonderful to hear someone speak so highly of them. Do you have a review of your favourite kid's games?

So this is a Triple Seal of Approval! Seal of Excellence, Kid Approved, and "Into My Collection" :)

This is exactly what I was hoping for - teaching "adult" mechanisms to kids in an easy way. Can´t wait to get my copy!!

Great Review Tom, Stonemaier Games really did a great job producing this game and turning a board game geek print and play into an excellent published game.

This game sounds genius, no joke. Being able to take an advanced game into one vertical slice simple system takes alot of clever design.

Phenomenal-looking gateway game for the young ones. I wish this would have been available when I was a kid.

This game is Genius! Outright wonderful and fantastic theme, colours, depth and simplicity! A huge breakthrough for kids games in my opinion! I don't even have kids but I'm still getting this game because it's a masterpiece!

When I heard that Jamey had contacted Hoby so they, together, could make a legit Stonemaier published version of the game that Hoby lovingly created so that he could play with his young daughter, I was sold. I watched Jamey's live stream announcing My Little Scythe, and pre-ordered it while the stream played in the background. I'm so thrilled to own this game! The story behind the production alone is worth supporting it. But now that reviews are coming out and they have all been unanimously excited about the game, I'm even more happy with my decision!

I bought Scythe a few months ago, then I got the Wind Gambit, and pre-ordered the Rise of Fenris. Got it the day of release. I went to my local game shop and saw they finally released this. Bought it today and absolutely can't wait to play it. I think it's safe to say Scythe isn't going away any time soon.

Have this one on the same order as my copy of Rise of Fenris. My 5 and 7 year olds will love it.

I wonder if there would be possible to make interesting top 10 of "junior" versions of board games.

I absolutely love the upgrade mechanics, I wonder how Scythe would look like with that type of upgrades! A bit more chance, less tactics but it could be fun.

Wow!!! Glad to know you think that highly of this game . Definitely adding it to my cart

Nice! Can’t wait for the shipment.

Does Tom have a recent list of his top kids game?

Whew! I bought this game without checking with Dice Tower first & glad it got a great review!

I am so very happy they removed the "My Little Pony" theme and made it just a generic child's fantasy theme. That will definitely help with the game's appeal more.

I am putting together a board game club for 5th and 6th graders next school year. Each week I want to focus on a different mechanic. I think I just found my worker placement choice.

Amazing review. My Little Scythe will defiantly be in my family collection.

The function of the portals was left out - you can move from any any one of the pink spaces to another. Also, there appear to be 8 trophy spaces, not 7 - I'm guessing the 8th one is for upgrading both your Move and Make actions.

Would have been funny to include a recap of you chewing on the shoe from the unboxing video at the end of this video

Wow people said this was too complex for kids, dude this seems really easy to teach and learn

I've seen the box on the shelves of quite a few board game channels. It may be on more shelves than the original. I finally introduced it to my family the other day and yeah, it's a keeper. Halfway through the first game you could tell, like it clicked, my 6 y/o got it. He said let's start over now lol. He won the second game we played. I might have thrown a fight in that one 😉. My 5 year old did her thing out there too. What really surprised me was that my wife liked it. She absolutely did not like the original. We might have tried the original too early in our board game journey and at a 2 player count. After maybe 3 plays we sold it. This one's not going anywhere though. It scratches a familiar enough itch for me since I really did want us to like the original. There's an expansion out there too! LoL how many "My First" games have an expansion?

My 7 year old said he loved it before he even played... And then immediately proceeded to whoop my butt and my husband's butt. He picked up on it real quick and had so much fun.

So tom, you are going to eat a shoe right? This game looks great, and from looking at the review i may have to pick it up.

You convinced me! It looks like a great reach game for my eight year old!!

Guacamole on a flip flop will work.

Tom, What other games would you highly recommend for young kids? Mine are 9 and 12, this seems good for all of us to play.

So will we see an expansion? that will be interesting!

Great, now I'm going to have to race people to Stonemiers booth at Gen Con... I was hoping for nice leisurely stroll as nobody else would know about it! ;-)

Loving the game with my kids. Quick question if anyone knows the answer? You're only allowed to place a trophy once per turn, but what happens when during a turn you could have potentially placed two or even three trophies? Do you automatically place one during your next turn? Please help! This happens quite a lot in the game!

Is that a washington monument themometer in the background?

SHOE! EAT THE SHOE TOM! MMMMM!

Hi Tom. Can you compare it with Queen Domino?

Ugh... so close. Numbering the regions and dice would have made it color-blind friendly. Maybe for the second print run?

Really good year for kids game

I see a miniature animals and already clicked buy now button hahaha

I might wind up getting this for my gaming group just because some of the people get terribly brain-burnt and full of analysis paralysis with *normal* Scythe...

Tom is a giant among all men

My biggest concern for this game is the name. My Little Scythe made some sense when it was My Little Pony, but still alienated anyone that is not familiar with Scythe. As time passes and this game has to stand on its own, I think the name will hurt its long term success.

Pity that the figures are all the same colour and can only be distinguished by their base. That marrs the production for me decisively.

The name of the game rubs me the wrong way. Because it is not related to Scythe at all, aside from the name. I actually got this thinking its scythe for kids, had to get a refund when I realized it wasnt.

I thought, "this will be a good game to play with my kids this summer." Annnnd it comes out at the end of August.

This is great for adults who don't have the patience to play regular Scythe. Plus, this game doesn't feel broken like Scythe with some of the overpowered faction combinations. Overall, I don't enjoy regular Scythe, but I enjoy this.

If you want to play with adults ... there's always regular Scythe.

What are are 3rd-5th graders please? I think I know someones soon is 8 who plays regular Scythe, dominant father ?!

So, what age are 3rd, 4th and 5th graders? It would be way easier to just mention the age instead of classes.

This game is mediocre, but it honestly dosen't have great replay ability so i wouldn't recommend buying it

As a furry I would play games with cartoon animals. Don't judge me

But it’s Scythe... just a little simpler. It’s hard to escape that for me.

The design is probably the ugliest i've been in a long time...

It's too bad the board is so boring and empty looking.