We have a new game here and we’ve been putting it to the test! We’ve been playing Dig In! from Drumond Park, and I also have a game up for grabs, so do read on…
A rocket!!! It’s the rocket!!! I got my rocket!!! Yes yes yes – aaargh!!! It’s a PENGUIN!!!
Dig and delve to complete your card – there are six crucial pieces to ferret out from the full-to-busting ‘Dig In’ bowl. Tricky, tricky… and we’ve not even mentioned the pop-up timer, which gives you just fifteen seconds of frantic rummaging before you’re done! Then it’s the pandemonium of the final round – forget ‘taking turns’ and just GO FOR IT, as all and sundry dive in for their missing pieces!
Simple, but incredibly addictive, Dig In is both hilarious and challenging; a whole new kind of game for kids of eight and over.
The first thing to say about this game, that I love, is how easy it is to set it up. Initially, it comes in the box with the pieces in a few plastic bags and the cards all attached to one another. It took me just a few minutes to have everything ready to play and the gameplay is so simple, it only needed a quick skim of the rules to get cracking. This is great when you have two children asking repeatedly to play!
After that initial set up, you do just keep it stored in the box all ready to go. You just grab the dish with the pieces in, select a card each and pop the timer out and you are good to go.
It is so easy to play, and though it is recommended for children aged eight and over, my four year old understands how to play this and can Dig In with us all! You each have a card with 6 items that you need to find in the dish. You take it in turns to find your pieces, with the timer on, using both hands. Once everyone has had a turn, you all dive in together, using just one hand, and the winner is then the first player to find all six pieces on their card.
It’s fast and frantic, and please do not mistake my saying that it’s easy to play to mean that it’s easy to find the pieces and win! They are all jumbled up in there so it can take some time to find them and once it’s a free-for-all and everyone’s hands are in the pot, it can get very tricky!
We all enjoy playing this one. Personally, it’s ease of setting up and clearing away is a plus for me, as well as it needing no batteries – I’m such a mum, aren’t I?! I like the simplicity of this, though it’s also a challenge for us all. You can play it for as long or as little as you have time for, which is also brilliant. The kids love the diving in part and my son likes to play with the pieces in between game-play! It’s definitely one for all ages, and the fact that it needs little explanation makes it an easy one to launch into with first-time players. A thumbs-up from us!
Competition
I now have a Dig In! game up for grabs for one lucky winner. To be in with a chance of winning it, enter using the rafflecopter below. The competition is open to UK entrants only and closes at 12am 18th April 2017. Good luck!
What appeals to you about this game?
Disclosure: We received this game FOC for the purposes of this post
It looks fun frantic and fast!
I love that it’s a challenging game xx
it will use my children mind to play
great fun for all the family
It’s just like a mini version of hide and seek which my children love! I love the bright colours too!
Small hands are probably an advantage, my kids would like it!
It looks fun as everyone has to be quick to get their pieces
That it’s a fun and easy game to set up
Looks a lot of fun plus the ease in which to put it away
It looks good fun and something all the family could play.
The fun and fast pace
It looks fun and addictive but simple enough that even my littlest son would be able to join in
it looks fun hours of fun x
It looks like a fun game to play with my nephews
it looks fun and is for all ages so all the family
it looks fast and fun
this looks like a great family game
It seems a fun game that all the family will enjoy
Looks fun to take to the family holiday home
It looks perfect for a rowdy family gathering
It looks fun, something we can all play
That its sounds an easy game to teach my kids
family orientated xx
I like that you don’t have to play the same game for hours and it looks good fun.
It looks fun
I think the game looks fun, but my sons are dyspraxic so this will help with fine motor skills without them realising!
It looks great fun
It looks a fun game which all the family can play, and seems at the end it gives the children some excitement to finish
I think its great that all the family can play! x
Sounds like a great family game to encourage playing together! ?
its bright and colourful and looks like fun for the kids
The colours and different plastic shapes
Looks fun and so easy that anyone can play
Looks fun! Think my daughter would like the fast pace.
the fact its frantic and you just go for it at the end
the fast pace of the game looks like fun!
That it is simple to set up
That I can imagine my children having fun playing this game.
I like that its challenging and not the normal type of game
I love the bright design and the fact this looks like fun for all of the family.
it looks challenging and game where my children would have to use there brains
Great family fun. Plus all ages can play
My 4 year old can’t get involved with most of the board games but I think this ones easy enough to include him too
THE COLOURS ARE BRILLIANT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
Loos good for lots of ages
ALL THE FAMILY CAN JOIN IN
I like how its simple to understand and quite quick so it avoids boredom 🙂
great fun game for all the family to play xx
As it’s quick and easy to set up and put away there’s so much more of a chance the family will get it out to play more often.
It looks like something we would all enjoy
i think my nieces would love to play the game when they visit.
I think my kids would love this!
I love how its a game all the family can join in with
It looks like a fun and fast paced game.
It looks fun and challenging x
It looks fun for all the family
Simple but competitive!! and therefore good fun hopefully
I think the kids would find this interesting
Good family fun!
Helping teach my little boy about colours and items
Looks fun
great fun
It’s something that will interest both of my children who are almost five years apart.
It’s very colourful and looks fun x
its interaction with other people better then any app
it looks like a real fun family game x
It looks like a lot of fun x
It looks good for honing observation skill but more importantly one where old and young can have an equal rivalry.
looks brilliant for all ages
One thing that appeals to me about this game is how you need to find the exact piece your looking for
the challenge of finding the pieces.
Everything really, it looks like a lot of fun x
I love that we can all play together.
How crazy and frantic it would get! Sounds fun!
It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would love xx
it is great that it doesn’t need batteries
It looks like fun 🙂
It looks great fun!
It’s a game we can all play as a family.
The kids will enjoy it
The frantic pace.
This looks fun and a way to bond with a smidge of education thrown in!
A game for the young and the old
This game looks really fun. My son would love the organised colour collection. He loves making things right and grouping them together.
It looks simple, but fun! Also, the fact that its a ‘real’ family game. No advantage for the older kids.
how easy it seems to be to play
All the family can play together and it’s very easy to understand
With a wide age-range of grandchildren I like the fact it can appeal to all ages 🙂
it looks like a lot of fun for all the family
All of the different colours
It looks such fun for adults and children
Just the family fun to be had and it will be equally has had for the adults to play has well has the kids
Looks like great fun for all the family
It looks perfect for those rainy or quiet Sunday afternoons and all ages can play!
I love the fact it’s great for all ages. Having three kids 14, 6 and 8 it’s hard to find games they can all play without an advantage for the older ones. Thank you for the chance to win 🙂
The game looks fun and creative and different from other games, my son would love this
It looks fun and drumond park games are always good quality
looks simple but fun for everyone 🙂
i think it looks so much fun x
I t makes a change to have a game without batteries: no after-expense!
It appeals to me as I think all of my family will enjoy playing it and if they are happy then I am happy 🙂
I played this with my Nephew at Christmas and it is really addictive.
Nice and simple, no complicated rules to follow and it looks like great fun!
That it is easy to set up and looks like lots of fun!
Looks a lot of fun!
i think it will be harder than you think and lots of fun!
Looks like great fun for all ages
I love that it’s a fun game that all the family can take part in.
I love that it’s easy to set up and actually fits back into the box once it is set up
I like the fact that it doesn’t use any batteries, so many games do and I find myself frantically searching drawers for them .x
Looks fun for all the family to play.
Opportunity to have fun and learn our colours too
Looks a lot of fun and very entertaining.
As it is easy to play it means my youngest Grandson can take part with his brothers so he isn’t left out with this game
looks a great family game
I love the fact it’s easy to play and doesn’t take lots of setting up 🙂
This game looks frustrating, but in a good way!
Challenging and a bit different
It looks like a lot of fun!!
It looks a lot of fun!!!
Nothing like a “mad scrabble”
Looks different to any other games we have! Looks fun!
I think the whole family will enjoy this
So simple for the little ones to join in.
Seems different to other games we own and a new challenge everytime you play
I like the eye hand coordination aspect it would be great for my son x
It looks like a game the whole family would enjoy!
Looks like great family fun
Looks a fun competitive game me and my daughter can play together.
hilarious and challenging fun for all of the family
It’s different to other games that are available
my kids would enjoy it.
its not too complicated for the little ones, we can all play it!
A great fun game to play with my Grandsons
The colourful pieces 🙂
I think I would enjoy it as much as my children 🙂
Looks fun and my grandson likes things you have to find would go down well with him
My boys have been wanting this game for ages
fun for everybody
Its a fun game for all ages, can use it for a variety of educational ways
I like that it looks simple, anything too complex and my kids lose interest!
think my nephews would love it be a lot of shouting i think
It looks fun.
I like that it can be played with many different age ranges together and they are all at the same level
Its colourful, and looks like a fun game.
This looks fab – a game that we can all play on an equal footing. The boys would love it.
I like the fact it looks so simple to play
Looks fun to play and is bright an colourful and full of random objects!
It looks really bright and colourful, and I think it would be lots of fun
It looks like a great and light-hearted game to play with my kids.
Good fun family game
The fun of rummaging for the right piece!
I love the look of this game! It looks so much fun and a great alternative to many of the children’s games on the market!
This looks like a great family game that people of all ages can play, would go down a treat in our house.
I like that it’s a challenging game xx
It will keep the whole family entertained.
I love the challenge of finding it before someone!
I love that its a challenge with lots of different coloured pieces
Iove that it’s different to all the quiz games
We are very competitive on family game night so would love scrambling through all of the items to get them first!
Love the style of the game, colourful pieces. Looks great fun!
Its quick and easy!
Stimulating for everyone
looks like all the family can play!
How frantic it is
That it looks simple and easy to play for all ages x
The kids love playing with mini figures so I am sure they would love this. Having no batteries is a bonus also!
Trying to introduce games night to my daughters 11&15 and I’m sure this will be a fun and competitive way of spending time together as a family x
Sounds like a great family game
It looks like great fun for all the family! Thanks for the competition.
I love how its competitive but the participants would have to be keen observers and slowly sift through the pieces.
It looks like it would be fun for everyone, kids and adults x
it looks like a great game for the littlies and oldies alike