Niagara

Yesterday I went to a board game convention and played a lot of sweet games I had never even heard of. One of these sweet toys was called Niagara. This is a very innovative board game where you travel downstream in your canoes to retrieve gems and bring them back to shore. The trouble is the river (made of clear circles of glass) moves at different speeds and if you are not careful will send you over the waterfall. Some of the things that make this game so sweet is the different strategies you develop. you have different numbered paddle to use (all labeled with a certain number of spaces) but you have to use all of them before you can use any one twice. I once used all of my large numbers early so when I was trying to move upstream to shore i didnt have enough paddles to save me from the current. another thing that makes this a sweet toy is all the pieces that come with the game. There are lots of wooden canoes, lots of colored gems, and of course the exciting water. I had a lot of fun playing this game and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a change in board games.