Our family enjoys Geography very much (especially my 10 year old son) and so new Geography games are always a welcome addition to our curriculum and/or learning environment.

Trans Europa has a European map gameboard on which you connect major cities (chosen from the card deck) with "train tracks." It can be played on a simple level by younger children (the recommendation is 8 and up) but can involve rather complex strategies as well.

Each round takes only a few minutes (5 to 10 at the most) and several rounds combine to form an entire game. (There is a simple scoring system alongside the board used through an entire game.)

The materials are of good quality, nice colors and easy to sort out. We thought it was particularly interesting that the pronunciation and spelling of many of the cities are not those commonly used in the U.S. It might be beneficial to have a map of Europe on the wall with which to compare names and identify the country each city is located in.

Highly recommended!