We’ve been going on a treasure hunt, to look for cars and trains and doughnuts! We’ve been having fun with the Dig In! from Drumond Park and as always my son seems to beat me at every turn.
Dig In! from Drumond Park is aimed at families with children aged 8 and over, although my 7-year-old son soon had it sussed. It can be played with 2-4 players with two versions of the game. The game comes with 128 playing pieces in 4 colours, the Dig In! bowl, a 15 second timer, 12 double-sided playing cards and instructions.
The aim of this fast paced game is to Dig In! to the bowl and match all six pieces to your playing card against the clock. You can either play with the cards colour or grey side up, then give each player a card face up, to complete.
The first player presses the timer down to give themselves 15 seconds to Dig In! and find as many pieces that they need as possible, using both hands. As they find the relevant pieces they place them on the card.
When the buzzer goes, play moves on to the next player, they press the timer down again and so on. Once all the players have had their turn it’s a free for all as all players try to complete their cards at the same time, but only using one hand. The first player to fill their card wins the round and keeps the card. The key is to find as many pieces on your solo turn as you possibly can, especially if four players are playing.
If you are lucky enough to find all six of your required play pieces within your original 15 second slot, you get to keep the card and win the round.
The winner of Dig In! is the first player to collect three cards.
If you decide to play with the grey side of the cards, you can collect the objects in any colour. This has definitely been my son’s preferred version of the game at the moment, although as he gets older and his observation skills improve I’m sure that will change. At the moment he’s all just about the winning.
We’ve had lots of fun playing this game over the last couple of weeks, it certainly gets you to work on your hand/eye coordination skills! My son has always been particularly thrilled if his card has a train on it to collect. Some things never change.
When we’ve finished each round, before we put the playing pieces back into the bowl, we try to make up a little story with the playing pieces we’ve collected. It’s a little twist, nothing to do with the rules of play, but great for helping with communication skills and to encourage kids imaginations.
Priced at £19.99 Dig In! from Drumond Park is a great family friendly game for everyone to enjoy. What’s more, the playing pieces can be packed away in the bags provided, and everything sits nicely inside the bowl, making it an easy game to box up and store. I’ve included my Amazon Affiliate link below for your reference and you can find more information and stockists, if you visit www.drumondpark.com.
disclosure: we were sent this item in exchange for an honest review
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A lucky horse shoe would be nice to find!
I’d like to see a four leaf clover for good luck during the game.
latest themes would be good like pokemon. super heros etc
An acorn, the prettiest looking fruit
I’d like to see maybe a Disney version, so there’s Disney objects, especially Eeyore!
I’d love to see a goody edition so things like a banana or an egg!
Id love to see a mansion I will never own one so that would be nice
olden days edition
I would like to see a cat just because I love cats 🙂
a bunny because they are cute x
Maybe a princess crown
id like to see a spin- off from another game so the piece from monopoly or Operation, kid would love that 🙂
Would like to see a monkey, because slowly slowly catch a monkey
Cartoon set, like Tom and Jerry or the Pink Panther.
CAKE BECAUSE LOVE CAKE
a four leaf clover as im never gonna find one of thoses
a dinosaur, we all like a prehistoric creature!
Disney especially Mickey mouse as he’s my favourite
Lion as courageous to win
Frog please because we all hunt for our prince
Mixed Dogs
i would like to see a cupcake as I think my family would enjoy finding those
I would like to see a an ice cream cone because they remind of summer!
Real diamonds… what woman doesn’t want diamonds?! hehe x
A disney princess because my girls love them so much
Chocolate biscuits!
A meerkat as they are always popular.
variety of shoes
hearts as its our family ‘thing’
Dragons
a cat so I am told as we have 2 and they would look good!
a cake
forgot to say why I want a cake cos I love cake
We would love fish as we have tropical fish and my granddaughter would love to play with them
A unicorn because they’re magical 🙂
a cat because i love them and it can be black for luck
A ballet slipper as my daughter loves dancing
A unicorn because you don’t see many of them!
A train because my son loves them
A tiny dinosaur as my son is dino-mad!
A shopkin because my daughter is obsessed!
It would be good to have a cupcake or similar!
a cassette for old time fun vibes 😀
Emojis my daughter is a little obsessed with them
A glitter unicorn and a pirate 🙂 xx
A lucky charm
A rugby ball
A smiley face! – we all love a smiley happy face.
A four leaf clover would be great to show luck and goodwill xx
A heart as everyone loves hearts
I would like to see a pirate version.
a lucky leprechaun for the irish luck factor
toy soldier
A jammy dodger biscuit..Purely as I love them
A front door key…it would give the children good practice for helping me rummage through my handbag when I’ve ‘mislaid’ mine 😉 x
A cat, my son loves them!
A golden acorn as it reminds me of Scrat in Ice age, so funny
A minions piece would delight my nephews
A unicorn because they are magical
A squirrel as they are super cute!
A four leaf clover to bring me luck.
A cupcake, because I love making them!
A ship
A unicorn would be a good addition
a four leaf clover xxxx
An acorn
A notebook because I am a stationary addict!
A dove because they’re beautiful and peaceful
An ice cream for summer holidays
Lion guard collection! my son would love that. x
Different types of animals as this would be quite hard and so would make the game more interesting
I would like to see a disney princess version
A cake because they’re yummy.
A cupcake – because they are tasty and everybody loves to eat one!
A sofa for everyone to relax on
a guinea pig or an owl as they are my favourite animals
A giraffe – always been my favourite animal
A chocolate bar to remind me of what I used to depend on to get through a day at work 🙂
A pig, my grand-daughter loves them.
A turtle as its my little ones favourite animal!
A Donkey 🙂
A minion, because my kids love them!
An elephant to use the trunk as a pick up
safari animals like elephants, lions, monkeys, zebras as my kids would love it
A pea pod. I love pea pods…. and I’ve got 3 of my own little peas in a pod 🙂
a figure skate x
I would like to see a unicorn
A Tractor – for the boys.
id like to see a pug. i love them
Unicorn
A helicopter
a train as my boys love trains
I would like to see a monkey because they are my favourite animal
I would say I’d love to see a frog as they’re my favourite animal – but they already have that covered! So I think I’d like to see a book, because I love reading 🙂
A doughnut. I love doughnuts – with sprinkles!
A bar of chocolate haha, i’m pretty sure my daughter could find that with her eyes closed haha 🙂
I would love to see Animals, especially a giraffe :0
unicorns would keep my daughter engaged and dinosaurs for my son
A panda because they are my little girl’s favourite animal
I would like to see a bicycle- all the other things I can think of are already in the game 🙂 x
a train as my boys are train mad
My daughter said a bunny, she’s all Eastered out at the moment after winning the first prize for her bonnet yesterday
A hedgehog, they’re so cute 🙂
Different breeds of dog , my sister would love this
A cat or dog!
A pretzel because its the grandchildrens favourite snack, especially if its a cheese one
Definitely a dog because all our family loves them
A maple leaf, to remind me of the years I lived in Canada, and the birth place of both my amazing sons.
A pizza slice as its my favourite food
A lego piece would be good
love to see a movie version
A hedgehog as they’re cute!
An egg would be egg-celent.
A cute little penguin in white
A dog as i love dogs and i think it would be fun to have one in the game
A bottle of wine – perhaps not on the children’s version though!
Cake! who doesn’t like cake!
A Shamrock
A spider as the other people playing might be too scared to pick it up.
penguins ! thats our thing 🙂
I’d like to see some nursery rhyme characters to encourage even more conversation.
Fairy wand! My daughter would love it!
A shoe because I love shoes
A cat, I love cats 🙂
I throphy, means if you get that you win
A racing pigeon would be good to introduce these brave little birds to children.
A piglet as my daughter is a little piglet! X
i’d like to see a wacky races version as thats a blast from my past 🙂
A pizza because I like the taste and it would be fun in a game.
unicorns to add some magic
How about a football, one for the boys!!
dinosaurs, it would defo make my son a happy lad
has to be a rabbit
I would love to see a giraffe
A Banana, it’s my favourite fruit plus our little girl loves singing the Banana Song.
Would a wonka golden ticket be ok
A unicorn because they are brill!!
a horseshoe for luck.
A unicorn as my daughter is unicorn obsessed
a golden pineapple
i would like to see a unicorn in it because i love them
my grandson says a train , it has to be a steam train as they are his favourite
A deck chair because i love to sit in the sun
I would love to see a mermaid as my daughter is crazy about mermaids!
a dog. they’re so cute.
i would like to see a watermelon as it is my sons favorite thing in the whole world lol
I would love a Disney theme as I am Disney obsessed
a disney version would be great
A bee – I love them 🙂
I would like to see a squirrel.
I would like to see a squirrel, the game reminds me of a squirrel rushing about searching for nuts.
a hedgehog
Disney themed would be great x
A badger, because they are awesome.
some carebears and my little ponies – they are super cute and current
A unicorn!!❤
hearts I have them everywhere
A nice handbag !
a act – i love cats
A cow because I grew up on a farm and love cows
rollerskates 🙂
A meerkat!
I’d love to see a goody edition so things like a banana or an egg!