disclosure: we were sent the item mentioned for the purpose of review and giveaway
When I was a child I was fascinated by flags, and I still have my paperback book full of them. Of course, a number of them have changed in the last forty years. When I was looking at the Tactic Games stall at Blog On in September there were a couple of games that I thought would work really well for us. Today I’m sharing the first of those games, Flags of the World, which is aimed at players aged eight years and over.
The card game can be played with two-six players and typical playtime takes around twenty minutes. My nine-year-old son and I have found Flags of the World a great after school wind down game.
Flags of the World comes with two hundred double-sided cards, six continent boards and a world map.
The object of the game is to correctly identify the correct country for the flags and then place them in the right continent. The players with the most correctly guessed countries on the correct continent wins.
The double-sided flag cards are colour coded by continent, and you decide which continents you want to play before you start the game. The number of cards played also depends on the number of players playing any one game. For example, in a two-player game, you will use forty question cards, so you shuffle the continent cards you’ve decided to play, deal out forty into a question card deck and the remaining cards from those continents are stacked in a scoring deck. Deal four-question cards to each player, all cards are placed flag side up.
Players take it, in turn, to choose one of their opponents flags to guess the correct country. They only get one chance to guess, the owner of the card checks that the answer is correct. If the player doesn’t recognise any of the flags they must pick one anyway and guess. There are clues on the back of each card to help plays work out the relevant country.
So far we’ve concentrated on the continents where I knew my son would have a good idea of most of the flags and we’ll slowly introduce more unfamiliar ones for him to learn. We’ve had lots of fun already playing Flags of the World and learning more about each country too.
We’ve also learned that I need to brush up on my flag knowledge! Much to my son’s delight. I do love games where we can learn as we play, and I can see us having lots of fun with Flags of the World for a long time to come.
Flags of the World is available from The Range AND selected Toymaster stores (it’s in their Christmas catalogue). I’ll be sharing information on the sister game, Wonders of the World soon!
We’ve teamed up with Tactic Games to offer one lucky reader the chance to win Flags of the World for themselves. Complete the Gleam form below for your chance to win. Good luck!
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I love the Gibraltar flag is tremendous as I love the red lion.
I love the Canadian flag, it’s so bright and distinctive and if I’m honest reminds me of delicious maple syrup!
I love the colours of the Australian flag x
I love Norfolk Island’s flag as I love the tree design!
Probably the jamaican flag, I love the colours
The Jamaican flag. I like the way each element represents something.
It has to be the Union Jack, patriotic through and through
The Swiss one just for being square
I like the union Jack, cant beat British
The New Zealand flag is my favourite. Always get emotional when i see it raised and also when I hear the national anthem.
It has to be the welsh flag for me, because i’m Welsh and it has a big red dragon on it.
I love the British flag, it is really colourful and traditional
The flag of China, I spent quite a bit of time there working and travelling, so it reminds me of happy times!
The flag of China, I spent quite a bit of time working and travelling there, so it reminds me of happy times
I love the USA flag, because it usually means I’m over there on holiday!
I like the USA flag, love all the stars
The Union Jack, it’s the only one I always remember
Yorkshire Rose County Flag because it’s my home county flag
this is honestly something i have never thought about lol i would say the welsh flag because it looks cool and is very iconic x
The USA flag, I don’t really know why as never thought of it but like the colours and the stars
It has to be the skull and crossbones because my children are pirate mad
Australian flag i like the colours 🙂
The england flag because it makes me feel proud to be english
I like Japan flag because it is simply and I love white and red colours together.
It has to be the Union Jack because it makes me feel proud and patriotic.
I like the flag of Mauritius as nice and bright and some of my family live there 🙂
Has to be America i love the stars on the flag
The Union Jack as it makes me proud to be British
I like the Welsh flag. Lovely big dragon
Germany as lived there for 20 years and think of it as home
the british flag, the colours go together greatly x
The New Zealand flag because it is a reminder of my year working and travelling there.
North Macedonia, who doesn’t love a nice bright sun!
The Welsh flag – because a) it has a dragon on it, and b) it reminds me of being on holiday.
The great Britain flag because I’m proud to be British
I like the Union Jack, I like that there is only one way to fly it and many people fly it upside down by mistake, but most people don’t notice.
Italian fag, as I like the colours of the flag.
Meant to say Italian flag…
I’m thinking I do actually like the UK flag – it’s a great amalgamation of the collected countries xx
The Union Jack, reason being because its british
I like the Union Jack because wherever we are it reminds us of home!
the saltire its the flag of home
I love the Union Jack just because…well it’s iconic and just British through and through.
I like the Union Jack because it symbolises we are all together.
The flag of Japan as it looks cheerful
Hello, my favourite flag is the Canadian flag as it is lovely and elegant and I like the maple leaf on it.
South African flag, I grew up in South Africa, so its special in that way, but also I love the bright colours.
I love the welsh flag because I’m Welsh and it has a dragon on it.
It has to be the union jack because it is the flag of the country that contains my loved ones
I like the Union Jack, because it’s the one I know the best.
Definitely the Welsh flag because it has a dragon on it
Dewi The roaring Welsh Dragon of course.
I’ve always like the Macedonia flag. It’s very colourful.
The Union FLAG. It should only be called the Union JACK when it is flown at the jackstaff of a warship. So there!
My favourite is the Welsh flag. Big fan of dragons and loved going on holiday to wales when i was young. Fond memories
Has to be the Union flag, united nations of the UK
Trinidad & Tobago
I like the Trinidad and Tobogo flag the best because it’s simple but bold
I love the Welsh Flag, because I love the Dragon!
I like the Brazilian flag. So bright and colourful
I love the union jack because whenever I see it, it reminds me of home.
I like the Brazil flag as it is bold and bright but also has the globe on showing a bigger picture too
The Canadian Flag – I love maple syrup.
It has to be the the Union Jack, I’m proud of our country.
the Welsh flag – it’s the only flag from the United Kingdom that isn’t represented in the Union Jack! and it has a dragon on 🙂
The Welsh flag as it reminds me of lovely holidays I had there when I was little xx
I love Union Jack! Because it is our home flag.
the union jack only because it makes me feel proud!
Welsh Dragon flag, just looks so cool.
The Welsh flag as I live on the border and I love dragons, always makes me feel like I’m off on an adventure when I see it.
I like the flag of Seychelles, because it’s colourful and the pattern is different to a lot of other flags!
What’s your favourite flag and why? . . . the Welsh flag, not only because l live in Wales but it is colourful and more interesting than simple stripes / squares / stars etc
I like the Canadian flag just because it’s simple but love the leaf
I like the Canadian flag as it is simple but effective and very recognisable
Nepalese for its shape
The Scottish flag because it makes me feel patriotic
The Swedish flag, purely because the colours make me smile.
Irish because my family are from ireland
I like the flag for Macedonia. A beautiful sun.
the england flag, don’t see nearly enough of it
Australia! Im originally from Australia so when I see it, I feel proud and honoured to be Austrailan! Been living in the UK for 16 years now!
I love the Papua New Guinea flag – The raggiana bird-of-paradise and star design is lovely!
I love the Jamacian flag because it is so bright and colourful and I have family from there.
The Union flag as it is my country of birth and makes me feel patriotic
The Welsh flag, love the dragon
Got to be the Union Jack, especially when it’s raised at Olympic ceremonies
I love the American flag, it is so amazing to look at and I love the country.
I used yo like the Japan flag when I was younger. Just simple and unique
The Swiss one because that’s where I grew up
Somalia, because it’s my favourite colour and it just looks good.
Got to be the Welsh flag as Im from Wales
The Union Jack as I am proud to be British!
THE JAPANESE FLAG. SO SIMPLE BUT PERFECTLY REPRESENTS THE COUNTRY
I love the Union Jack I think it represents a time when the Brits were strong.
the union jack because its where im from
The Welsh Flag, I mean who else has a dragon on their flag!!
My favourite is the Union Jack. I love the way the flags of the separate countries are combined. I am also proud to be British
The Welsh flag as it features a dragon
The New Zealand flag – just a reminder of a fabulous country
Probably the Welsh flag due to the dragon!
I love the Norwegian flag, it reminds me of trips there as a teenager….thanks
the union jack very patriotic and proud to be british
We love the union jack, it feels like the right one!
The Union Jack I like the best as it has so much history behind it. Thankyou for the competition x
Union Jack as its ours!
I really like the Union Jack because I think the way they’ve integrated the countries flags into one is so clever
I love the Italian flag as I loved learning the language and visiting the country
I love the Guernsey flag as I will always go back to my roots.
I love the Canadian flag as it’s so distinctive
I like the Brazilian flag because it is green
I still like the Union Jack. It’s very eye catching amongst the others.
Switzerland – simple but has great history
The English Flag – because its where i come from and thats what they are for.
Greece. I love blue, plus it reminds me of being over there for my Greek friend’s wedding which coincided with Greece winning the European cup. What an atmosphere!
Swedish flag easy to draw and rich colours
I love the Union Jack. It makes me feel so proud when I see it
Australian flag I like the colours
The isle of man flag as it’s got the three legs of man io it and whatever way you throw it it always lands io its feet.
The Turkish flag and the Union Jack as they represent our heritage!
USA I love the stars
It has to be the Union Jack. It’s bright and beautiful
I love the Isle of Man flag as it’s really unique to the country and one you will always recognise
It has to be Wales- who doesn’t love a big red dragon on a flag? (Plus I’m Welsh!).
It’s all about the Stars and Stripes in our house at the moment as Lucas’ term topic at school is currently Road Trip Across the USA
The St George flag is my favourite as I’m proud to be English!
I love the Ugandan flag beause it has a chicken on it!
England Flag and because of all the history that is related to the Flag.
I love the colours for the Barbados flag.
The Welsh flag because it’s got a red dragon on it and every time I go to Wales it feels like going home
I like the dragon on the Welsh flag, though I’m not Welsh!
Polish flag , because it reminds me of my childhood
stars and stripes USA I like that they have a star for each state
Has to be the Union Jack, reminds me of home wherever I am.