Planning a dream holiday is usually stressful. Turning it into a board game, apparently, is a licence to print money. AEG's Let's Go! To France blew past its modest $10,000 Kickstarter goal and currently sits north of $284,000 from more than 2,800 backers, roughly 28 times what designer Josh Wood and the publisher asked for.
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Find events near youLet's Go! To France is a trip-planning game for 1 to 4 players that takes about 45 minutes. Over six in-game days you draft and place activity cards to build the best itinerary, weighing up regions like the French Riviera, the castles of the Loire valley and Paris itself. It is a standalone sequel to 2024's Let's Go! To Japan, and Wood has reworked the formula: the original's two-city, train-route structure is gone, replaced by a regional map for side trips, more cards in play each day, and an energy system that punishes you for cramming too much into one afternoon (relatable).
Let's Go! To Japan is an approachable trip-planner that GeekDad's reviewer still counts among their favourites, and France looks to scratch the same itch with a touch more depth.
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Start organising for freeThe campaign is live now, with the standard edition at $49 (around GBP 39) and a deluxe "Bon Voyage" edition at $79 (around GBP 62). If breezy, puzzly family-weight games are your thing, this is shaping up to be one of the more charming ones of the year. Time to rally the group, find a game night near you and put it on the table.
Sources: AEG | GeekDad | Kickstarter | Kicktraq
