When my husband saw Zillionaires Road Trip USA sitting on the kitchen table, he said “Weird attractions and a wood gavel? Looks like my kind of game!” This from the guy who will go out of his way to tell strangers how much he hates “Settlers of Cataan” and really, most board games. We were off to a promising start.Essentially, players bid on various roadside attractions, each of which corresponds with a number on the board. The player who wins the bidding owns the space, except for No. 49 in the middle. If the card is drawn placing it up for bid, then the owner has to bid again for it, with the award of an additional space of his/her choice if the owner buys it back. There's also a Payday card that pays out based on how many properties each person owns, so there's incentive to buy up places. The goal is to be the first to acquire four squares (attractions)in a row, whether vertical, horizontal, or diagonal.Game is geared for ages 8 or older; that seems about right. Savvy 6-7 year olds could play. You can include two to five players.Tips for playHave someone outgoing act as the over-the-top auctioneer. For us, that was our 19-year-old who adopted a twang and a sing-song patter to encourage bidding. She kept the game funny and entertaining. Another player was banker, and I (Mom) had the auspicious job of banging the gavel when a property sold.Make sure to put the “For Sale” sign on the square up for auction. We didn’t at first, and because the game board is not numbered in a typical order, we kept getting confused about the location of the square being sold.The game primarily rewards property purchase, not holding on to cash, though there's a penalty for overbidding.Pros--Game is easy to set up and get rolling. No long, involved directions to read.--Play lasts about an hour, give or take, fitting into busy schedules.--Bidding can get heated! Some might see this as a con, but we found it fun and laughed a lot.--You’ll learn about some wacky roadside attractions in the U.S. (I may have to drive up to the Haines Shoe House in Hallam, Pa., to get a picture. It’s a house shaped like a short boot that was built by a shoe store owner in 1949. He wanted to preserve his legend as “The Shoe Wizard” and decided a boot-shaped house was the way to go.)Cons--Board is a little bland.--Real pictures of the attractions would be much more appealing. The cartoonish illustrations on the cards don’t cut it.--Making it "zillionaires" instead of say, millionaires, is a gimmick. I guess millionaires is so 1990s. /s--Our group, with teens ages 15 and 19, is probably a little old for this game. Our kids prefer play with multiple levels of challenging strategy, such as the aforementioned Settlers of Cataan. But those types of games involve a serious time commitment.All in all, this is a fun game with younger children or when you don't have a whole evening to invest in play. As my 19-y.o. described it, "This is a good game to prepare kids to learn strategy so they'll be ready to play Settlers or something like it later."