If you like games that allow you to plan ahead, out smart your playing partners and has beautiful artwork to boot, you'll enjoy dog park. Similar to games like Wingspan and Catan. This is a resource heat game, select the right dogs, gain the right rewards and your reputation as the best dog walker will improve. Take too long in the park and your reputation will suffer.

After watching a 15 minute “how to” video, I had the basis down to play a first game run through. The mechanics were easy to get and the how to play guide gave easy definitions for tiles that we questioned. The first game look about an hour to run through so it should only take 40 minutes if you've played the game a couple times. There are variations each game that may change up your playing strategy and you may not always get the dog you want.

All in all I really enjoyed this game and I'm on the look out for the expansions to add for dogs to my walks.