| User | Rating | Min. Age | Adults Too | Comment |
| bmatthews | 7 | 12 | Some | This is a deep abstract strategy game, with a fairly steep learning curve. If you like that kind of game, you'll probably like this. It was too much like work for me. (I prefer Tamsk and Dvonn from this series of games). |
| Yollege | 7 | 8 | Yes | My son and I have had some very good games of this one. He likes Yinsh & Zertz better, but another fine Gipf series game. |
| CDRodeffer | 5 | 5 | Some | GIPF is a subtle and advanced abstract strategy game that, when played with challenged potentials, especially alongside the other games in the GIPF series, can fill an afternoon. The game by itself is simple to learn, and the basic tactics of forming lines can be grasped by anyone who has played Connect Four. But it's a fairly long game of piece attrition. But working against this, there are rarely games of GIPF where a player can come back from behind to win or in which a leading player will easily give up momentum. As a result, the tipping point (the time in the game at which one player really has little, if any, hope of winning) usually comes fairly early on, often in the first 10% to 20% of the game. This is especially true if the players are unequally matched, and that early-tipping-point-in-a-long-game factor can lead to the eventual winner having to slog through an unenjoyably long push while the eventual loser has to watch his pieces slowly dwindle. Playing with potentials mitigates both of these, to some extent, but complicates the game a lot. Assigning an age floor for GIPF isn't as easy as for some other games because, while easy to learn and play, inequality between players makes a big difference, and merely giving one player more or fewer pieces has an unstable effect. Just 1 or 2 extra pieces might make the game even longer and less enjoyable for the better player, but 3 may make it unable to be won at all, yet at no significant advantage to the lesser player. So, I recommend GIPF, even for fairly young kids, but it's really only suitable for play between relatively equally skilled players. |
| Thommy8 | 5 | 10 | Yes | |