Have had this dartboard for some time now and it's a brilliant alternative to real darts! Being magnetic the darts won't make holes in your walls and are much safer for little ones who will want to join in the fun :-) Playing darts can help with adding up but also subtraction, multiplication and division - tis simple to just change the rules to say, 'this turn you must multiply all your dart's scores' etc. Overall a great fun, educational toy that can be enjoyed by the whole family time and time again - without the need for batteries!! :-))