I can now attest to the fact that at least one five-year-old girl -- our housekeeper's daughter, who has little patience for anything that doesn't involve pink, purple and/or princesses -- is hypnotically rivetted by this game. She hasn't gotten very far playing, but she doesn't seem to mind that. (No, even the gruesomely-severed unicorn heads don't dissuade her from continuing to play.)
But I'm sure that's no reflection on you guys' masculinity...