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- Since 1934, players of all ages have been chasing one another around the classic game board, trying to get their own four pawns from Start to Home
- It’s not that easy, because you never know what the next card will hold
- This classic game of luck, strategy, and determination is easy to grasp for children as young as 6 years old
- Sorry is known as the game of “sweet revenge,”
- This game has become the leader in the Family Game Night arena
- It’s fun for adults and older siblings too
- Since players can send each other’s pawns back to the starting line, thus forcing one another to lose ground and begin all over again
- Will you move forwards or backwards’ Will you hit a slide and shoot ahead, or will an opponent bump you back to start’
Since 1934, players of all ages have been chasing one another around the classic game board, trying to get their own four pawns from Start to Home. But it’s not that easy, because you never know what the next card will hold: Will you move forwards or backwards’ Will you hit a slide and shoot ahead, or will an opponent bump you back to start’ For 2 to 4 players. Contents include: Sorry! game board, deck of cards, and 16 pawns.This classic game of luck, strategy, and determination is easy to grasp for children as young as 6 years old, yet it’s fun for adults and older siblings too. By drawing cards, players move their game pieces around the board, hoping to eventually accumulate all their pieces at the final destination–home sweet home. Sorry is known as the game of “sweet revenge,” since players can send each other’s pawns back to the starting line, thus forcing one another to lose ground and begin all over again. This kind of frustration may be hard for children under age 8 to handle.
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List Price: $ 22.99
Price: $ 13.99
Bananagrams
- It hides a word game with huge appeal
- Features 144 letter tiles that are face down in the middle, from which players choose their tiles
- For 2 or more players
- Great for travel
- Recommended for 7 years and up
Ages 7 & up. In this unique word game, players use tiles to create words crossword-style. The first player to use all their tiles is the winner. With multiple ways to play, this game is perfect for beginning spellers, as well as more advanced players. No pencil, paper, or board required.
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(out of 339 reviews)
List Price: $ 14.95
Price: $ 6.96
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Review by for Sorry
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This game is a variation of Parcheesi. Rather than rolling dice to move around the board, you draw cards with numbers on them. However, some of the cards also have alternate instructions…such as being able to switch places with an opponent, split the count between two pieces, or move backwards to sneak into your home without having to go all the way around the board. Even very young children quickly learn to take full advantage of these options. I especially like this game because it’s one of the few young children’s games in which an adult can play seriously without “accidentally” making mistakes and STILL be beat by the 5-year-old! Action-wise, it’s a little bit slow, but, hey…it sure beats Candyland!CAUTION: This may be the first time your children encounter sabotage as a game strategy, and tempers may flare. One of the most educational aspects of this game is that it gives you plenty of chances to talk about good sportsmanship and not taking a game too seriously.
Review by Rebecca Johnson for Sorry
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My brother and I used to play this game for hours on end. Yes, we would send each other back to the beginning of the game while laughing our little heads off in amusement. If you play the game enough, everyone gets a chance to win. So, most times we would play this until each person had a chance to win. A great colorful game with easy to move pawns. Great family fun, but easy enough for kids to take out the game on a rainy day and entertain themselves.
~The Rebecca Review
Review by Paul Farmer for Sorry
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For those of you complaining that this game is too simplistic for adults, try playing the adult version! This is the true game and not at all like the simple kids version. The game is described on the Sorry! rules sheet. Instead of the cards being drawn one at a time as in the kid’s version, each player is dealt a five card hand. This opens a whole new level of strategy as the game then becomes dependent not so much on the luck of the draw, but how the cards are played! With these rules the game can be played for a lifetime and never grow stale.
Review by labnsabys for Sorry
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Even my 4-year-old can play this game with ease (albeit with someone older reading the cards until he got familiar with the rules). The skills required to play the game are skills that transfer easily to everyday life…decision-making, strategizing, taking setbacks in stride…plus it’s tons of fun! I highly recommend this game to both kids and adults.
Review by Marie Cheller for Sorry
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My children have been playing this game ever since they got it for Christmas last year. They play it every night after school, and save the unfinished games for later. The board is durable, and hasn’t yet broken. It’s educational too. This game helped teach my youngest child, 6 years old, to count better. This Christmas, I think that I’ll get them another Parker Brothers game. Thank you Amazon.com
Review by CristyW for Bananagrams
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Do you like Scrabble but get hung up trying to use those special point squares, are bummed when someone “steals your spot”, or dragged down by Debbie Dictionary (“just let me look up this one word”) or Slow Joe (who takes 20 minutes for each turn)? Well you would love Bananagrams, because it solves those problems. There are no special squares (or squares at all), no points on the letters (all are worth the same) and no time to dawdle. You are instead rewarded for speed and flexibility in making your own crossword. You can completely pull apart your crossword and start from scratch if you need to or just swap out a letter here and there, but don’t get caught with a bunch of spare letters when an opponent goes out!
It is exciting and challenging to play this game with adults, but it can be fun to include the kids. You can easily adapt the rules to suit yourself. We “handicap” the adults by drawing two tiles for every one the kids draw. You can play solitaire or have several players.
A similar game that I also love is Learning Resources’ “Take Four”. If you are the type who would prefer to have a grid to keep those tiles straight, or likes to have a few “jokers” thrown in, you might prefer this. But Banagrams is far more portable and much cheaper. I like both of these games so much (as well as the spelling card games Quiddler, My Word, and Tri-Virsity) that the old Scrabble board is gathering dust.
Review by M. JOHNSON for Bananagrams
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This is a family favorite! There are a variety of ways you can play this game. We use three or four sets for our large “extended” family games. One of the best facets of this game is its portability–fits in a purse, backpack, or car glove box. We give bonus points at the end of each for the most creative word, longest word, etc.
Review by J. McKeever for Bananagrams
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I played this game with a close family member and was in love with it at first sight. Unlike Scrabble, you play somewhat independently and are able to rearrange words constantly to make your letters fit and to create new words. You know that annoying friend or family who always takes your spot in scrabble??? They can’t take the spot you wanted to use! You’re truly working against the clock to be the first to say “Bananas!”
I’ve bought it for everyone I know as a gift since then. It’s original, super fun and portable. A great game to travel with, play in hotel, at pool, on plane, keep kids busy at restaurant (or you and your friend/ spouse) while waiting for dinner! Lots of ways to use this portable, simple game.
I highly recommend and will continue to give this as a gift.
Only negative I can conceive…durability. Be careful of marking the letters somehow. We hope no one cheats, but if you scratch them on a black table…well then…try to clean it off.
Review by S. A. Cusack for Bananagrams
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First purchased this game in Minneapolis. It’s for all age groups over 5.
Before school the game was played by 3rd and [...] grandchildren. Just recently played it with 2 retired teachers, a lst grade teacher, and a librarian. We couldn’t stop playing it. Later one of the friends called to say she had just ordered two of games; one for her home and the other for the granddaughters. Many ways to play. Exciting!
Review by Toller Girl for Bananagrams
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I was shopping for a Christmas gift for my niece last December, and came across all of these rave reviews for Bananagrams. So I bought one for us 50/60-somethings instead (she’ll get one this year.) It lives on the kitchen table and we play a few games almost every morning before we go to work. GREAT GAME!!!!! No waiting around for your turn, no angst trying to achieve the triple-word-value square, no getting stuck with hopeless letters turn after turn, no arguments, no dictionary – just pure love of and fun with words. It’s complete flexible and you can easily change the rules, for example if you are playing with a novice or child, or just for a change (try playing into and building onto your opponent’s pattern.) It definitely gets tossed into my travel bag from now on.