 Great duplcate of my childhood version |
| Review Date: April 27, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Thule1, |
| This product is exactly like the version I had when a child some 50 years ago. Good quality production and a simple pleasant pastime for 2-4 players. I ordered it for a person who had a stroke and is unable to handle complicated games. This version of Parcheesi is much superior to the currently marketed other versions that I consider "junk" quality. Vendor was very prompt in delivery. |
thrilling and every exciting - suspense as well
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| Review Date: August 25, 2008 |
| Reviewer: nikki, |
With this game, you can be winning one minute and be last place a few turns later. Sometimes it is like you just started the game and are 20 minutes into it. There is some strategy and some luck but lots of laughs.
I like to buy extra dice so everyone has a set.
We added a few interesting things to it... such as when someone goes into home, everyone holds their hands up and yells 'parcheesi'. Usually it is a happy time, but we sometimes yell it sarcastically - which is also fun.
RULES:
There are lots of rules, be sure to read them all. We played as kids and now as an adult we found a paragraph that we didn't know, which made the game far more interesting. They aren't that difficult to understand.
The thing is, it is an enjoyable game that anyone in the family can play.
Add your own twists to the game - a bell for sorry (Carol Burnett Show- Eunice) or the yelling parcheesi. What ever makes the game more fun...
I played it at relatives and otehrwise havent' played it in years, so I am getting another while they are available.
Doubles: If you roll a double you get to move the number on TOP of the dice as well as the number on the BOTTOM. No matter what they are they always add up to 14. You must take all 14 spaces or forfeit all 14. These can be taken in parts - 6,1,6,1 or 5,2,5,2 or 4,3,4,3 . This makes the possibilities endless, becase you can actually land on more than one opponent in the process. You also get to roll again. If you roll doubles three times, the third time you have to send one of your own pieces that is closest to home back to the beginning - even if it is in the red zone one space from home... too bad. Liek I say, it is a great game, far more fun than Monopoly or Sorry.
Landing on an opponent not only sends him back to his starting point, but gives you an additional 20 spaces with any one man. If you can't use it, it is forfeited as well.
Entering any man into HOME, give you an additional 10 spaces.
These add up quickly, but also push you around the board and in front of competition and possibly you get sent back in the process.
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Great for the Family
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| Review Date: April 16, 2009 |
| Reviewer: S. Baker, Plains, MT United States |
| I had this game as a child and I loved it then. I'm so happy I found it on Amazon. We play it as a family and I find I still like it as an adult. We have three teenage sons and they like to play too. It's a game that has a lot of strategy to it so it is challenging and fun. Easy to play and seems very durable. |
A classic that all kids should play!
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| Review Date: July 2, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Mrs. Mom, MA USA |
| This game is a great classic game that all families should have! It works on counting for the younger kids, and strategy for the older ones. It is an old game that many kids of today have never even heard of, such a shame! |
Extremely pleased..
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| Review Date: October 3, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Mrs. Fox, |
Our whole family enjoyed this game when they were younger.
Now in their 20's the game was long gone.
Having found it on your web site and bought it .... our whole
family is enjoying it again on w/e's together
at the Lake. We have great memories of playing it and now
making more ! |
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