Games & Puzzles

So much fun!

Advantages: fun and entertaining
Disadvantages: fast paced and frustrating

...days later. The Bop it is a hand held game which costs £17.99. It looks a bit like a UFO and definitely wouldn't look out of place if it was in the sky at night. There is a big 'push' button in the middle with two arms coming out of it. On one there is a wheel that spins and a knob to pull and on the other there is bulb to twist and a flap to flick. When you switch the game on there is a computerized voice that tells you to either 'flick it', 'spin ...
...to simply find the right arm and follow the instructions in time with a beat of music. If you take too long or get confused then it's game over! I find that the voice of the person is a bit annoying but the main thing is that it's loud so you can't be a bad sport and make excuses by saying 'I didn't hear what it was saying'. That was my dad's excuse! The knobs and buttons are easy to use but when you hands start to get sweaty from the pressure of ...

claribella 05.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Bop It Extreme 2

The Original and Best

Advantages: Months of Entertainment, good Build Quality
Disadvantages: Some people will find it difficult

I first saw a Rubiks cube when I was 10 and my dad could solve it. I asked him to show me how he had done it, but as you can probably guess it didn't make too much sense. I'd kind of forgotten about it, but I saw one in a Toystore and thought why not. The great thing about this particular cube is that it comes with instructions on how to solve it, so a particuarly determined individual will solve it in the end. It does require a large amount of determination ...
...now solve the cube in just under 2 minutes, with a little guidance from the internet too. But even after you have solved it there are hours of fun to be had with it. You can make various patterns using simple moves, and its always good fun to show off to your friends. The product can make you look exceptionally smart, especially if you can solve it at a reasonable speed. There are alot of imitation cubes on the market, this one is a proper cube ...

Biggsl02 22.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Rubik

Down the snakes, up the ladders.

Advantages: Fun to kill some time.
Disadvantages: See review

Snakes & Ladders is a simple game which children enjoy to play anywhere, anytime. HOW TO PLAY You begin at the "Start" square, and roll the dice and move your counter that many spaces. The first one to get to the "End" sqaure, is the winner. It's not all simple, because if you land on a snake, you have to go down to the square where the snake trail ends. But, if you're lucky, and land on the bottom of a ladder, you go up to the square where the ...
...VALUE FOR MONEY I brought my Snakes & Ladders game for £3.99. This is still about the average price and I think it's good value for money. OVERALL The game does get boring after a bit, but if you have no other games to play, it's fun! ...

AlexanderBanks 24.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Snakes and Ladders

Pass the Bomb!

Advantages: great game, really gets you thinking
Disadvantages: you can be made to look v.stupid!

...round and it was called Pass the Bomb! Sounds ominous I know (don't worry its not a real bomb!). Well, it was great fun and very different to the usual type of games which go on for hours and people lose interest. The game starts by drawing a card from the pack which is shown to all players. Each card has letters on it and can be two or more letters. A dice is then rolled which tells all players whether the letters shown by the card must be at the ...
...if you can! I though pass the bomb was a really good game, because it can reduce people with the longest of vocabularies into mumbling wrecks! Pass the bomb can be played with any number of people, so long as there is more than two and is suggested for players aged twelve and above. The game retails at around £25.00, which I think is good value. You don't require a table or board to play, so in theory you could play wherever you wanted. It's a great ...

beanie8844 07.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Pass The Bomb

Life Is A Game

Advantages: Interesting board game everyone seems to like
Disadvantages: Takes a while to set up

Game Of Life one of the board games I remember from my childhood, when the whole family would sit down together on a Sunday, after Bullseye and Sunday Dinner, and play a game whether it be cards or one of the many board games we had. History The game was originally created in 1860 by Milton Bradley, and was called The Chequered Game Of Life, and it sold 45,000 copies in its first year of production. The game did not include a dice as these ...
...middle comes from. The original game was based around a chess board and the object was to land on good spaces and earn 100 points. You could earn another 50 points by reaching happy old age which was at the end of the game opposite infancy where you began. One hundred years later, in 1960, the modern version of the game was introduced by Milton Bradley Company and featured a circular picture of Art Linkletter on the front as he ...

johnny040676 14.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Game of Life