Always bring your towel.
United States
Morrilton
Arkansas
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I picked up this game today for my birthday (yay, me), and I'm glad I finally did. I've been more and more interested in dexterity games as of late, with my heart set soon on getting my very own crokinole board after playing at GenCon this year. Everyone said it was poor-man's crokinole, and how right they are.
COMPONENTS: 4 slider pawns and 4 scoreboard pawns per player, 2 double-sided center boards, and four tracks, one for each player, that attach to the desired sides of the center board. Pretty much what one would expect from a mass-market company; the slider pawns are fantastic, and everything works great. Nothing much else to say about this really, except that the sliders are a deceptively simple design, just a hollowed out Sorry! pawn with a big enough hole in the bottom for the ball bearing to poke through slightly and hold it in firmly at the same time. Slides wonderfully with minimal effort.
If I had to make one complaint, it's that the player tracks that came in my copy were very slightly warped, but that wasn't anything a little careful bending couldn't fix. Minor complaint for a game that only costs $20 and that I played 12 times after my wife and I cracked open the box 
GAMEPLAY: Simple rules, and four different boards to play on, with anywhere from 2-4 players. For those of you who have played crokinole, you're probably already aware of the basic rules, of which there are few. On the other hand, for those of you who have played crokinole and own, or know someone who owns a crokinole board, you may not be reading this anyway and be busy playing on it 
Each player has a track, for lack of a better word, with walls on the sides, which you slide your pawn along to get it on the numbered rings on the center board. everyone takes turns shooting/sliding their slider pawns onto the board, and when everyone is done, each of the four pawns you slide (assuming they weren't knocked out of the round!) moves one of four small pawns that is on your scoreboard. Get all the pawns to the Home spot on the board by exact count first, and you win. There are four different center boards with different rules to play on, and a handful of variations on top of that as well.
In summary, I like this game a lot. It is no crokinole, but using the right center board, it's close  If you have any interest in dexterity games, and just want something to cut your teeth on with minimal cost, this may very well be the way to go. If you want a crokinole board and can't afford one anytime soon, this will be fun to play for a great while. My wife and I played 12 consecutive games after setting it up, 3 games per center board variation, and loved every minute of it.
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Dan Edelen
United States
Mount Orab
Ohio
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Sadly, this game has been something of a bust for my family. Can't tell you why no one seemed to want to play it after about three plays. Just lost interest.
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bill d.
United States
Unspecified
Connecticut
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I'd have to be in the mood to play, although they give you enough flavors to keep it spicy. The different boards AND layout patters make for a lot of possibilities (really tricky when you make one 4 track long board!).
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