Hasbro Connect 4

When the kids were younger they would often badger me to play games with them. I always liked the simple traditional games, and Connect 4 was one of my favourites. The kids enjoyed this one too, so everyone was happy. In the box you'll find a collection of red disks, yellow disks and a blue plastic frame which has 42 spaces (7 wide by 6 high) for the yellow and red disks to be slotted in to. The game is for 2 players only, with one person having the red disks and the other the yellow disks. The object of the game, as most of you will already know, is to get 4 disks of the same colour in a row, either horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Each ...  Read the complete review

Connect 4 is a board game played between two players. It is played with checkers on a vertical board with 7 columns and 6 grids. Players take turns to place checkers in the grid. The winner is player with four in a row checkers in any direction. The game is so simple to play. Even a trained monkey could play it. Strategy is very important. First player should always place first checker in the middle of the grid. Second player should start from outer grids to win. Connect 4 is popular because it is easy to play and it doesn't take much time to complete. The history of the game dates to early 70's. Different ...  Read the complete review

Connect 4 is a game of strategy that anyone can play and enjoy. It has been around for years and the fact it is still marketed today speaks volumes. ~~ The Game ~~ The board itself is made from blue plastic that has 42 holes running through it. At the top of the board are 6 slots wide enough to insert the plastic circular pieces that come with the game. At the bottom of the blue plastic there is a flap so you can easily empty the board after you have finished playing. There are 21 red pieces and 21 yellow pieces so each player has their own colour and there is no confusion. ~~ Aim of the Game ~~ The aim of the game is to get ...  Read the complete review

When browsing the toy aisle in Sainsbury's recently I saw that Connect 4 (amongst others) was up for offer on half price, just £4.50 and I promptly added one of these to my basket. The items needed to play the game are packaged in a sturdy cardboard box and within the box there is red counter, yellow counters and the plastic pieces needed to make up the connect 4 board. The legs and the board slot fairly well together and the board has two different ends, one for slotting the counters in and one for holding them in place. The bottom part (the holding them in place part) is a little flimsy and can break fairly easily, however you can glue this back on (if very ...  Read the complete review

It is a while since I had a decent game of Connect Four as my husbands final year thesis involved programming a computer to play connect four so that isn't really a fair game anymore.... For anyone who is interested the advanced way to win against a player who is very good and never makes mistakes is to create threats in odd or even rows, depending on whether you are the first or second player, so that when the rest of the grid is filled up your opponent has no choice but to place his piece in the one remaining column, thus enabling you on your next game to put your piece on top of theirs and complete your row of four. So the game can involve some very advanced thinking ...  Read the complete review