Fantastic fun to get everyone shrieking and laughing! (Cranium)

Member Name: ktbainbridge

Product:	Cranium
Date:	23/06/09 (17 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great fun.

Disadvantages: Hard to get head round at first.

As a family we are always looking for gun games to entertain us, normally at dinners, or at christmas. We really enjoy Pictionary, so have been looking for something on that basis, but felt like we needed a change and Cranium seemed to fit the bill.

I found Cranium quite expensive compared to Pictionary, so I was hoping for something really good. The box is brightly coloured and has lots of animation which appeals to all ages. The box is quite large as it has a few contents. When I opened the box and read the instructions I was quite confused. It didnt seem like the easiest game to just start playing, but once I had read them and studied them I was ready to go.

You start off the game in teams (minimum of two per team) and the team with the soonest birthday member starts. The dice is not numbered and instead has colours, so when you roll that colour you move to that space and answer the associated question. There are four catagories of question:

Creative cat (drawing etc).
Data head (number or letter based question).
Performing (cherades, singing etc).
Word worm (wordy based question).

Included is a pencil and pads for drawing and some clay for sculpting, some of this has to be done blidnfolded depedning on the question.

Some spaces you land on only one team plays and other spaces all teams go head to head.

The ultimate aim is progressing faster than the other teams and making it to the central 'brain' first.

Once you have worked out how to play this game it is a fantastic laugh and really good fun. It is a great game for all ages, however sometimes the questions are targetted at older people as they mantion TV shows or actressers that the younger generation would not know.

Summary: Once you are up and running you will have so much fun.