Wiggly worms for the tiddlers! (Mattel Wiggly Worms Game)

Member Name: kaitlinsmummy

Product:	Mattel Wiggly Worms Game
Date:	09/02/09 (147 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: A simple enough concept.

Disadvantages: Is unplayable if the little worms get lost.

My children, and my son especially, are getting just to the right age for board games, especially the ones that they can play together without any outside help.
As one of the presents off one of his mates at his party, this game was ideal. Easy to set up, easy to play with relatively few rules to abide by.

The game I will now review is - "Wiggly worms".

The contents of the box is as follows -

1 apple with worm holes
20 worms, five each of red, blue, yellow and green.
4 matching cards to go with the above colours.

The basic premise of this game is that you mix all the colours of the worms up, bearing in mind the worms are the same colour, with the tail end being the colour coded part.

You push one worm into each hole, this leaves just the round smiley faces of each worm visible.

Each child picks a card from the choice of four available, this obviously means that there is a limit of four players per game, once the colour of each player is established the game can begin.

There is a timer arm at the side of the apple that after being pulled gently starts a spiral shaped cog under the worms. This gives the effect that the worms are popping up at random times, much like the popular "hitting" games you find at the many arcades all over the coast!
Then for the duration of the timer one player will take as many worms out of their holes looking for the matching colour to their card.
If a worm is picked out that is not a matching colour the player has to shout out the colour before placing back into the hole, this gives the player that does hold that colour the chance to remember where it was put ready for their turn!

The game then continues until one player has found all their worms, simple!

This is a lovely game, easy to play and set up again and again. The other plus side is the fact that it doesn't take batteries, so there is none of the checking all the games at bedtime to make sure they are switch off, the cost of replacing so many batteries are extortionate!

Please be aware though, the worms are quite small, so there is an age restriction on it, this being 4+. Also as the game is considerably smaller than the box, to save room I have taken it out and put it into a separate container. Not only does this save room but in my opinion is essential due to how east it would be to lose some worms, then the game wouldn't be as much fun to play!

As this was a gift I don't know the exact price of the game. I have checked on www.amazon.co.uk
But am pretty sure that Connor's friend didn't pay the £17.95 that this game is advertised on there for.
In my opinion it would have purchased for around the £10.00 mark, perfect for the quality of the game, and more like the money I would spend on a party gift... there are codes of conduct you know! (LOL!)

This is a lovely simple game that my kids have enjoyed playing and I have enjoyed the five minutes peace with, highly recommended!

For more information visit Amazon (website above).

Thanks for reading x

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