Candyland - The World of Sweets Board Game

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• Product Dimensions: 1.6 x 10.6 x 15.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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• ASIN: B00000DMF5
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• Item model number: 4700 S5
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 6 years
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Editorial Review
"Once upon a time, King Kandy, the Imperial Head Bonbon and Grand Jujube of Candy Land disappeared." Thus begins the magical journey of Milton Bradley's classic Candy Land board game. Captivated by the story of a kidnapped king and eager to help find him, little ones move their gingerbread pawns along a rainbow path and through a land of candy characters, all subjects of King Kandy's realm.
Playing cards thoughtfully designed for non-readers are coded with colorful squares matching the jeweled stepping-stone path or an occasional token matching one of the characters' symbols: draw a blue card, move to the nearest blue stepping-stone; draw a snowflake and earn a visit to Queen Frostine's iceberg. There are occasional pitfalls, too: land on the wrong square and you might be stuck in Molasses Swamp until a red card is drawn. With all these enticing, sugarcoated images (and King Kandy plainly visible at path's end), children can't help but be delighted by Candy Land. It's delicious! Instructions are in both Spanish and English. Candy Land is for two to four players) --Julie Ubben
This is the classic "child's first game", and preschoolers will love it. Children draw colored cards, and move their plastic gingerbread playing tokens to the next square of the same color. Passing the peppermint forest and the ice cream sea on the way, the first one to reach the candy castle wins. No need to read to play this game.2 to 4 players can play this game. This board game includes a game board, four plastic playing pieces, 64 cards, "Legend of the Lost Candy Castle", and instructions in English and Spanish.
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Candyland - The World of Sweets Board Game

 

Product Features

• Classic game with updated graphics and sculpted, detailed pawns
• Passing the peppermint forest and the ice cream sea on the way, the first one to reach the candy castle wins
• No reading required to play
• This is the classic "child's first game", and preschoolers will love it
• Instructions are in both Spanish and English
• Children draw colored cards, and move their plastic gingerbread playing tokens to the next square of the same color

Consumer Reviews

...there are several very good reasons why "Candy Land" is the initially board game young children learn to play:
First, the game does not demand young children know how to read. They do not even need to know their numbers as they do in "Chutes and Ladders." Movement is based on a youngster becoming able to recognize colors and symbols. What could be much easier than that?
Second, the game is based on luck (or likelihood or divine intervention or but you want to characterize it), which means it is a great equalizer. This is a game exactly where a kid has the exact same chance of winning as their parents, older siblings, grandparents, babysitters or whoever. Young children are not going to be interested in playing a game they cannot win, which is why "Candy Land" is exactly where they begin as an alternative of "Monopoly" or "Trivial Pursuit."
Third, the game teaches the simple expertise of board games. The hardest lesson kid have to study with this game is to...take turns. Yes, this may possibly be a single of the initial instances in their young lives when youngsters are confronted with the regiment of structure that will afflict them the rest of their lives. But from board games like "Candy Land" to sports like baseball, structure and rules are a simple consideration. Approach and tactics come later, but mastering to take turns comes 1st (and I could argue is a basic lesson in civil behavior).
So, I would respectfully submit that "Candy Land" remains the ideal selection for the initially board game you play with your young children. Just choose a card, move to the suitable square, and proceed to have a awesome life.

I bear in mind playing Candyland as a kid, so it is another game that has passed the test of time. It is uncomplicated, and it does not demand reading skills, so extremely young children can play the game. It is good for practicing colors and for taking turns and following guidelines. I do feel that the game is a little lengthy, especially for the three-year old kids in the recommended age range. Some of the rules, like finding stuck until a specific card is drawn, makes the game rules a small even more tough to adhere to, so in that way I would advise it far more for a four-6 age group. A three-year old can play it with a lot of supervision, but some of the guidelines are hard to know at that age - specifically when they can draw a card but can't move their game piece! The game is rather low-cost, and so the excellent of the actual game is not awesome. I agree with another reviewer that a "classic gold" edition with wooden pieces and a durable box would be a superb choice for somebody who would like the game to last. It would also be good to have a good spot to place all of the cards throughout the game and for storage. Regardless of the length of the game and the durability aspect, I would nevertheless extremely recommend this classic game to parents with small children, specially those in the four - 6 age range.

 

Candyland - The World of Sweets Board Game