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Outburst! is appropriately titled "The Game of Verbal Explosions!" The goal is to have players correctly estimate as many of the 10 items stated on game cards that are related to various topics.
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In this version of Connect Four, each player has one or more specially designated "Power Checkers" game pieces that they might choose to use once during the course of the match. The player can instantly pop out all pieces below a piece designated with an anvil icon while playing it, for instance, leaving the anvil piece in the bottom row of the game board.
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If a "J" appears on a Double Letter or Triple Letter square, it is worth sixteen and twenty-four points, respectively, instead of the normal eight points in Scrabble.
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In Monopoly, there are Chance and Community Chest cards that say, "Advance to Go (Collect $200)." If you get this card, you move your playing piece to the Go square and proceed as usual to collect your $200 paycheck. This card adds to the confusion on how to win $400 if you land on the Go square.
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A huge straight, which consists of five dice, yields 40 points. Chance, which is the total of all the dice, can be employed if there are no other viable options. Five of a sort make up a Yahtzee.
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An old Indian cross and circle game called Pachisi served as the inspiration for the board game Sorry! Players seek to get all three or four of their pieces "home" before the other players by moving their three or four pieces around the board. Sorry! is intended for two to four players, aged 6 and up, and was first produced by W.H. Storey & Co in England before becoming a Hasbro product. The name of the game refers to the various ways in which one player might hinder another's advancement while professing regret: "Sorry!"
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In the game of Parcheesi, each player begins with four pawns in her home circle. The winner is the first player to move all four pawns to the center of the board.
