$25,000 Pyramid Board Game - Game Show Network

by Endless Games

Product Features

• Game is based on the classic TV show! Remeber "30 Seconds on the Clock!!"

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00004T35M
• Manufacturer recommended age: 14 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,009 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Product Description

A game that will provide hours of fun for the whole family!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Maker NOT a "Pyramid" expert., December 4, 2000

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Michael T. Pierce (Kinnelon, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: $25,000 Pyramid Board Game - Game Show Network (Board Game)

One would think that a company who was going to produce a home version of a favorite, classic TV game show, would get someone who was an expert on the game to develop it before marketing. It is obvious to this longtime "Pyramid" fan that this was NOT the case. I'll start with the rules sheet. Although the description of how to play the preliminary game is pretty complete, the description of how to play the winner's circle round (which is more complicated than the preliminary game) is not. It states that "The player who sees the categories may give a list of things in the category." Period. Longtime fans know the rest, but what about a new player? They don't know that the clue-giver is not allowed to use his hands, is not allowed to give descriptive clues such as prepositional phrases, and not allowed to use part of the answer in their list of items.

My biggest complaint is that anyone who is a "Pyramid" watcher knows that the least difficult categories in the winner's circle round are on the bottom row, getting increasingly more difficult as they climb the pyramid. Here are a few examples of this game's $50 categories: "Innocent Things" (That category was generally either a $250 or $300 category); "Things that are clear" (easily a second tier category); "Things you clip" (another $300 category); In reverse, some of this games $300 categories include: "What a swan might say"; "Baby Things"; "Measures of time", all which belong on the lowest tier, probably as a $50 category. Most "What a ___ might say"-type categories were the $100 category. In some cases, there are more than one "What a ____ might say" category in a game. That would never have occurred on the show. Putting the difficult categories on the lower tier causes one of two things: Players don't get beyond the bottom tier, or the game is an anti-climax. The makers should have checked with some "Pyramid" experts to deveop this game.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pyramid is a great game. This version not so much., August 9, 2000

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Michael A. Brown "maniacmedia" (Salt Lake City, UT USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: $25,000 Pyramid Board Game - Game Show Network (Board Game)

"The $25,000 Pyramid," no matter the dollar value, is a great game. Created by Bob Stewart, the man who created "Password," "Pyramid" started out in the early '70s and has endured in one form or another ever since.

Kind of a rapid fire version of "Password." A team of two is given a catagory, and one gives clues to the other to get them to guess all of the terms in that catagory.

This home version isn't nearly as good as the several editions that Milton Bradley put out during the initial run of the show. Those can be found regularly on ... auctions. What you would pay for a well kept old version would still be less than this and is well worth the hunt. Endless has done this one on the cheap. Except the outer box, which again looks great, but masks the lack of quality inside.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PYRAMID IS GREAT FUN BOXED OR ON PC!, December 14, 2001

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Art Kurtz "The GameShow Guy" (BROOKLYN, NEW YORK United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: $25,000 Pyramid Board Game - Game Show Network (Board Game)

For those who like the feel of traditional boxed home games this edition of "The 25,000 Pyramid" is a great addition to your collection. (Although it would be better if all cards were not revealed so players can alternate between giving & receiving.)
The Winner's Circle plays like on TV (not like the old Milton Bradley editions,which had a totally different Winner's Circle game.