Gobblet Gobblers

by Blue Orange

Product Features

• Pick your Gobblers and line up three of them in a row to win the game The Gobblers have a strong appetite and can gobble up smaller Gobblers These cute little characters will test your strategy and stimulate your memory
• Gobblet Gobblers has a bright and colorful all wooden design
• Gobblet tests basic concepts of planned strategy while training memory skills and spatial awareness
• Easy to learn, it is a quick thinking game fun to play again and again

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 9.5 x 2.3 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001TMXDMK
• Item model number: 103
• Our recommended age: 5 - 8 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 5 - 9 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,276 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Based upon the all time favorite Gobblet, Gobblet Gobblers is a fun strategy game that will keep the family hungry to play for hours.

Product Description

Gobble Up Some Fun! Line up three of your Gobblers in a row to win! These cute characters are hungry for fun - and other Gobblers. Test your memory and appetite for laughs with this easy to learn, quick game of strategy. Gobblet Gobblers: hours of fun for the whole family! Game Facts: 2 Players, Play Time: 2 to 5 Minutes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, Unexpected Gift, September 16, 2009

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ReaderMeter "ReaderMeter" (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews

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I saw this game recommended in a parenting magazine and ordered it as a birthday gift for my four-year-old. Although the age recommendation is five-and-up, any child who has a basic understanding of tic-tac-toe should be able to play and enjoy. I should note that it is far more fun than tic-tac-toe.

I won't go into the rules, but basically it's a game of strategy, but it also hits on spacial reasoning, ascending and descending order, and cause-and-effect -- but mostly it just feels like fun. Your children don't realize their brains are working to figure out where to move next or which guy to move.

My son also loves the fun shapes of the smooth, brightly colored game pieces with the plume of felt "hair" and assembling the game grid. The game feels very sturdy and almost craftsman-like, rather than the usual molded plastic.

One of the best things about this game is that it is very fast. It's easy to say "yes" to three quick games of Gobblet Gobblers before bed, because you could play this many games in about five-to-ten minutes.

Another great thing is that it is simply fun. After playing against the children several times, my husband and I could not resist playing each other, because he has a theory that you could never lose if you went first. Nice theory, but he was wrong! Enjoy!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cunningly cute, June 24, 2009

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Bernard Dekoven "Major Fun" (Indianapolis) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gobblet Gobblers (Toy)

Do not be misled by cuteness or the obvious similarity to tic tac toe, Gobblet Gobblers is an abstract game worthy of serious strategic contemplation.

No, it's not chess. It's not even checkers. But it's not like any tic tac toe game you've ever played, unless you've already played the Major FUN Award-winning Gobblet Jr.

Repackaged and revisioned, Gobblet Gobblers plays the same as Gobblet Jr., but introduces a new level of whimsy and fantasy that invites children to view the often serious challenge of abstract reasoning with a light and playful heart.

Players build the board out of four, brightly colored wood pieces. Using these pieces, instead of a solid board, gives the game a friendlier feeling - integrating the game a bit more with its environment (kitchen table, play table, carpet, floor). The pieces all have little felt feather-like things sticking out of their "heads," adding to the whimsy and offering a practical and compelling way to lift and move the pieces from place to place. There are two different color pieces - blue and orange (oddly, but probably not coincidentally reprising the name of the publisher). Both players get six pieces - two sets of three nesting cylinders.

The game plays like tic tac toe (the object being to get three of your color pieces in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal row), but, unlike the traditional game, in Gobblet Gobblers you can move your pieces once they are placed, and, if your piece is larger than another, you can temporarily "gobble" it by placing your piece on top. Being able to move pieces is departure enough to make Gobblet Gobblers something more than your paper-and-pencil version of tic tac toe. But being able to cover a smaller piece takes the game to a new level of strategic complexity - new enough for it to become a unique invitation to abstract thinking - unique enough to invite serious attention from adults as well as children. And there's that added component of having to remember what gets covered. And the subsequent, sometimes delightfully agonizing experience of losing the game because of what lies beneath.

Designed by Thierry Denoual, who designed all of the current Gobblet variations, Gobblet Gobbler, with its humorous design (and lower price), is Major FUN, at least - especially for kids who have already mastered the traditional versions of tic tac toe, and even more especially for their parents.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME!!!!!!, September 8, 2011

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This review is from: Gobblet Gobblers (Toy)

We love absolutely everything about this toy, there's nothing not to like! The pieces and frames are made from top quality wood and I'm sure it will last a long time. The game throws in an interesting twist to the old knots and crosses game. Requires a lot more strategy and thought in the game. The wooden frame pieces fit in well in each other. the only one recommendation I would have is to provide a board on which the game can be assembled, this would make it a lot more stable while still keeping the portability factor intact. In the current design, teh frame pieces can move around rather easily.