Customer Reviews

Carmen Sandiego USA Junior Edition (Board Game)

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I bought this for my 4 1/2 year old son this summer because he was (and remains) obsessed with geography in general and the 50 states in particular. He loves it. The rest of us, however, don't. The instructions are inadequate and the purpose of the game is just too basic. By the way, the instructions do tell you where to begin--in the state where you live or where you are currently playing the game. My son lives for the day when we will take the game to another state so he can start in a different state. But the instructions do not say anything about how you are supposed to get to Hawaii and Alaska. And the fact that some of the states are combined into groupings has been a little confusing for my son. I think if the company had designed the board better, with less space wasted on the picture of Carmen SanDiego, the map could have been larger thus negating the necessity of combining smaller states. Anyway. We have logged a lot of hours on this game over the past few months. We've changed the rules to make it more interesting, but even so, it gets rather boring. I would give the game 1 star, but I can't discount the fact that my son does love it so much.

I bought this for my children when they were 3 & 5. Although I don't find it very entertaining, the children love it. Three years later they still bring it out to play. They have learned all of the states and their location because of this game. We have changed a few of the rules to make the game more interesting (like drawing for a card to determine where to start). We also have Carmen Sandiego on the computer but they prefer the board game.

My 5 year old and my 4 year old and I LOVE this game! True, the instructions leave a little room for "imagination", but we could play all day. I give this game as a gift and every parent loves it. My preschooler and my kindergartener have learned all their states. No reading skills necessary. I highly recommend it!!!

I bought this game for my 4 year old daughter in an effort to help her learn geography, and I am extremely disappointed. The game has no point and the instructions don't even tell us where to start on the board. The board is a colorful picture of the USA and the cards give the very basics about each state, and that is the extent of the usefullness of this game.