Chicken Soup for the Soul The Game

by Chicken Soup for the Soul

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00000ISJY
• Item model number: 51999
• Manufacturer recommended age: 14 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,552 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Everyone wins playing Chicken Soup for the Soul. Players will learn all about each other as they participate in a friendly competition to be the first to collect two cards from each of four decks. Draw a "Secret Ingredient" card and play a miniversion of 20 Questions to find out how old the other players were when they went on their first dates. Or reveal something personal after drawing a "Key Ingredient" card. The game board and cards are not particularly carefully homemade, which is disappointing, but Chicken Soup's heart is definitely in the right place. --Courtney Hudak

Amazon.com Teacher Review

Your family and friends will get to know each other better during this game--and learn a bit about storytelling and questioning strategies to boot. The cards ask players to spin yarns about personal experiences. Telling stories in a logical fashion can sometimes be challenging for kids; the open-ended prompts in the Chicken Soup pot are sure to draw them out. Players try their hand at quizzing each other as well. For instance, someone has to think of a favorite animal, and the others must ask questions to try to guess what it is: "Is it a mammal?" "Does it live in Africa?" "Is it endangered?" This noncompetitive, feel-good game may not get your family's blood pumping, but it's sure to warm their hearts. --Trilby Cohen has spent most of the past decade as a primary school teacher and reading specialist in north Seattle public schools.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This game is fun and entertaining that any adult can play!, November 1, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Chicken Soup for the Soul The Game (Board Game)

I was tired of playing the same games, Taboo, Guesstures, and many others and went and picked this game up. I played with two couples and we had so much fun. We laughed and learned about each other! You have to identify things that annoy you, tell stories from childhood, and just describe several different aspects of your personality. Very entertaining!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun--it's amazing what you discover, October 20, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Chicken Soup for the Soul The Game (Board Game)

This game is a fun family game--you share info like, "What songs do you sing in the shower" and "What famous person would you like to invite to lunch." It's most fun with three or four players--any less and it's a bore and with more than four players it's a snore (it seems your turn never comes!)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for ESL classes!!, February 5, 2009

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Bethyjp (Ichikawa, Japan) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Chicken Soup for the Soul The Game (Board Game)

I play this game with my adult and high school English conversation classes in Japan and it works great for teaching English idioms and getting the students to think on their own. Great teaching tool!