Cranium Turbo Edition

by Cranium

Product Features

• It is the deluxe version of Cranium that cranks up outrageous fun with even more new ways to connect, celebrate, laugh hysterically
• It is a great way to deliver the same outrageous fun of original Cranium, with all the same shining opportunities and laugh-out-loud moments
• Includes game board, 1,000 outrageous game cards, Turbo Rally cards - 16 activities (with 6 not found in original Cranium)
• Also includes an electronic timer with music and lights, a tub of cool Cranium Clay, pads and pencils, and 4 Turbo game pieces
• Recommended for adults and teens

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 10.7 x 16.2 inches ; 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001NE7V4
• Item model number: 101040000.100E
• Manufacturer recommended age: 13 years and up
• Batteries: 3 AA batteries required.
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,112 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Editorial Review

The wildly popular and award-winning Cranium board game has revved its engines and gone turbo! As in the original game, players in teams race around the board, sculpting, humming, spelling, or drawing answers to clues. But the Turbo edition is enhanced by 1,000 new cards and adds six outrageous activities to the 10 originals, including Odd Couple (determine which two things don't belong in a list), Zooma (identify objects shown in close-up), and Mindmeld (read teammates' minds to come up with the same words on a given topic). An electronic Turbo timer lights up and blasts music to keep the momentum going, as if watching your teammates sculpt "hot pants" or turn each other into puppets isn't energizing enough! Includes the Cranium board, 1,000 cards with 16 activities, a tub of clay, an electronic timer (requires three "AA" batteries [not included]), pencils and pads, and four game pieces. One of the best games around, with something for everyone! --Emilie Coulter

Product Description

Product Description Editorial Review The wildly popular and award-winning Cranium board game has revved its engines and gone turbo! As in the original game, players in teams race around the board, sculpting, humming, spelling, or drawing answers to clues. But the Turbo edition is enhanced by 1,000 new cards and adds six outrageous activities to the 10 originals, including Odd Couple (determine which two things don't belong in a list), Zooma (identify objects shown in close-up), and Mindmeld (read teammates' minds to come up with the same words on a given topic). An electronic Turbo timer lights up and blasts music to keep the momentum going, as if watching your teammates sculpt "hot pants" or turn each other into puppets isn't energizing enough! Includes the Cranium board, 1,000 cards with 16 activities, a tub of clay, an electronic timer (requires three "AA" batteries [not included]), pencils and pads, and four game pieces. One of the best games around, with something for everyone! --Emilie Coulter Product Description Cranium Turbo Edition is the deluxe version of the popular game Cranium. It takes outrageous, something-for-everyone fun to a whole new level with 1,000 new cards, 16 activities and a faster pace. Cranium Turbo features Cranium favorites like sculpting, humming, drawing, and guessing, plus many other activities, including: Zooma: What's in those pictures' Odd Couple: What doesn't belong' Star Performer: hum or whistle Data Head: True or False' Creative Cat: sketch or sculpt Word Worm: spell backwards Includes: Cranium board, 1,000 outrageous Cranium cards, a tub of cool Cranium Clay, and an electronic timer with music and lights. Requires 3 "AA" alkaline batteries, not included. For 4 or more players. Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 10.7 x 16.2 inches ; 7 pounds, ASIN: B0001NE7V4, Batteries: 3 AA batteries required.

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Customer Reviews

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars And I thought the original Cranium was fantastic!, December 2, 2004

By 

Ksuzy (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

= 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: Cranium Turbo Edition (Toy)

Wow! I thought the original Cranium was an awesome game! The Turbo edition cranks it up and improves whatever minor flaws were in the original. Turbo edition has all of the best elements of the original, including combining activities from other games such as Pictionary, Charades, Name that Tune, Trivial Pursuit, and others and putting them into one game. Yet the turbo edition ADDS new features, such as a musical timer that will also randomly select a category for the current team, Turbo cards that have more than one activity on them and determine how many spaces your team will move (depending on how many activities you complete), and new categories such as MINDMELD, where team partners write down what comes to mind when given a topic and must match at least one thing; ODD COUPLE, where team members must select the two things that do not belong out of a list of five; and SIDESHOW, where one team member must move another team member like a puppet to act out words on the cards. There's a new way to win using the Turbo cards, too! I highly recommend this edition to upgrade Cranium fun.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a Great Game!!!, December 5, 2004

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Linda M. Burrell (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Cranium Turbo Edition (Toy)

We started out a quiet group, thinking we'd play just a few minutes to check out the game I received as a gift. One guy was pretty skeptical. He's tired of trivia games that reward accumulated otherwise somewhat useless knowledge.
Within five minutes, we were all laughing and the skeptic was taking off his shirt in an attempt to convey "Naked Chef." Thanks to the wonderful timer, he stopped at the shirt!!! His partner, by the way, did get the answer, even though he had never heard the program. And that's the greatest thing about this game. It rewards co-operation, but has enough competition to keep things interesting. Unlike Monopoly, which seems to bring out the worst in players (I stopped playing it years ago, after some pretty nasty sessions), this game makes you feel good about your self and your team mates and the opposition. You laugh with, not at each other.
The game is visually appealing and the directions are easy to follows. The timer is easy and fun to use. (We are still debating if the music is based on the theme from Mission Impossible.)

What a great ice-breaker. I can hardly wait to play it with a larger group.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet!, December 16, 2004

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Clayton Crenshaw "Man About Town" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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= 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: Cranium Turbo Edition (Toy)

I fell in love with the original Cranium after one game. But the turbo edition has actually gone a couple of steps beyond the original's awesomeness. It plays faster, the board is simplified (who wasn't at least a little confused by the old "fast track"?), and the new timer adds a hilarious crazy-Japanese-game-show feeling to the whole thing. Cranium is a blast with a group of old friends, but the cool thing is, add a couple of new people into the mix, and you will quickly feel like you've known them for years. Monopoly is dead! Long live Cranium!