Customer Reviews

Cranium Conga

5 star:		(21)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Adding to the acclaim here--the Cranium games are all fun, but this is just the best. It's especially good for multiage groups and family gatherings--one of the few games where being older and sharper doesn't confer much advantage. Even kids who don't really read and write yet can play with adult help and have fun.

Another plus: We ran into a bit of a problem with a defective part and Cranium's customer service was absolutely first-rate in resolving it. Anyone who buys anything these days knows how rare that is!

My 17 year old brother, my 8 and 10 year old (female) cousins, and my 21 year old self played this game after Thanksgiving dinner and within minutes had jealous adults watching our fun (we let them join in the next round). Though our 4 and 2 year old cousins were too young to really play (reading and writing required), they were content to watch and laugh with us. We all laughed so hard and had the best time. This is definitely the stuff the best family memories are made of.

This was my first experience with Cranium games so I don't know how this one compares to the others. My boys, ages 10 and 8 seem to really enjoy the game and it can be fun, but it is not as much fun as I thought it would be after reading the reviews. You draw cards and whatever card you draw determines what activity you do. One activity is to use clay to sculpt your answer to the question. Well, we never have enough time to actually sculpt something. Usually, we just shout out answers without even seeing what the person is sculpting. One activity has you guesstimate your answer to a question, such as "How many times have you flushed the toilet in your lifetime?" A lot of those questions aren't easy for my 8 year old to actually come up with an answer that we could possibly get. And the point is to give an answer that can be guessed because you get points for guessing correctly and for having your answer guessed. So, a lot of the game just seems like shouting out answers and not doing much of the activities. However, my sons seem to enjoy it but I think a lot of it is because their dad and I are playing it with them. Also, you have to remember to push the guess button every time, which so far, my 8 year old forgets to do, so you can get the maximum number of points. Maybe after we play it some more, we will get a better handle on how it is to work and we will get more enjoyment out of it. I wouldn't suggest buying this game unless your kids were a little older than mine. Hope this helps somebody!!

My kids love the Cadoo game, but we are in desperate need of a booster set since they know all the answers. Instead, we bought this new Cranium offering and took it into a restaurant to try it out while eating dessert.

Oops! When I found myself out of my seat and enacting a bull-ride--to the amusement of the restaurant's other diners--I knew we should've test driven it at home. Oh, well.

All embarrassment and loud laughter aside, my 9 and 11 yr old daughters have been begging to play it every day. The game employs a random timer and various methods of giving clues to keep things interesting. We've learned funny things about each other and had a blast while doing it!

This game was awesome. The point is to actually try to read your friend's mind!!! It's really fun, and you can answer by acting out, working with clay, or just writing down the answer--whatever it tells you to do!! It does require batteries, but that doesn't matter. The only thing is, the manufacturers didn'y close the clay container tight enough, so the clay was dried up!! I need to complain about that and get new clay...It looks like fun trying to guess what other people sculpted!!! This game is so much fun, I recommend it 100%, and it's great for small groups of 4-8 people ages 9 and up. Cranium Conga rocks!!!!! Oh yea, and and you win when your conga board is filled up with pieces that form a Conga Line. Got a friend's or kid's birthday coming up? Is the kid at least 9 or 10? Get Cranium Conga...It's the BEST.

From the fun music to the guess box this game ROCKS!!!! There is never a dull moment. Although the game is rated for kids 8 and up, younger kids even some 5 year olds, would enjoy it with just a little help with reading. Passing around the guess box with the music going is great fun- kind of like playing hot potato. Like some of the other great games by CRANIUM the clay adds a fun dimension and encourages creativity. This game would be good for HOURS of fun for the whole family!! Take it from a mother of 4. This game is great and a different change of pace from the others out there.

We are a game family. Actually, that's a bit of an understatement. We have a closet filled with games, and Cranium products are certainly among the best crafted that are available today.

The label states that this game is for players 8-88, but if you have a slightly younger child (our son got this game for his 7th birthday) who is a strong reader and has played charades and word games they will probably get a kick out of watching mom imitate spiderman or dad try to scuplt an elephant out of clay. Parents and caregivers can breathe a sigh of relief-- this is a family game that is fun for adults as well.

One criticism: it won't take too many turns to go through all the cards. Hopefully booster packs will come available shortly.

Ths game is one of the funnest family games I've played. It's better with more players. you basicly should have to know how to write to play this game by yourself, but you could also play on teams, I guess.
This game is very simple to understand and the directions are very good.
I would definatly recomend this game!!!

This Game Is The Best!! I bought this game because it looked so fun!! Even Though I'm Eleven and have no siblings at home I can still play it by my self. Evenmy parents like this game so I don't have to play by myself all the time. I reccomend this game for everyone!

We are a BIG TIME game family. We have several of the Cranium games and have thoroughly enjoyed them. After reading the reviews of this game I had hopes that it would be as much fun as some of the others we have played. We gave this game to my 8 year old son for Christmas and it was very disappointing. There is no challenge to the game whatsoever. You choose a card which has a question on it and write your answer on the pad. When you close the lid, the timer starts. The problem is that we have been able to guess the answer within seconds of the timer starting and it's usually the first person who guesses it. We looked to the directions to see if there is some way to make it more challenging but there weren't any suggestions given. We thought we would try to make up our own rules such as NOT giving the first letter on the "word worm" questions, but that made it impossible to guess the answer before the timer ran out.

My son thinks it's "kind of" fun and he still asks to play with it because it is new. The other problem is that each card only has one challenge to it. So once you go through all the cards you are pretty much done with the game. I'm certain there will be a "Booster" pack that will need to be purchased separately if this game ends up being popular.

My overall recommendation, skip this game. There are too many other great games to waste your money on this one.