Game of Life - Pirates of the Caribbean  Dead Man's Chest Edition

by Hasbro

Product Features

• This version of the 40-year-old classic board game lets players plunder for treasure on the high seas!
• Steer your ship towards Islan Cruces, visit ports, raid ships, fight off cannibals and collect loot
• Don't fall prey to Davy Jones and the Kraken
• The player, or pirate, who plunders the most treasure wins
• For 2-6 players

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.6 x 10.6 x 15.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BNJIS6
• Item model number: 42941
• Manufacturer recommended age: 9 - 12 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,786 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)

Product Description

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A variation on the original The Game of Life, this game is set offshore, far from the blissful suburbia of the 1960’s version. Based on the blockbuster movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, this updated The Game of Life requires players to navigate the high seas with wacky Captain Jack Sparrow. During this pirate adventure, players move their ship tokens around the board while collecting treasure, raiding ships, acquiring additional vessels, avoiding cannibals, and trying to steer clear of the mutinous Davy Jones and his pirate ship, the Kraken. Ultimately, players finish their sailing journey at Isla Cruces, where all must tally up their pirate booty to determine the winner. The game offers plenty of twists and turns and younger players will likely find it more exciting and engaging than the original. --Cristina Vaamonde

Product Description

Choose a captain to guide your pirate ship through the high seas. Visit ports, fight off cannibals and collect loot while avoiding Davey Jones and his Kraken. Be the player with the most treasure at the end and you win! No batteries required. For 2 to 4 players.

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53 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New twist on a classic, October 16, 2006

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S. Abba (Central Iowa, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Game of Life - Pirates of the Caribbean  Dead Man's Chest Edition (Toy)

I always liked The Game of Life as a kid and picked up the POTC2 version on a whim, thought it would be a cute joke. Imagine my delight when it turned out to be a fun game!

Players are randomly assigned a captain, one of the characters from the movies, and then the adventure starts. Like the original game you encounter life's ups and downs. Eventually everyone gets a ship and at least one mascot. The goal is to get the most treasure, the best ship and be the first to retire.

Here's the really fun part. Once the pile of treasure is gone, players began stealing from each other. You can even take another player's ship! This element keeps you guessing until the very end as to who will win.

We played three games in a row the first night each one very different. Our players ranged in age from 19 - 49. I would say that some elements of the Pirate theme make this a game more suitable for mature players who can appreciate the humor in "stealing" as part of the game. There are references to other typical pirate behavior that might not be appreciated in some households. We however, were thoroughly delighted and can't wait to play again! Arrgh!

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Pirate's Life for Me, November 28, 2006

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Eric Wilson "novelist" (Nashville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Game of Life - Pirates of the Caribbean  Dead Man's Chest Edition (Toy)

With DVDs and MySpace ting much of my daughters' free-time, I'm always happy when I can find a game that grabs their imaginations. This new version of LIFE did just the trick. Not only did it bring to life all the fun and adventure of the movie, it gave us a chance to laugh and create our own fun.

The concept isn't much different than the original board game, but it pits players against each other on the high seas, searching for treasure, amassing riches, and getting their own ship mascots. Some reviewers have complained about the thievery concepts in the game, but if your kids are able to separate imagination and fact than they'll have no problem with this. We thoroughly enjoyed it. The set-up was easy. The rules pretty simple. The graphics colorful.

This recent trend of merging successful movies with successful board games has breathed new life into our family nights together. (For a more strategy-oriented game, try the Narnia version of Stratego. It's incredible!) We'll continue to look for creative combinations such as this. Until then, it's the pirate's life for me.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun addition, but could be better..., January 8, 2007

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Paul B. Hubbard "SpikeSoleil" (Portland, Oregon USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Game of Life - Pirates of the Caribbean  Dead Man's Chest Edition (Toy)

This incarnation of the Game of Life is a lot of fun and well worth purchasing... However, I think that the designers really dropped the ball on making this game as fun and challenging as the original. To start, in the original game you get to choose up front whether or not you go to college - if so, then it takes longer to start building income, but over time you build income faster (usually)... In this version, you draw cards at random to choose a character, and if you are lucky you get the choice between landlubber and pirate, but the choice may not be yours and the benefits of each type of character are a lot less obvious (pirates seem to start collecting booty sooner than landlubbing captains, but also seem to be more prone to adversity in the life cards).

Once you aquire a ship, then fun begins, because you can attack other ships - if you win the battle, then you can get booty from the other player. However, since there's absolutely no consequence for attaching another ship of you loose (which makes little sense), the game lacks that element of risk that would make it more interesting.

Also, during the course of the game you can aquire a mascot, which does next to nothing interesting for you during the game, and only adds a little to your score at the end of the game. It would have been nice if the mascots helped you in some way beyond a few extra points at the end. And it would also have been more interesting if you could steal mascots from another player...

And lastly, though the mascots feel like a feeble attempt at duplicating the babies in the original game, there's no duplicate for the auto or homeowners insurance that protects you in the face of advesity. It would have been nice if you could at least purchase insurance for your ship - especailly since the Kraken is likely to attack at random - and it would have been nice if you could purchase armament for your ship to improve your odds in the battles (and take the armament from ships you defeat).

Anyway, if you love POTC and you like the Game of Life, I'm sure that you'll enjoy this version - just don't expect it to be particularly challenging, and once the novelty wears off the game-play itself is just so-so.