Cranium

by Hasbro

• Smash-hit, award-winning board game brings friends together through a variety of activities that provide something for everyone
• Now with 600 all-new cards
• Features an innovative three-way folding game board that allows players to choose the length of game
• Provide something for everyone!
• Supported with new TVC featuring real players having outrageous fun

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.6 x 10.5 x 10.5 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0036RNWOA
• Item model number: 16577
• Manufacturer recommended age: 18 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,632 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

First-ever complete refresh of Cranium game. Smash-hit, award-winning board game brings friends together through a variety of activities that provide something for everyone. Now with 600 all-new cards. Features an innovative three-way folding game board that allows players to choose the length of game. Supported with new TVC featuring real players having outrageous fun.

Product Description

Cranium

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Probably my favorite board game!! December 10, 2010

By Danielle Sulzer

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

This game is so much fun!! There are 4 categories that you can play on 3 different board sizes, depending on how long you want to play. I played the original version, but the new categories in this are up to date and a lot of fun. The categories are: Data Head where you must decide if things are true or false, or other such ideas. There is Creative Cat, which is where you must draw with or without your eyes open, or even sculpt with the included "clay". There is Word Play where the people on your team must take turns to spell a word backwards, for example, Mom says "o", sister "g", friend "n", Mom "i", sister "m", friend "a", Mom "l", sister "f" to get the word "flamingo". This is a real card by the way, so practice up!! Word play also has unscramble the words and fill in the blanks. The final category will have you humming or whistling a tune, playing charade like games, or impersonating famous folks. My best recommendation with this game is to have someone from all age groups or someone who is familiar with very current events on each team. I had to impersonate Victoria Beckham and Beyonce, while my sister hummed GnR's Welcome to the Jungle, and my mother-in-law impersonated a back up dancer and zombie.

A super big plus is there is not a lot of rules and for confusing areas we just all settle on a way to play the game and can bend the rules as necessary or not. Totally fun game! Way worth the purchase!!

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Questions became too easy October 6, 2011

By barnyard

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Durability: 5.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 2.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 2.0 out of 5 stars   

As someone who has played the original Cranium before many times I was very disappointed to find that the "new" Cranium was far too easy. The questions on this new version seem overly simple compared to the difficulty the old version had. I was not the only one in our group who thought this was the case. This made the game not as fun and challenging as it used to be. Overall pretty disappointed with this version.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars great family fun January 6, 2011

By sugarfoot

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

I bought this game for my sister in law. I have the original cranium which we loved to play. I like the new version better. It seems a little easier but a lot sillier. There is a sideshow card that requires you to use a teammate as a puppet to act out an action. It's hilarious. We had a great time and did not get as frustrated as with the original version.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Cranium is my favorite game! December 28, 2010

By Ms. C

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

Cranium combines all different types of games in one: Trivia, charades, drawing, singing, spelling, etc. Its excellent for a group and the play can last a long time. Great for a snow day! The clay does dry out but is easily replaceable. I've had my game for years and just gave it as a gift!

5.0 out of 5 stars Best game ever May 31, 2013

By Jennifer

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This game is tons of fun, with all the different cards to choose from. It never gets old and is always entertaining.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very fun game and can't beat the price. May 6, 2013

By Little Bitty

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My daughter wanted this game so instead of send her mine, I bought her anotherone from here and used the PRIME shipping. So she got a brand new one with free shipping and I got to keep mine.

5.0 out of 5 stars Family and Friends Nite March 7, 2013

By Gail O

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Cranium is not a new game to this group, but this new edition is even more fun and big laughs.

4.0 out of 5 stars Out with the new. January 22, 2013

By Rennie Tomala

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

As usual, I'm in love with the new version of Cranium. However, if you've played the game before I have some thoughts:

1. The new board is confusing. The short versions seem like they would be way too short, and the rules make no indication on what to do on the non-brain purple spaces.

2. Some of the new challenges are confusing and the sideshows specifically were annoying, as we only had 2 people per team and had to borrow players from other teams to actually be able to execute it.

3. Would have been nice to get 2 things of Cranium clay, as we all know how quickly it dries out. We've resolved to replacing it with Play-Doh.

Overall, still one of my favorite board games, and fun for most ages (though some children could have trouble with the celebrities in the Cameos, there is some variety. I had to be Spongebob!), but a warning if you are expecting this to simply be a booster pack.