Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus the Game

by Mattel

Product Features

• BOARD GAME

Product Details

• Item Weight: 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0000205XB
• Item model number: 41803
• Manufacturer recommended age: 18 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,619 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Author and relationship guru John Gray comes down to Earth with Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: The Game, a fun and funny boxed "home version" based on the book that has spent so many years on The New York Times Best Sellers list. In the game, it's Venusians vs. Martians as each team tries to guess how other players will respond to multiple-choice questions in seven categories, including "The Dating Circuit," "Communication," and the sex-related "In the Flesh." Women try to match how a male opponent might answer a query from the Mars deck such as "The hardest thing for a man to admit is that he's: a) broke b) impotent, or c) aging." Similarly, the women's Venus deck poses questions such as "For me, it would be most difficult to ask for a a) date b) loan, or c) promotion" and "The sexiest man wears a) a silk shirt b) a T-shirt, or c) his heart on his sleeve." Provocative, humorous, and stimulating, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: The Game makes for a fun hour of interpersonal interplanetary interplay. --Tony Mason

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

197 of 211 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This game's name is it's only clever element, November 29, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus the Game (Board Game)

Proved to be a disappointing choice for our new annual Thanksgiving game. The instructions were laborious and slow. The questions were based on stereotypical assertions...men are insensitive brutes, women are flighty, fussy dullards. There was nothing new in this game. There were no clever questions or scenarios offered in the cards. After a half hour of struggling for a laugh...we switched back to our two satisfying 'good-time standbys'...Taboo and Compatibility.

58 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Getting to Know You..., December 31, 1999

By A Customer

= 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: Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus the Game (Board Game)

I'm surprised at the low ratings this game received. Perhaps other buyers are not familiar with the Men/Mars-Women/Venus line of books, with their emphasis on relationships and gender issues. This a very personal game, but in this hurried, harried, hassled world of ours, it's refreshing to step out of the rush and learn more about the people you love. Playing is easy. We play in teams, men vs women. We always do that when we get together, regardless of the game :-) A participant reads a question with 3 possible answers S/he records his/her answer. Both teams have three tokens they can use to mark what they think the answer is. You move ahead on the board according to how many tokens your team placed on the correct answer. We play our games very friendly style, so the questions become conversation starters. You might be surprised at what you learn about a friend of 20 years, or you may begin to know someone new. This is a game for 'nice' people. Manipulations, lies, and insults will ruin enjoyment. A little bit of teasing or a giggle now and then is okay. You determine how much fun you have. Loosen up. Get close in a world increasingly full of strangers. You have nothing to lose but your sense of isolation.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good game, February 26, 2001

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Cassie (Fort Collins, CO United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus the Game (Board Game)

This is a great game for couples. As a younger couple that has been together for 3 1/2 years we really enjoyed it and learned alot about each other. It is great for three couples and can be played over and over.