Non-Violent, Politically-Correct War Card Game

by University Games

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 5.2 x 3.1 inches ; 5.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000J022
• Item model number: 1518
• Our recommended age: 8 years and up
• Manufacturer recommended age: 4 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,226 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

An ancient game gets a PC makeover in this portable card edition. The object is still the same--losing all your cards--but key differences between this version and classic War are that the Joker is the lowest card in the deck, the first player to get rid of his or her cards wins, and players putting down cards of the same rank cooperate by trading decks before engaging in war. Cards stress unity, diversity, love, and peace, and the illustrations are at times delightfully self-effacing. This pocketsize version is great for both home and travel. --Tom Keogh

Product Description

War has changed over time, but the card game bearing its name hasn't changed since it was first played in the 14th century - until now! For the first time, War incorporates Love, Peace, Diversity, and Unity! It's a whimsical twist on an age-old card game. Compete to get rid of your cards first, while trying to avoid the heavily-armed Joker (the weakest card). Card deck features beautiful, entertaining illustrations.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Non-Violent Politically-Correct War Card Game, August 23, 2002

A Kid's Review

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

This review is from: Non-Violent, Politically-Correct War Card Game (Toy)

This game is fun, but not something you'd want to play for a long time. The cards are durable, but the box tore in the first day we got it. The pictures on the cards are neat. The directions easy to follow. Good game, but again, not something you want to play over and over.

2.0 out of 5 stars World's Worst Card Game, Made Worse, February 13, 2010

By 

Jan Wolter (Ann Arbor, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Non-Violent, Politically-Correct War Card Game (Toy)

You shouldn't buy this game with the intention of playing it. The traditional game of war is long and tedious without the least bit of strategy to it. Players get to make no choices at all. This "modern version" (which actually looks like it escaped from the 1960's) doesn't correct that. Instead it adds a rule that says you swap hands (but not capture piles) at the start of each "war". This adds sudden random reversals to the game, so that now, instead of one player slowly gaining ascendancy and then winning, you have victory suddenly dropping on a random player. It's impossible to say who is winning until someone wins, and everything that happens is meaningless until the moment come when someone with hardly any cards in hand swaps with someone with hardly any cards in their capture pile. On the plus side, it is typically over faster than standard war.

Maybe the idea is to demonstrate the pointlessness and stupidity of war by making the game pointless and stupid, but the original game was already adequately pointless and stupid.

Of course, you can use the card deck to play any other card game that needs a standard deck (four suites of Ace through King, two jokers). The cards are oversized and somewhat thin, edges fray easily. The sixes and nines are more than usually confusing because the corner index numbers are printed oddly. I find the face cards unattractive, but the whole package is vaguely amusing. If you want it as a novelty item, great. It could be fun for performing card tricks with. But don't give it to anyone with kids, because their kids will want to play it with them at least a few times, which could be more than most grown ups could stand.

4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Non-Violent Politically-Correct War Card Game, August 23, 2002

A Kid's Review

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

This review is from: Non-Violent, Politically-Correct War Card Game (Toy)

If you keep playing this game it can get boring but its a lot of fun! Its better then ordinary war because it has fun people and things on it. Its not that educational.