In Limbo Game

by Playroom Entertainment

Product Features

• Ages 8 and up
• 3-5 players
• 30 minutes
• 5 color cards, 5 doubling cards
• 70 playing cards, rulebook

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 1.5 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000QGZF6M
• Item model number: PLE20100
• Manufacturer recommended age: 10 months and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #325,602 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Product Description

Deep in the corners, the Hounds of Indalos wait for the unsuspecting in Unspeakable Words, a devious word game that will eat at your insanity! Use your hand of cards to form words to score, based on the number of angles in the word. But you must be careful, because every misstep could cost you, since you must test the strength of your mind against each words point value. Succeed, and you're safe, for now. Fail, however, and you take one step closer to madness. Can you keep your sanity long enough to win this horrifically fun word game? 2-6 Players, Ages: 10+, Playing Time: 30 Minutes. Includes: 96 Letter Cards, a twenty-sided dice and 30 Cthulhu Pawns

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cute Strategy Game, February 8, 2011

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Eugene M. Fuzy (Nj USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: In Limbo Game (Toy)

I bought this for my Niece (young Teen) and this game was catchy as we all started playing. It is defiantly a strategy card game. Very cute. I will be buying one for my house as well. Doesn't really have much to do with heaven and hell -- but much more with + and - numbers and math. You don't need to be a genius to play. Why I gave it 4 stars for durability -- its a card game won't last forever -- the cards are good stock though.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best $7 ever spent on a card game, August 2, 2011

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Kipsta - See all my reviews

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

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This review is from: In Limbo Game (Toy)

As an organizer for The College Area Board Games Group (tcabgg.org), we're constantly playing new games of both strategy and casual forms. This game was an instant hit!

The game is very easy to learn, quick, but offers enough in variation of strategy to keep the gameplay balanced (no pun intended). The premise is this:

1. On everyone's turn, they pick up a card and place one of their 7 cards on one of the 5 color rows. If enough point cards is placed on the Evil (left) side to outweigh the Good (right) side, then that row is locked. And vice versa with the Good side.

2. Once 2 rows are locked. That's the end of the round and scoring begins. You'll go down each of the colored rows and only count the ones with imbalance. If the Evil side won, then everyone adds their points together of that color and put them down on the table. The person with the most points of the color loses that many points on the scoreboard. If the Good side won, then everyone has a chance to double their points with playing a "doubling" card that can only be used once per scoring round. Then finally add their points their together and put then down on the table. The person with the most points of the color (including the doubling card) wins that many points. A new round then begins!

3. After everyone's had a chance to deal, the game's over and the person with the most points win.

It was an outstanding game to debut to the group as it has many game aspects we seem to appreciate: strategy, simplicity, bluffing, betting, social interaction, high replay value (we played over 2 hours once! The cards seem to hold up in durability), and fun opportunities to help yourself to points and screw everyone else out of there's. It's an excellent choice for impromptu get-togethers and/or could possibly used as a ingenious drinking game.

We highly recommend this game! =)