Deal or No Deal

by Pressman Toy

Product Features

• Includes display with open and close windows, stand, 26 suitcases, play money, value cards, player cards and instructions.
• All the suspense and excitement of choosing suitcases and know when to take the deal or keep going
• Know when to stop and keep the money
• For 2 to 6 players
• Fun for the whole family

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.2 x 10.5 x 14 inches ; 1.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000ETXOF0
• Item model number: 5061-06
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #103,440 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Deal or No Deal is ready for a second year of blockbuster sales. Pressman's board game version features all the suspense and excitement of choosing suitcases and knowing when to take the deal or keep going!

Product Description

Deal or No Deal' What will you do' Now you can play the NBC TV game show right in your own living room! It's an exciting combination of odds and chance. A player gets one suitcase and then one by one, starts to take away the other 25 cases. Along the way they are tempted to sell their suitcase - or will the offer end up being too low' Includes a plastic display with open/close windows, a display stand, 26 die-cut briefcases, play money, value card and instructions.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Interpretation, July 28, 2007

By 

A. Kulcsar "akulcsar" (Ypsilanti, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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= 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: Deal or No Deal (Toy)

As with most Pressman Toy home-game versions, this is a very good interpretation of the game show. It does, however, take some practice to get the game to feel "just right."

Aside from the obvious game play to mimic the game show, this home-game version adds some unique twists so that everyone is as involved as is possible. The role of case-bearer easily could have been made a very passive one, but the rules of the game give these other players more interaction. This is a nice twist and makes what would be a very boring role much more involved in the game.

An additional change to the standard game is the allowance for bartering. This changes the dynamic of the game quite a bit. Some people really dislike this change. Personally, I like it. The reasons for this change are relayed in the rules. Simply put, because the banker is paying the player out of his or her own pocket, bartering seems like a natural allowance.

The one place where this game falls short is its lack of direction for the banker. If a particular player has little experience with the show, chances are he or she will make a very poor banker. This seems obvious, but it reveals itself even more profoundly when you actually play the game. There is no banker "cheat sheet" for inexperienced players to use, so you usually end up with a banker who offers way too little money or way too much money. Experience with the game show or repeated play will help novice bankers improve.

As with most of their efforts, Pressman Toy offers a very good home game version here. Fans of the game show will enjoy this version a great deal, and it really is fun to play.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, but you have to discard the Direction Sheet, January 10, 2007

By 

A. Bryant "readerzealot" (Tx) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deal or No Deal (Toy)

DOND is a fun game, and we've had some lively sessions playing it. There is an additional (we forget...we got rid of it!)...complicated thing that the game had, and made it "less fun" to play.
You also have to disregard the 'suggestion' regarding "how" to give an Banker's Offer...it doesn't work, so you have to use your own judgement, to "jiggle it"...actually, this makes it even More fun!
All-in-all...from 6 to 60, of we whom have played (if you follow the 'disregard' suggestions)...it's a 4-star fun.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars deal or no deal dilima, March 18, 2007

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Deal or No Deal (Toy)

This game will definitly excite Deal or no deal fans. Yet, there is too much work that has to be done. You have to first put all the cards into the "cases". Then, for the bank offer, it tells how the real banker actually calculates the offer, but it is too dificult, even with a calculater, so there is no real way to do it. then, after the game , if you don't want to put the cases in order the next time you play, you must do it at the end of the game. It is fun, though, if you really play it. So, if you want to pay less, but do more work, get the game. If you just want to play it peacfully, get the tv plug in version or the handheld (not the dvd version its slow). It is your choice: Deal, or no deal?