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Repeat Pete - Can you Do What Pete Does Without Missing a Beat

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This game is a ton of fun. I played it with a mixed group of people ages 26-56. Other reviews have went over many times how the game is played. I'll focus on the benifits of playing it.

Four ladies/young women sitting around the table that all of a sudden are getting up acting like animals, saying funny things, acting out all manner of actions. (acting like a snake with sound picture that) We laughed until we cried. I don't know when I have laughed so hard. I laugh even to think how we looked to others. And the way it looks when it gets to 8 things in a row it can be really funny.

It is a great game for memory building and good belly laughs are proven to be good for the health, mind and body.The cards are well coated and very durable as is the board and game markers. I would say this game will withstand years of laughter giving fun.

As we were playing one of the women's husand came in the house and thought we had lost our minds, jumping around like monkeys, evil laughing,swimming and saying "gotcha", in a word it's a HOOT.

A word of warning...if you are over 50 you won't want to have a full bladder if you know what I mean. LOL

This game has quickly become a family favorite. The kids love to play it for family game night. My 10 year old states, "This is the funnest game we've ever had!"

The game play is fairly simple: There is a deck of cards that each has a different action of phrase on it. Play begins with the first player drawing a card, and doing the action or phrase. The next player then draws a card, does the previous player's action or phrase, and then does what is on his own card. And so the game play continues, adding an action or phrase with each player who goes, until someone messes up. The most actions we've gotten up to is 7, which is quite a lot to remember, especially when you aren't really sure sometimes what the action was supposed to represent. Example, my husband looked as if he was playing a video game, when he action was actually "Twiddling thumbs".
Each action/phrase must be done in the correct order and exactly like the other people did it. Very tough!

Examples of actions/phrases are:
Flap your arms and say "I can Fly! I can Fly!"
Move and make noises like a kangaroo (dear son, hopped around the table and kept saying "Criky Mate!" Too funny!)
Put on lipstick (I about fell out of my chair laughing when hubby did this!")
Say "No Way"
Make noises and actions like a turkey/chicken/seal/alligator/fish

As for educational value, I think this game is great because the kids HAVE to pay attention. I find that my kids do not pay attention to things well, but this game forces them to in order to compete with the other players. We've also come up with some good debates, such as "What sounds does a fish/alligator make?"

Currently we are playing with 2 adults, a 14 year old, a 10 year old, and a 5 year old (who gets some help from the rest of us). I think this would be a total blast to play with adults, if they aren't too afraid of looking ridiculous in front of other people!

I actually had high hopes for this game, however once we started playing it those hopes completely disappeared.

The rules of the game are very simple, draw a card, do the action on the card, go to next player, repeat until someone messes up.

The problem I have with the game is that it doesn't require much skill or knowledge. The people playing were a 24 year old male, 53 year old female, and a 14 year old female. We started playing and quickly realized that this is more of a party game or suited for those of a younger age (I'd say it suited for 5-12 year olds to be honest with you).

The whole time we were playing the game, "Simon Says" and Charades kept popping into our heads. And frankly this is just a board game version of those two games... 267 pre-chosen actions/events.

On the plus side the game does move quickly, just like "Simon Says" and Charades does.

In the end, I find that this game is better suited for younger people (even the 14 year old said she wouldn't play it again) or in a party setting where plenty of adult beverages are present.

Pros:
Moves quickly
Good for a chuckle or two

Cons:
Plays like "Simon Says" and Charades
Not educational
Not challenging
Very low skill level required (just a good memory)

A fun and challenging game! Repeat Pete combines charades and memory work in an exciting family/group setting. There are various subjects on cards that are played one at a time. You always have to add on to the person that went before you in addition to the card you just drew. Pretty soon you have to remember the correct order of action and sounds and repeat them all in the 45 second time allotment. It can get pretty crazy and fun! Great game to incorporate new people in a group gathering where we all look silly. Loads of fun. I greatly recommend!

This game is so much fun you will want to repeat playing over and over. Easy to learn and quick to play your whole family will love this game. It says it is for 8 and older my my 6 year old could play with some help with the reading. Each turn consists of taking a card which instructs you to act out something from starting a driving a car, opening a door, shooting, or act and sound like an animal, or simply stating a word or words. Once you have picked your card, then you need to act out all the turns done before yours ending with the card you have just drawn. There are also special cards which reverse direction of play, skip a turn, or call for you to do two action cards back to back as the end of your turn. Progress along the board is slow, there are only 11 spaces to get to finish. You only move forward the number of cards you have picked up in each round. It was so much fun no one minded messing up. Infact no one wanted to win and this fun game to be over.

This game comes with 267 Action Cards, 21 Special Cards, the Game Board, 1 Die and 8 Pawns. Seems like a lot, but it didn't seem like twenty-some Dollars worth. Not to me, not at first. But after my kids and I started playing we really got into it, so much so that before long my husband poked his head up from his laptop, wanted to know what all the laughing was about. Soon he was playing too.

The object of the game, according to the instructions, is to perform various actions in sequence without messing up. Sounds easy, sort of a Simon Says board game. Not so. After repeating five or six things it starts to get harder, but no less fun. I found myself making up little sentences to go along with the actions I was supposed to so or what I was supposed to say.

For example: When it was my turn I'd say something like. The farmer MILKED THE COW, before he went to the creek and saw the ALLIGATOR, who was SNORING next to the little boy who was SHOOTING HIS BOW AND ARROW. Can you guess what actions I was supposed to perform? Pretty soon everybody was making up these silly sentences. So, maybe it is a bit pricey, but can you really put a price on fun?

First of all, here are the nuts and bolts of this game:

A round of play begins when a player pulls a card from the deck and does what the card tells them to do. That might include saying a specific phrase, acting out what a particular animal does, pantomiming a particular action, etc. Then the next player in the game pulls a card, repeats what player #1 did and then adds on the action from the card they pulled. Player #3 pulls a card, repeats what players #1 and #2 did and adds their action. This continues until a player cannot repeat all of the previous actions in correct order. When someone messes up the round is over, and players move their markers around a circular track toward the finish line, one space for each action card they collected that round. The loser of the round, however, rolls a die and has to move their marker backward 1, 2 or 3 places. The person who messed up then starts the next round. Play continues until a player wins when the reach the finish line by accumulating 10 points.

There are also a few action cards that provide some variability to play: cards that reverse the direction of play, skip a player's turn, etc.

Here is my experience with the game:

I played this game with my family - a game-playing bunch. That includes children aged 17, 16, 14, and 9, as well as my wife and I.

The first round or two of our first game were really fun. Five of us played that game (my four children and I). We were laughing with and at each other, and genuine fun was happening. Then, sadly, the fun tapered off significantly. By the time we got to the end of the game everyone, except perhaps my 9-yr-old, seemed relieved to get there. It didn't take more than a few rounds for the game to take on a sort of rote and flat pattern of play.

I didn't want to base this review on only one attempt, so we tried again. This time we played the game with 7 people, a group including my wife, our 4 children and our 20-something college-aged niece. Though we gave it a good effort, we couldn't finish the game. Not only did the teens lose interest, so did the older players, and no-one, not even our 9-yr-old complained when we stopped.

This assessment of fun and playability is based on the experience of myself and players that are regular gamers. We regularly play card games, board games, party games, and some strategy games.

I don't think this is a bad game, but perhaps it isn't a good match for the ages of the players we had. It was obvious that our 9-yr old enjoyed the game best and longest of anyone. If it were me I would recommend that the recommended range be changed from 8-adult to 6-12 or so. This is definitely a game for the younger set.

I also think that 8 is too many players to have in the game. The game moved along more quickly and was more fun with 5 players than with 7. Each player has a much more active role in the game, and points were accumulated more quickly when fewer players played.

My guess is that this game will probably not emerge from our game closet again for a long time, if ever, for a family activity, it may be a good option for our youngest daughter and her friends. While the game is based on a reasonable premis...it does not seem engaging enough to support sustained play or repeated play for most gamers.

On the other hand, if you do enjoy this game, or this kind of game, the large stack of cards that come with it insure that you will be able to play time and again without identical rounds.

The premise of this game is remembering sequential events. This sounds much easier than it really is. My family (mom, dad, boys; 8 & 9) really enjoy playing games. My husband and I often play games with other adults when we have get togethers at one another's home. This game is going to be a smashing hit! It takes less than 5 minutes to learn and it's a riot from start to finish. Each turn consists of taking a card which instructs you to act out something from starting a lawn mower, to giving yourself a hug, opening a door, shooting pool (all sometimes with or without sound)..., or act and sound like an animal, or simply stating a word or words. It's kind of like the electronic game, Simon, but with the fun and complication of human interaction. Once you have picked your card, then you need to sequentially act out all the turns done before yours ending with the card you have just drawn. There are also special cards which reverse direction of play, skip a turn (which can be a good thing because then you won't be the one who screws up; that ends the round and not only do you not advance on the board, but you actually have to role the die to see how many spaces you have to move backward!), or call for you to do two action cards back to back as the end of your turn. Progress along the board is slow, there are only 11 spaces to get to finish. You only move forward the number of cards you have picked up in each round. We found we "messed up" a lot and thus often we only advanced one or two spaces for each round. We had so much fun playing that we didn't pay much attention to playing piece progress. It would be a shame if this unique game is overlooked.

REPEAT!!!
Ok, sorry, but that's the first thing the name of this game made me think of. The game itself is very fun. I played with my two kids, aged 9 and 6. You need to pay attention to play this game, watch and listen and remember. Each person reads a card and performs the action or makes the sounds (or both) on the card. The next person repeats the last action/noise, and adds one more based on the card they draw. And so on. It keeps building until someone goofs up. Then everyone advances their markers ("pawns") and the person that goofed up rolls a die to see whether their piece moves back 1, 2, or 3 squares. Whoever reaches the finish line first wins.

The kids and I had fun acting out each of the cards. No matter whose turn it was, everyone had to pay attention, so that made it more fun than some games where you're just waiting for your turn to come around.

All in all a good game.

My family has a lot of games, some of which we play a lot (the standards: Monopoly, Clue, Life) and some of which we play once and then forget about it. After receiving playing "Repeat Pete" and playing it several times on consecutive days, I know that this game is destined to fall into our "play often" category. I find it especially noteworthy that both my younger son (now 9) and older daughter (almost 13) independently have asked to play it. Finding a game that they both enjoy can be difficult, so I'm happy to have "Repeat Pete" in our game closet.

The game is very simple. It combines elements of Charades (you have to act out simple behaviors listed on cards) and the ever-popular "I'm going on a trip and bringing my [some object]" game that is played on long car rides. In "Repeat Pete," you draw cards telling you what actions or words to say on your turn, and you have to memorize and repeat all the actions/words that came before your turn.

Here's what I like about the game:

1.) It's somewhat active. In a society where we're couch potatoes, any game that gets kids up and moving a bit is a good idea, in my opinion.

2.) It works for a wide range of ages. You have to be able to read to play the game (and it's listed for ages 8 and up), but it's a good game for everybody who can read. Younger kids have phenomenal memories and compete well against the older folks. Yet because there's the skill and charades element involved, it holds the older people's interest more than a run of the mill board game where the outcomes are totally determined by the roll of a dice.

3.) Similarly, it's probably a lot more educational than a run of the mill game where you just roll dice or turn cards. "Repeat Pete" forces you to pay attention and memorize actions, yet it also requires creativity and acting ability to carry out the instructions.

4.) It's a heck of a lot of fun. My 9 year old son literally chuckled or guffawed every time he saw his parents acting out something silly (like "make the sounds and actions of a frog" or "act out doing the hula").

5.) It doesn't take long to play a single game. Maybe my family has pitiful memories, but we rarely could go more than 3 or 4 cards per person each round before forgetting one of the items, and we could finish a complete game usually in 15-20 minutes. This is idea for grabbing some 'family togetherness' time without the massive time commitment involved in playing, say, Monopoly or Risk.

Here's the (only) thing I didn't like about the game:

1.) It seemed a bit pricy for what was involved. I'm not sure the whole board game setup was required; the company probably could've marketed this as a deck of cards with the actions listed on it, and you could just keep score on a piece of paper.

However, given that this is a game we have all thoroughly enjoyed on multiple occasions, with no sign of the enjoyment letting up, I would say that the game is definitely worth the price.