The Amazing Race Board Game

by Mega Brands

Product Features

• Contents:
• Gameboard, 4 Pit Stop Envelopes, 12 Pit Stop/Location Tiles
• 120 Roadblock Cards, 30 Detour Cards, 10 Answer Card ABCO
• 4 Fast Forward Tiles, 4 Yield Tiles, 12 Traveler's Check Tiles
• 4 Airplane Pawns, 1 Phil Keoghan Pawn, 1 Score Pad, 1 Pencil and 1 Million Dollar Check

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.7 x 10.6 x 10.7 inches ; 2.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000GKUE8W
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,008 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Product Description

Who will be the first to arrive at the destination' The Amazing Race Board Game captures the essence of the TV show. Players use skill, strategy and chance as they travel to four exotic pit stop locations around the world, encountering Roadblocks of fun facts and Detours of chance in a race to the finish to claim the million-dollar prize. The game uses fun facts about all of the places and cultures that have been visited in the exciting eight seasons of Amazing Race, as well as actual Detour and Fast Forward challenges that teams experienced in the show. Great family game for 2 to 4 players or teams.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a better game than the DVD version!, July 19, 2007

By 

Mace Thomas (Orlando, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: The Amazing Race Board Game (Toy)

Quick Review: I have both this version and the DVD version, and this board game version is much more like the actual TV show. This one has the Yields, Fast Forwards, etc... and in the rules, it is spelled out just like on the show. In the DVD version, it is more stiff and fixed in the way the game is played, but this one brings the full excitement home to the players with tons of questions that will not be repeated often. This version is for the show purists, and the DVD version for those that want the footage and music of the show while they play.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars weirdly balanced adaptation, November 9, 2008

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J. Enszer - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Amazing Race Board Game (Toy)

This game does its best to capture the spirit of The Amazing Race, including variations on Detours and Roadblocks, and incorporating Yields and Fast Forwards, but overall it falls flat.

The vast majority of gameplay consists of answering questions on cards and then moving forward a number of spaces for answering correctly. This is fine when questions are geography- or culture-related, and for die-hard Race fans, even the trivia questions pertaining to racers from the show are acceptable. However, in the case of Detours, players blindly pick one of two options, and one option allows players to move forward further than the others.

The game is entertaining for people who follow the show faithfully, but for players more interested in the board game itself, the blind luck involved in Detours and the inclusion of show-specific trivia questions is a turn-off.