The Game of Life Zapped Edition

by Hasbro

• Play the classic game in a whole new way, with the gameboard and your iPad together (iPad required, not included)
• Easy to set up - just download the free app
• Players get to peg-cessorize their own peg characters to play on the iPad
• Includes more than 100 clips from America?s Funniest Home Videos and other exclusive multimedia content

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 2 x 10.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B006YKE6D2
• Item model number: 38187
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,406 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)

Product Description

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Play your iPad and game board together for an interactive family experience. The free THE GAME OF LIFE zAPPed edition app brings your game to life with over 100 hilarious clips from America's Funniest Videos. With THE GAME OF LIFE zAPPed Edition, you can enjoy a whole new way to play!

Place your iPad on the game board for an interactive game playing experience.

Choose your path in THE GAME OF LIFE.

A Family Gaming Experience Like Never Before
Add your iPad to the unique gameboard for a truly interactive family experience. The free app brings your game to life as you move around the game board. You still get to move your car from space to space and select your path to retirement, but now you spin, get paid, sue other players and make important decisions all on your iPad. Don’t want to be just a plain peg? Go ahead and customize your peg character and add a peg-sessory!

Quick To Set Up, Easy To Play
No assembly necessary! Just download the free GAME OF LIFE zAPPed Edition app on your iPad, hand out the cars and cash, place your iPad on the game board and you’re ready to go. Follow the on-screen instructions to customize your peg character, add a peg-sessory and spin the virtual spinner and then move your car around the game board. Select your path to retirement, by using your iPad to spin, get paid, sue other players and make important decisions.

Exclusive Multimedia Content
Real life is full of funny moments and so is THE GAME OF LIFE zAPPed Edition. Land on app spaces to unlock more than 100 hilarious clips from America’s Funniest Videos. Find out if these videos bring you good fortune or bad luck.

What's In The Box?
Includes game board, 4 car movers, 52 pegs, money pack, 4 rubber pads, Quick Start Guide. For 2 to 4 Players Ages 8+ iPad® required and not included.

Get the entire family around the game board.

Product Description

With The Game of Life Zapped Edition, you can enjoy a whole new way to play the classic family game using both the physical gameboard and your iPad - together! (iPad required, not included.) Spin the virtual spinner on your iPad, move your car around the board, then see your adventures brought to life on the iPad with exciting animations and mini games. Take risks, experience rich life events and laugh at the hilarious clips from America’s Funniest Home Videos. It’s the game that celebrates life’s twists and turns - literally!

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Yuck, leave well enough alone! April 6, 2012

By Gabriel's Buddy VINE™ VOICE

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Durability: 3.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 2.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

I thought this would be fun to re-engage the preteens in the household who spend so much time on screens, but I was wrong. It took a fun game that was people interacting with people and replaced it with people interacting with an iPad. So perhaps it is fun, but it is just another iPad game and not a family game. My kids spend enough time watching videos and they don't need another excuse.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars So much fun, easy to play February 21, 2012

By A. Looby VINE™ VOICE

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

This just came in today and I couldn't wait to play it! The app was easy to download and easy to use. I played against my 5 year old son. He didn't have any problems with how to play. He even caught me making a few mistakes! He understood the choices at each STOP space. He picked up really quickly how to look at the space to see if you're supposed to touch something on the app for video content. I'm not at all ashamed to say he soundly beat me.

I like that there are videos from AFV, but was a bit concerned that two we watched had words bleeped out. I was also concerned that you are allowed to have same gender partners at the "Get Married" space. (This is not personal politics, just something about which my son isn't aware and we're not really ready to explain it yet.) I thought it was interesting that a boy with a brother chose to have two daughters when given the choice!

I really like that the app doesn't allow wimpy spins. My son tried to make it spin a 10 once and it didn't allow it!

All in all, we had a lot of fun and I've already told my husband we're playing when the boys go to bed!

As I was putting my son to bed, I asked him if he had fun and he said, "yes, momma. Can we play again tomorrow?" I think we will.

After the boys went to bed, I played with my husband. It only took us 20 minutes to play, but we laughed through it all. The AFV clips were all different and were pretty funny actually. It caught him trying to make the wimpy spins too and we laughed at his feeble attempts to see how little he could get by with each time. This time we each landed on the "Lawsuit" spaces and we literally watched one of the videos for one of them at least 5 times.

UPDATE: We are still playing the game regularly at the beginning of March. We did have one issue of pushing the wrong button on the app and not being able to get to the correct one. That kinda stunk, but we played past it anyway. I have noticed that we see the same videos a lot.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars We have a good time...but not wildly better than the board game March 26, 2012

By Storylover TOP 50 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

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

My kids are wild about the ipad, and are pretty wild about board games as well...so putting the two together should be a snap right? Right. This game seeks to do exactly that, incorporating the ipad into the center of the game board. It adds a little pizzaz and excitement to the game for the kids. From my perspective, I don't think that it adds much to the game, but the electronics kept my kids interested long enough that we could let the ipad sort of "fade" into the background and just become part of the game. I think that that marks this as a successful meld. Educational value? Not really. The "America's Funniest Home Videos"? Yea....I'm not sure that that adds much to the original game. But we did spend a good hour laughing and playing together as a family, and that is not to be sneezed at. My kids are 5,6, and 7, and it was a little tough for my 5 year old to play for long, just so folks have an idea. But life always was for older kids anyway. So will we play again? Yea, we will. The kids have asked for it several times, so it will make its way into our rotation of games.