Parcheesi Royal Edition Game

by Winning Moves

Product Features

• # Classic game of chase, race and capture
• # Deluxe game board, 16 wooden pawns (4 sets of 4 colors), 8 dice, 4 dice cups
• # 2 to 4 Players
• # Suitable for Ages 8 & Older

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 19 x 9.6 x 1.6 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00134MJWE
• Item model number: 6106
• Our recommended age: 8 years and up
• Manufacturer recommended age: 7 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,997 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)

Product Description

Remember that classic, colorful game of Parchessi® from years past? Well now it's back - and with the dice cups! The Royal Edition features the original game board and packaging of Parcheesi® - the cherished look and feel that will surely bring back fond memories. In Parcheesi® Royal Edition, players race to get all of their pawns into the center "home" space. Watch out for blockades and captures or be sent back to the starting point! 2-4 Players.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great duplcate of my childhood version, April 27, 2008

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Thule1 - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This product is exactly like the version I had when a child some 50 years ago. Good quality production and a simple pleasant pastime for 2-4 players. I ordered it for a person who had a stroke and is unable to handle complicated games. This version of Parcheesi is much superior to the currently marketed other versions that I consider "junk" quality. Vendor was very prompt in delivery.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars thrilling and every exciting - suspense as well, August 25, 2008

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nikki - See all my reviews

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

This review is from: Parcheesi Royal Edition Game (Toy)

With this game, you can be winning one minute and be last place a few turns later. Sometimes it is like you just started the game and are 20 minutes into it. There is some strategy and some luck but lots of laughs.

I like to buy extra dice so everyone has a set.

We added a few interesting things to it... such as when someone goes into home, everyone holds their hands up and yells 'parcheesi'. Usually it is a happy time, but we sometimes yell it sarcastically - which is also fun.
RULES:
There are lots of rules, be sure to read them all. We played as kids and now as an adult we found a paragraph that we didn't know, which made the game far more interesting. They aren't that difficult to understand.

The thing is, it is an enjoyable game that anyone in the family can play.
Add your own twists to the game - a bell for sorry (Carol Burnett Show- Eunice) or the yelling parcheesi. What ever makes the game more fun...

I played it at relatives and otehrwise havent' played it in years, so I am getting another while they are available.

Doubles: If you roll a double you get to move the number on TOP of the dice as well as the number on the BOTTOM. No matter what they are they always add up to 14. You must take all 14 spaces or forfeit all 14. These can be taken in parts - 6,1,6,1 or 5,2,5,2 or 4,3,4,3 . This makes the possibilities endless, becase you can actually land on more than one opponent in the process. You also get to roll again. If you roll doubles three times, the third time you have to send one of your own pieces that is closest to home back to the beginning - even if it is in the red zone one space from home... too bad. Liek I say, it is a great game, far more fun than Monopoly or Sorry.

Landing on an opponent not only sends him back to his starting point, but gives you an additional 20 spaces with any one man. If you can't use it, it is forfeited as well.
Entering any man into HOME, give you an additional 10 spaces.

These add up quickly, but also push you around the board and in front of competition and possibly you get sent back in the process.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for the Family, April 16, 2009

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S. Baker (Plains, MT 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: Parcheesi Royal Edition Game (Toy)

I had this game as a child and I loved it then. I'm so happy I found it on Amazon. We play it as a family and I find I still like it as an adult. We have three teenage sons and they like to play too. It's a game that has a lot of strategy to it so it is challenging and fun. Easy to play and seems very durable.