Shark Mania Board Game

This game was a big hit. Gave it to my 5 year old daughter for Christmas. Seven months later and it's still her favorite most played game. In fact all the neighbor hood kids love playing it. They were all sitting around the table jumping up and down trying to get there pirate to the end while collecting gold and trying not let their pirate get eaten by the shark!!! Even our 18 year old neighbor was totally getting into it!!! My husband I just sat back and took pics. Love this game. I can't wait to buy it for my niece when she gets a little older. (She's only two now). My daughter was four when we bough it and she was able to play it just fine.

My kids LOVE this game! There are of course directions to the game and when played that way it is a lot of fun. However, my youngest who is 4 1/2 doesn't exactly understand the rules and so we play a variation and it is still fun. It is fast paced and that engages them a lot and makes them so excited when they play! I love that it's not so overly competitive that the kids are fighting when they play it! I would highly recommend it as a family game to a family with kids who are preschool to elementary school age.

Cute game but way to many parts to put together.

We were hesitant about buying this game based on some of the reviews. Some people said that there wasn't enough time to get through game and game without the shark eating you and collecting the treasure. However, there were three of us playing and one was a 5 year old and we were always able to get completely through the game without time running out and my son is SLOW. We did have to "persuade him to go faster" quite often but we made it and with coins. We all had a good time and it is funny how you can forget to grab the coins when you are rushing. It makes you take chances and think fast. We all had fun and play it quite often. I highly recommend it to all. My only suggestion is to make sure that you pull the string all the way out or time will run out too early.

This is such a fun game. My daughter is a huge shark fan and so I was thrilled when I found this for her. Her face just lit right up when she saw it and once we assembled it she had a blast playing. It's well constructed and easy for even young children to play. The shark has a really cute biting action and pops up when you least expect it. This is a great game to occupy the kids on a rainy day or any day really. It's a good way to get them unglued from the television or video games for awhile.

OMG, how much fun is this game. Takes a few minutes to built it the first time but after that it's super easy. You have to be fast so no slow players allowed. Great game for 5 years and up.

Kids love this fast paced game. Maybe I'm too old, but I found it to be somewhat complex and we ended up playing our own modified version. Other drawback is that upon arrival, the treasure chest did not work correctly, (I BELIEVE it should funtion to stop the shark from moving until all the pieces are in place and ready to begin the game)....so each time we set up, someone would have to hold down the string until ready to begin. Also just a little tricky to get the planks all in place to play, which can make for some frustrated kids (and mom). All in all, a game the kids enjoyed but pretty quickly forgot about. A year later and the shark portion was completely busted, making the game inoperable.

A game you might want to play once or twice, then it finds itself on the shelf. Game moves fast for a real small child, and frankly is funny the first time, but not too fun after.

Esta entretenido pero es muy corto de duracion

Great and fun game!

Brilliant game.fun and very fast but impossible to beat and win, you have to choose to either pick up coins,or move the paces,and beat the shark before he knocks you off,very fast quick moving, you need coins to win the game,and you need to move out of the way Which turn will you take,and once you're on the island your Safe,but can no longer pick up coins your move your choice, The shark is attached and pull by the string once you hit the mouth it starts to move closer to you, until he comes and knocks you off A game of speed,skill and fast thinking,keeps you awke

Gioco molto bello e insolito.Si possono fare tante partite veloci e appassionanti.per tutte le età.Non importa che non sia in italiano

Jeu a la mode et qui a fait tres plaisir comme cadeau a Noel. Par contre, c'est tres long a monter donc ne l'achetez pas pour des enfants trop petits car il faut de la patience!