LOST - The Game
by Cardinal Industries
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Cardinal IndustriesBrand: Cardinal Industries
Release Date: 2006-07-11
Model: 7817
Product features:
- Based on Hit TV Show
- Board game action that includes trivia and strategy
- 13 Years + Up
Toys and Games Reviews of LOST - The Game
Customer Review: Terrible - What were they thinking?
Summary: 1 Stars
My wife and I are both huge "Lost" fans, and we were thrilled to get this game as a gift. However, this game is absolutely *terrible*: the directions are unreadable, the gameplay incomprehensible ... this clearly is the brainchild of some marketing doofus who thought that people would buy anything with "Lost" stamped on the box, while actually having a playable game inside the box was an afterthought.
Let me give just a few examples of how little thought went into the game and its (supposed) directions. To set up the board, players are instructed to arrange 16 "location tiles" in a 4x4 grid. The trouble is, the location tiles are *hexagons* -- you can't arrange hexagons into a square 4x4 grid! Right off the bat, we had no idea how to set up the board. Confusingly, the game also includes starting "hex tiles", which despite their name, have 4 (not 6) sides. Feeling frustrated, and looking for more detailed instructions, we went to the game's official website. These "improved" instructions created as much frustration as they cleared up ... for example, referring to the 6-sided pieces as *octagons*. Did anyone even try to play this game before it left the factory (or the planning stages, for that matter)?
Assuming one is able to follow the confusing, contradictory, and mathematically impossible instructions, one has to contend with (a) 2 different kinds of 6-sided ("octagon") tiles, (b) a bunch of 4-sided ("hex") tiles, (c) a deck of character cards, (d) a deck of "fate" cards, (e) dice, (f) a coin, (g) plastic "player" pieces to move around the board ... the list goes on. The rules for manipulating this myriad of objects make the tax code look simple by comparison.
It's a real shame. They could have made a fun, simple Lost-themed board game: say, a trivia game, or a Chutes-and-Ladders style game. I'd like to think that this game was designed carelessly by mental incompetents, or marketers (but I repeat myself), as opposed to intentionally made this way by sadists -- but honestly, I can't be sure.
Description of LOST - The Game
You've survived the crash of Oceanic Flight 815... can you survive the island? Lost: the Board Game is filled with discovery, conflict, mystery and intrigue. To survive, you'll need to work together, but to win you'll need to take control and lead. Do you have what it takes?Board Games Toys
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