How many remember this game...and how many still play it?
By Feona1962
@Feona1962 (7526)
United States
15 responses
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
18 Dec 08
Not too many people still have an older game like you do, I know my brother in law does, it is something to see a game that old..Yes, I remember the game, my daughter has hers here up in our attic..We haven't played it in a while, but it would be good to bring down for the holidays..:)
@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
20 Dec 08
Oh, yes...I really found a treasure when I stumbled upon this one...
@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
19 Dec 08
I found this one at the thrift store....I was so excited to find all the cards...this one is dated 1955... I paid like .49 cents for it...
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
19 Dec 08
Oh, so it wasn't one that you had? That is amazing, because having a game that old with all the cards is very slim, you really got a deal..
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
18 Dec 08
We have this game and play it with the grandkids when they come to visit. We also have Chutes and Ladders! The kids really love playing board games. This is often a new experience for the kids that are brought up in the electronic era and only play video games.
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
18 Dec 08
Dominoes are also a fun game to play with them. Hubby got out the marbles too. What fun they had!
@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
18 Dec 08
Yes it is new for the electronic era kids...I wanted to share my love of games from my past and my grandsons love them...They don't play video games here...We just have old fashioned fun..The way it should be...alot less violent in most cases...
Thank you..
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@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
18 Dec 08
We love dominoes...and we have tons of marbles...I think I still have my marble bag...have to check my trunk locker...it was a leather bag with a pull string...so cool...It is at least 40 years old..
Way to much good fun...neverending good fun...
@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
19 Dec 08
Where have you been hiding young lady? Everyone knows about Candy Land....Oh my goodness....
Would you like me to send you the game so you can play it?
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
18 Dec 08
I have never played that game nor have I heard of it. I bet its a lot of fun with the boys :)
@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
18 Dec 08
It is a great game...and the boys just love to beat me...
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
30 Dec 08
I remember that game, but didn't own it, so I have never played it. I wish I had though. But that is one of the beautiful things about having children in your life, you have a good excuse to act like a kid again. Not that you really not one at all.
@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
30 Dec 08
Hi Rozie...
I know with my grandsons I am acting like a kid everyday...and I love it...
@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
18 Dec 08
Oh yes!! We have chutes and ladders also..Always great fun...
We play where you can go down the ladder and climb up the slide...just a different way to have some laughs...
I found the original candy land at the thrift store..all the cards were there and the pieces...I was so excited..
@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
18 Dec 08
Did you ever win? Cuz like, I just don't seem to win...I am always getting a card that puts me damn near back to the starting line...good grief...
We have way too much fun...I even take the boy's pieces and hide them...
You can play online...the boys get into Wow Wow Wubbzy and Dora is in there too!
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
18 Dec 08
I remembered playing that game as a kid. I bought if for my daughter so now we get to play it with her. She just has the regular version not the dora one. She also has chutes and ladders. I would like to get them more games like that to play. When they get older I would like to do a family game nights.
@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
18 Dec 08
I buy most of the games at the thrift store..that's where I found the original one from 1955...It had all the original cards and stuff...
We have chutes and ladders and all different kinds of monopoly games..we have Clue, and many others...I have my grandsons everyday so we play several a day...
Game night would be soooo much fun...
@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
18 Dec 08
I know what you mean...but since I have my grandsons we play everyday...
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@OURDEW (4809)
• United States
18 Dec 08
I sure do remember Candy Land and I bet my mom does too.
That was my favorite game when I was a little girl. I wanted to play it over and over again. I just might buy it for my 3 year old granddaughter for Christmas. It's a game I wouldn't mind playing with the kids over and over again.
@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
19 Dec 08
Oh yes...It is a game to play over and over...because it is different every time...My grandsons and I end up laughing so hard we cry...LOL
@Davidarich (985)
• Australia
18 Dec 08
I've never heard of this one. But the mention of 'chutes and ladders' made me wonder if that's the same as 'Snakes and Ladders'. You roll the dice, and if you land on the bottom of a ladder, up you go; but land on a snake's head and it's down, down, down!
@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
18 Dec 08
I've never heard of "Snakes and Ladders" but it is similar to "Chutes and Ladders"...You go up the ladder and down the slide..
@messageme (2821)
• United States
19 Dec 08
I remember the game. I use to play it all the time when I was little and yes I still play it with my kids. I think it is a very fun game to play. Plus it really helps kids learn their colors if they don't know them.
@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
20 Dec 08
It is a very good game for colors and counting....We play just about everyday...
@wheel416 (1019)
• Canada
18 Dec 08
Yes I too remember Candy Landy very fondly as well. Ironically I don't exactly remember playing it myself as a child, I played a similar care bears game. However, I played it repeatedly with my little sister and now play with my niece and nephew. It is a great game for kids, and at a certain point they can play it themselves with a little direction from an adult.
Another great game children in adults can play together is the "I spy" series which is a seek and find card game. Similar to the idea of memory games but with a seek and find twist.
What a great posting, you got me thinking about all of the games that I used to play as a kid.
Happy Mylotting!
@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
18 Dec 08
I will have to get the "I spy" series...We play the one where someone says, "I spy something with my little eye"...so fun...
Thank you and you are very welcome...I loved all the games of my childhood...and I want my grandsons to have that opportunity as well....
We have like 50 games here, plus puzzles..you name it we have it....all except the "I spy"...lol...but I will look into it..
Thank you....Have a happy day...
@FabHairWeave (197)
• United States
18 Dec 08
I loved this game. As a child I never owned it, I could only play when I visited my cousins house. That fact made it so much more precious to me. I remember having the worst luck with the game, I rarely won, but it was such a beautiful game for kids. So simple and the characters were lovely. Recently, my friends and I wanted to be the candyland characters for Halloween. It didn't work out but I think it's a brilliant idea and a testament to how this game was loved by all.
@CaseyRoss9966 (4056)
• United States
13 Jul 16
Candy Land was my favorite game when I was little. I used to have an online version of it in the for of the Rugrats. I would still play it today it today if I could find the old version of it. I do not like the new versions of it that they sell in Walmart now.