I win. I got the 2004 version of Candyland. And I didn't have to drive to someone's house and pay them a whole $5 for it. (Seriously craigslisters. Just because YOU paid $7 for it 10 years ago and then lost half the pieces. It isn't worth even close to that much. Not even if you package it with a game I don't want.) I paid no more than $1 for this and there was nothing missing whatsoever.
Why did I want this edition specifically? Well, the earlier editions are hard to find. For a start. And the newer versions
just bizarre.
But as far as game-play goes, Candyland is the only preschool game that uses cards to advance the players along the board. It means that there's no counting and the game is super easy to play. Newer versions have a spinner instead, which is so difficult to use.
The art is terrible, and the player pieces are ugly, and boy do I hate this game, overall. But the reason I hate it is because the first time I ever played it, I was 12. And really, my daughter loves it for the make-believe aspect. So I play it with her because it makes her happy. And when we get tired of trying to make it to the castle, I make my gingerbread man talk to hers and we make up a little story together.
But I'm getting reaaaaally impatient to play strategy games with her.
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