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70 of 71 found the following review helpful:
 Outwit and Outplay Jul 06, 2003
By L. Shirley
"Laurie's Boomer Views"
"Sequence" is a challenging game that is fun for both the adults and the kids. It is one that will really make you think and holds your interest for several rounds of play. This is a fairly new game to us, we've had it since Christmas, and it turned out to be one of the best and most thoughtful presents we recieved as a family, as it gives us a great couple of hours of time together.
The object of the game is to get 5 chips in a row on a game board that has 2 sets of playing cards printed on it.
Each player is dealt a given number of playing cards (the amount will depend on how many players there are). Using the cards in your hand, determines where on the board you may put your chips.
Be careful though..there are wild cards lurking out there...just when you get your strategy all set and are ready to be the winner..someone may remove one of your chips or even worse...use a wild card to win their own sequence!
I like that it really makes you think. Like Chess you will be planning your next few moves in advance. Should the strategy be to go for the sequence or block your opponent? The more the board fills up with chips, the more fun to try and figure it out. Team play requires more sequences to win.
The game may be played on an indivual basis(with 2 or 3 players) or may be played by teams(this is always fun for the youngsters to team up with an adult). The only probem would be if you had five or seven or elven(up to 12 may form teams) people. Too many to play indivually and not enough to make another team of 2.(this is why I went with 4 stars on fun).
The equipment seems to be pretty durable. The chips are smaller than checkers though and young children an toddlers should be supervised, so as not to choke on them. Two decks of standard playing cards come with it, so there's a perk, you can use them to play card games as well. The instuctions were easy to understand, by the second round we had it down pretty good, and they also came in Spanish for those that may need it.
This is one game that will probably never see the bottom of the stack! Get the family away from their TV's and computers,take it on trips, or bring it out when company arrives. It's a nice way to spend an evening or a rainy afternoon....Have fun...Laurie
also recommended for the entire family:Hasbro Games Clue
71 of 74 found the following review helpful:
 Great fun for the whole family! Jun 12, 2001
By Drewster
"drewster"
Sequence is one of those rare games that can be played by many people of widely different ages at the same time. A little skill and a lot of luck make this an easy game to learn, but sometimes very tough to win. It's more of a card game than a board game, so I can see why one reviewer said it requires "no skill," but I don't think that's a reason to "dis" the game: after all, most card games rely more on luck than anything else, don't they? However, I don't really think you can call this game "educational" except in the sense that it does help the younger kids learn about the suits and types of playing cards. And so what if it's not educational? It's Fun!The game description does not tell you that although 2 to 12 people can play, it must be in multiples of 2 or 3. There are only 3 sets of color chips to play with, and you have to have evenly divided "teams" when you play with more than 3 people. This means that 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 or 12 people can play, but not 5, 7 or 11. (I'm sure you can figure out some way to make this work, too, especially if you've got younger children who want to get into the game). Sequence is really easy to learn, and games are usually short, so you can play a few before you move on to something else. The biggest problem (if you can call it that) my crowd has experienced has been the "no table talk" rule of the game, which just lets us fool around trying to get our team-mates to know how we'd like them to play without saying it directly. If you're looking for a challenge, or to show how much smarter you are than everyone else, go somewhere else, but if you're looking for a fun and "no-brain-strain" game that you can play with the kids, that "special someone" or a bunch of friends, this is well worth adding to your game collection.
44 of 45 found the following review helpful:
This is a great game for adults and kids. Sep 10, 1999
This is a great game for adults and kids- it combines strategy, skill and a little luck so that it is always exciting. My 6 year old is too young to play except on a team but my 10 year old loves it as do my wife and I. One has to think when the board gets crowded with chips and the room gets very quiet when someone is one chip away from a sequence. The game can be played in anywhere from 15 minutes to 45 minutes.
33 of 33 found the following review helpful:
Awesome game, fun for everybody!!!! Aug 14, 1999
Whenever my family wants to play a game we play Sequence, because its easy to learn, way fun to play, and it doesn't take forever to play! Whenever we play Risk or game like that, it takes us two hours to get through it, but this game only take 15 to 20 minutes to play so we don't have to make a whole night of it! You can have fun playing in teams or just two or three people against each other. It was an awesome game!
30 of 30 found the following review helpful:
My FAVORITE Game! Dec 02, 1999
I love this game, I've played it hundreds of times by now. It is one of the few games that just 2 people can play and the rules are simple, it only takes a minute to refresh your memory if you havent played it in awhile. I can't stand those other games where you struggle through complicated rules and instructions when you just want to get the game started. Often by the time I understand the game I dont feel like playing it anymore, this one gets you into the game asap. It's equally fun with 3 people and you really don't have the advantage of knowing a game better than a newcomer, they pick it up quickly.
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