Take Take Boom: Family Dice Game

The Take Take Boom game was an interesting concept. It comes with 8 boards, a pair of dice, chips, and the instruction book (Photo 1). The boards are divided into 3 sections, with each section a different color: Red, White, and Yellow. One dice has 3 sides that say “Take” and the other 3 sides say “BOOM”. Then on the other dice it has colored stars on each side to represent the color sections on the board (Photo 2). To start the game, each player gets 8 tokens that they can place between the 3 sections on their own board. The object of the game is to be the last one standing with chips remaining. The game was simple enough that my 4 year old was able to play and understand. The game is very quick to setup and play lasted around 10 mins for 3 players. Con – The game is too basic and simple that it is difficult to not end the game in a draw. To run down an example, Me, my wife, and 4-year-old daughter was playing. To make a long story short, my wife was out early so she ended up with nothing on her board (She still plays and can get chips by rolling “Take”). Then me and my daughter ended up with all our chips on a single color, this was caused by rolling BOOM on the other colors. Now we have 3 boards, 2 with just chips on the yellow section, and 1 with nothing. Next turn my daughter rolled “BOOM” and “Yellow” which made us lose all our chips and my wife already had no chips, so the game ended in a draw. If you played with more players, the game would probably last forever, as no one gets out and yet the concept of the game is to get people out and be the last one remaining. Also, with more players the probability of the gaming ending in a draw is also higher, imagine 8 players with only 3 sections. Improvements – This game needs to be redesigned to lower the probability of a draw. I think the game would be better if the board contained more sections and each dice have a “WILD” on them to allow the roller to choose an option