Mattel KerPlunk Kids Game, Easy-to-Learn Family Game for 2 to 4 Players, Don't Let The Marbles Fall

This game is super fun and easy for anyone to jump into, which makes it perfect for family nights or casual get-togethers. The rules are simple, but the suspense as the marbles start to shift adds a great layer of excitement — especially with more players.It’s a nice mix of luck and light strategy, and the quality of the parts feels solid and built to last. A great classic that still holds up and gets everyone laughing. Definitely one we’ll keep in the rotation!

Bought this game as a special surprise for my 6 year old Daughter since she is starting to play board games . I figured this game would help her with following directions since she seems to have an issue in that department and help her develop strategic thinking. So far since we have been playing this game she has improved in both of those departments! Lol this game is such an easy game to play with a 6 year old and definitely fun ! I actually like this version of kerplunk more than the original, because you have the whole tube to put sticks in and you don't have the sound of heavy marbles crashing down when you pull the wrong sticks ! So this version is definitely something you could play in a room around a napping baby or a baby that is sleeping in another room (well at least around my sleeping baby) . As far as Storage if you want it to fit in it's box you have to completely take it appart to get it back in there. my husband didn't want to put it together and take it appart every time we wanted to play the game so we just leave it together and all the sticks and monkeys are put in a plastic zip bag that we stuff inside the tree tube . however since the game isn't in a box anymore and it kinda looked like clutter on my living room shelf so I decided to buy a few of those cloth storage cubes for shelves and keep it in one of those. Overall my family seems to really enjoy playing this game and I would definitely recommend this to others !

I love this version of kerplunk! The animals fall and hang on by their tails and the rigidness of the sticks keeps them in the game holes. I did not like the last marble kerplunk game I bought because the straight sticks were made of plastic and slid out of game holes.

Overall the game is fun & appropriate for age range. The directions are easy & assembly is easy for kids.The negatives are placing the sticks through is a bit of a pain especially when the sticks don't always go right through & the design is made up of cheap plastic.

I bought this for my 4 year old granddaughter for Christmas. She absolutely loved it. It is an easy game and fun for all ages 4+. This was a game I played as a child and it brought back fond memories of my childhood. I highly recommend it!

Great product. Played this game as a kid and loved it so I bought it for my son and I to play and he fell in love with it as well. Great price for the lifetime of memories it will bring him as it did my brother and I. He is 10 and picked it right up with no problem.

Fun and well made game

I'm seeing a lot of other reviews about the flimsiness of the sticks. I second that, but for me and my five-year-old, it hasn't been a deal-breaker. My biggest gripe is with the tower and its base.You are supposed to rotate the entire base between turns, so that any marbles that drop out land in the tray of the player who pulled the last stick. However, the tower doesn't rotate without a fair amount of force. The plastic tower just sits rather snugly in the plastic base, so it's just plastic-on-plastic friction when you rotate, often resulting in marbles being shaken free between turns. One of the thrills of the game used to be leaving marbles JUST ready to drop, but if you that happens with this set, you'll almost certainly shake those marbles loose as you try to rotate the tower.Further, the trays in the base aren't big enough! Each tray should be able to accommodate all the marbles. Sometimes a player makes a very unlucky pull and almost all the marbles fall at once. This should be part of the fun! However, with this version, the marbles just get stuck in the tower because the tray can't hold them all. So annoying.Oh, and the box is just terrible. Once you've assembled the game, it doesn't fit in the box anymore, and if you're not very careful, the marbles and sticks just slip right out of the box when you stack it with other games.