Sorry!

We played a lot of games growing up, and I still like most games. Somehow, of all the games around in the '60s and '70s, we didn't own "Sorry!" But we recently got a hand-me-
down set from Lisa and have been trying it out. It's confusing! My God, the rules go on and on and on. It took me forever to realize that you can start a piece out only on a 1 or a 2—it doesn't state it explicity in the directions we got, although I went to the Parker Brothers site and saw a (presumably newer) version of the rules that does spell it out. And why do you suppose there's no 6 or 9? Now I can remember a recurring skit on the old "Carol Burnett Show" when they would play "Sorry!" and someone (Vicki Lawrence, perhaps?) would say, "Sliiiiiiiiide!" or ring a bell and say, "Sooorrryyy!" Anyhow, it's kind of frustrating playing with the kids, because they have no concept of strategy (they would rather knock each other out than move a piece closer to Home). I secretly wish I could play it with just Andy or some other adult(s) to see if it's a good game.

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[mayakda]

I don't know how to play Sorry either. Is it like Trouble?
Carol Burnett -- the gag I remember is other people getting her to say "Sock it to me!" (in one skit someone talks about japanese rice wine and she says "It may be rice wine to you but it's sake to me!"). Whenever she says it she gets drenched with a bucket of water.

[Brooke]

Sorry! is my favorite board game! I used to make my ex-boyfriend and his friends play all the time and after a while I think they actually started to like it to. You should play with Andy and I'll play sometime too!