- Now for up to 5 players
- The classic code cracking game
- Play the classic head to head game
- Or challenge your whole family
- Prepare to engage in the ultimate contest of skill and reason.
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Product Specifications
| Model Number: | 44220 |
| Number of Game Players: | 2-5 |
| Assembly Required: | No |
| Batteries Required?: | No |
| Batteries Included?: | No |
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Product Description
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Be the first player to crack the code to win. Now up to 5 players can compete against each other to score points, whilst trying to crack the code.
Product Description
Can you crack your opponent's secret code? In this classic board game of Mastermind, your opponent can set up a row of coloured pegs and let you guess the secret code! With so many combinations, can you break the code? With each guess your opponent will score your attempts to help you get nearer to the code!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Mastermind is one of those games that is both simple to learn but mentally challenging to play, encouraging youngsters in particular to develop the power of reasoning.
The design of this version is terrible though.
Firstly the colours of the pegs are not sufficiently distinctive, especially if played in low light. The pink and the orange pegs are particularly hard to differentiate between - why didn't they persist with black pegs as one of the options, it would have been so much simpler?
Worse still is the design of the codemakers unit. Firstly there is no way to 'lock' the code after it has been chosen using the dials...therefore if the unit is moved in any way there is a strong chance the code will be inadvertently changed. Secondly the difficulty in differentiating between colours is even more pronounced as the colours themselves are recessed in the unit. It is very hard to differentiate between the silver and the green, and the orange and the pink if used in dim light.
These points seem like simple common sense, I cannot understand why they are not obvious to the manufacturers.
The design of this version is terrible though.
Firstly the colours of the pegs are not sufficiently distinctive, especially if played in low light. The pink and the orange pegs are particularly hard to differentiate between - why didn't they persist with black pegs as one of the options, it would have been so much simpler?
Worse still is the design of the codemakers unit. Firstly there is no way to 'lock' the code after it has been chosen using the dials...therefore if the unit is moved in any way there is a strong chance the code will be inadvertently changed. Secondly the difficulty in differentiating between colours is even more pronounced as the colours themselves are recessed in the unit. It is very hard to differentiate between the silver and the green, and the orange and the pink if used in dim light.
These points seem like simple common sense, I cannot understand why they are not obvious to the manufacturers.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Regardless of the assurances on the box, mastermind is still really only a game for two players - It now has a snazzy 'turntable' to allow more players to work out the combination (held out of sight in a separate key piece). The whole point is to get to the combination of colours chosen by player 1 - the more people there are guessing, the more likely the combination will be guessed quickly. So all in all, more satisfying when there are only two players.
As an aside, the combination 'key' - a small plastic drum with rotating discs to display the colours - I found quite tricky to read in poor light - the pink and the orange look almost identical to someone with myopia in anything less than full daylight.
As an aside, the combination 'key' - a small plastic drum with rotating discs to display the colours - I found quite tricky to read in poor light - the pink and the orange look almost identical to someone with myopia in anything less than full daylight.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I had this game as a child - about 35 years ago. My brother and I played it a lot. I have now bought it for my niece. You can now play it with up to 5 players but I thought it worked well with 2.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Take a classic game, and redesign it really badly...
It's a bit pointless playing it with more than 2 players. It's like saying draughts or chess can be a 4 (or any!!) player game, by taking it in turns to play for each side. Read more
Published 5 months ago by M. Guinan
Very slight improvement over original design but...
There are a number of different manufacturers of this game; Hasbro is amongst the most expensive. Although this design maybe a little better than the original, it still suffers... Read more
Published 14 months ago by M. G. Holdsworth
really good pattern recognision game.
i really like this game and as im a very logical person it is an easy game to play, by girlfriend finds it very hard but is getting better to see the patterns fast. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2010 by Mat
not very easily managed - too fiddly, original version easier to...
When deciding to purchase this I expected an easier to handle (without the fiddley little matchsticks. but this was not so. Read more
Published on 19 Dec 2009 by C. Learmond
Mastermind as much fun as always was.
This product has changed packaging a little since my day but my kids loved it and it kept us all quiet Christmas day.
Published on 4 Feb 2009 by R. Squires
Great Game - a Classic in an Excellent Package
A classic game in an excellent package. These days board games sometimes tend to have "cheap" materials and finish, but this Mastermind edition doesn't follow that line. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2009 by J. Bernardes
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