Leaping Lizards | 
| Brand: Gamewright
Category: Toy
Buy New: $7.99
New (22) Collectible (2) from $7.49
Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 4895
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 8 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 3 x 5.8 x 5.9
MPN: 00405
Model: 405
UPC: 093000400000
EAN: 0093000400000
ASIN: B0009XBY2Q
Release Date: June 12, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Product Description
Leaping Lizards is a fun and colorful game that will keep you guessing. You can jump right over your friends' lizards, but you never know who might hurdle back over you in the next round! Your brain is sure to be bouncing as you race toward the end of the line. Includes 18 wood beads, 16 Secret Creature cards (four of each creature), 10 two-sided Creature tiles, 1 Lead Lizard tile (red), 4 wood lizards (one of each color) string, shaker cup and instructions. Teaches counting and shape identification.
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 Not the best game June 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this for my 4 yr old boy who is way into lizards, but he has no desire to play it. It is kind of slow moving and you do same thing over and over again. We have enjoyed other games much more.
It's better than Candyland May 16, 2008
This is a game that is pure luck, no decisions to be made whatsoever. That makes it only really appropriate for the youngest kids (unless you add wagers or wine to the mix) but, unfortunately, the rules are just complex enough to almost justify that "age five and up" rating. Well, by five or six years old a game that's entirely luck is unlikely to hold their interest for long. (For that matter, I don't think entirely luck based games are the best choice for toddlers either - they get very frustrated when they hit a losing streak and they have NO WAY to turn it around. And when they win, they can't say it was because they really did well - they were just luckier. But at least they can't blame themselves when they lose.)
The really good thing about this game is that it doesn't take more than a few minutes (unlike Candyland, which lasts FOREVER unless you stack the deck), so if you pull it out once in a while as a quick time killer, it should be fine. But I would not suggest buying the game new unless you have absolutely no luck-based games in your house AND your children are very young.
 Great Pre-Board Game March 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I use this game for 3-4 year old's as reinforcement for speech therapy. The children I work with adore this game - I like it too. Incorporates matching, counting, color recognition - a great pre-board game. This game can be played quickly to appease the short attention span of little ones!
After you figure it out, it's pretty fun December 10, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
We had to go over the directions quite carefully at first to figure out how to play, but once we got it figured out, it's pretty fun. You have several two sided tiles that you put in a shaker (like Yahtzee) and roll them. These tiles have one of 4 pictures of bugs on each side. You also have 4 cards in front of you which match the 4 types of bugs. Each roll, you turn one of your cards face up at random. However many of the tiles match the bug on your card, you move that many spaces. The twist is that one of the tiles has a smiley face on one side and a sad face on the other side. Depending which face is rolled each time, it means "smiley" for the person in last place, or "sad" for the person in the lead. You either get an extra turn if you are in the rear or have to move backwards if you are in the lead. So this game can take a few minutes depending on if you roll the "smiley" each time or 15 minutes if you roll the "sad face" alot.
When They Can Get It Opened July 11, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The texture of the box is just marvelous to the touch, however, it makes it very difficult for a child, or even an adult to open. Once opened, it is a very fun game. My five-year-old granddaughter just loves it. She plays with it by herself, making up her own little games with it.
It's just unfortunate that it takes both of us to open the box.
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