Are you a fan of BEJEWELED online? If you are, then you NEED to get the new BEJEWELED Board Game from Hasbro! I received the game to review last week and my family has been playing it non-stop! The last few nights we have made it an after-dinner must!
Let me preface this entire review by saying that I am a BEJEWELED fanatic, I have been playing the digital version for years and am obsessed with it. When I saw that they made a board game out of it I was a little wary as to how it would translate. I am so used to the online game, and wasn’t so sure I could play the board version………I was so wrong!
I have a new obsession! One that is even better because my kids can play with me. I even got the 14-year-old to come out of his room long enough to play! Score!
The game comes with the game board, a bag, 70 scoring coins, 84 three-dimensional gems, and 7 three-dimensional power gems that have glitter inside. It also comes with an exclusive code for BEJEWELED 3 app for even more fun on the go.
To play, you need to separate out the power (glitter) gems and place them in the bag. Take the remaining gems and fill the game board making sure you don’t match three in a row anywhere. Place the remaining gems into the blue bag, and you are ready to play.
The first player tries to make a match by swapping gems to make 3, 4 or 5 gems in a row of the same color, just like the online version. Once you have made a match, you remove the gems from the board and collect a coin that matches the same color. You get one coin for 3 of the same color, two coins for 4 and three coins for a match of 5. If you get a power gem, you get an extra coin.
Then to finish your turn, you push the gems away from your side of the game board, if you make another match, you get those too. Fill up the gaps on the board with the extra gems in the bag, and put the gems you removed into the bag.
The first person to collect 3 scoring sets of coins wins!
We had so much fun playing BEJEWELED as a family. It’s funny how your brain kicks in like it does when you play online, you start seeing matches and where to make new ones almost immediately. I love that it helps my kids strategize and keep them on their toes. Better yet, the game is so fun, no one gets upset at not winning, we just play again until they do 🙂
This is a definite Game Night staple!
BEJEWELED
Age: 8+; Players: 2-4; Approximate Retail Price: $19.99
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Dianna Ranere
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