Zathura...in real life?

Question

okay, so i saw the movie Zathura, and then i saw the boardgame in the store. what is the boardgame like in real life? like, is it lame, or does a card pop out and everything? only answer this if you own the game or KNOW what it does.

Answer 1

This game does not really match the game from the movie, it's probably as good as you are going to get for the money. I was personally expecting something better than what we ended up with.
Although the game does come with instructions, there are a lot of gray areas and that can make things confusing. On the other hand, you have the opportunity to "fill in the gaps" yourself. What we have done is to keep track of the decisions we made regarding what we did when we hit the gray areas.
The craftmanship of the game leaves something to be desired. There is some assembly required. When we first tried the card dispenser, it would dispense the cards OK, but would not latch properly when you turned the key.
When you spin the spinner, it's often hard to tell which number is showing and you have to have to make up a rule about what to do when the spinner ends up between two numbers.