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Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? Back to School Nintendo DS Game
PRODUCT DETAILS
UPC:785138364063
Condition:Used
Genre:Other
Platform:Nintendo DS
Region:Region Free
ESRB:Everyone
SKU:DS_ARE_YOU_SMARTER_5TH_GRADER_BACK_T
———This game is fully cleaned, tested & working. Includes the Disc/Cartridge Only. May have some minor scratches/scuffs.This description was last updated on October 28th, 2020.
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I was very excited when I discovered this item. I am an EAL teacher and some of my students were doing fractured fairy tales in their classes and were finding it very hard to translate their ideas from one language to another and then writing (and then all of the other language skills used in writing… they lose track of what their idea was in the first place having to go through more steps and processes than their peers) of creating their own fairy tales. This is perfect for them. I would also use it in Narrative writing classes as a teacher, or as a parent use it as a car card game for a road trip. I am looking forward to playing it with my friends on our getaway during rainy season when we will be stuck indoors.
I was exposed to “Once Upon A Time” over the holidays of 2012 and was eager to get my hands on a copy of my own. I’ve played several games of the second edition, and a few of this– the third edition. Both are comparable in terms of enjoyment, but the rules of the third edition are much clearer and simplified.For anyone new to the game, “Once Upon A Time” is played by a group of players who are trying to reach an ending, given to them on a card at the beginning of the game, while playing through their hands of characters, items, events, aspects, and places. ‘Play’ in “Once Upon A Time” consists of telling a story, and the amusement of the players trying to direct the story in different directions as they pass and interrupt each other with the cards in their hands is what makes the game fun. “Once Upon A Time” is very creative, friendly, fast-paced fun.The game’s maker, Atlas Games, has a PDF of the rules & the card list available at their website: I found these helpful in making an informed decision about purchasing the game. The PDF of the rules is a digital version of the printed rules you will receive in the box, along with three plastic wrapped decks containing the three 55 card sets described in the card list. These plastic wrapped decks will be “free” in the box, which contains no bracketing to store the cards. (I am using three plastic snack bags to keep the cards from jumbling in the box; you will have to find a parallel solution.)This version of the game include.
This game is a little too easy to win. Don’t get it for super competitive people. The point of the game is to get lost in a silly collaborative story, not to win. Playing to win is no fun. Once you explain that it’s better. That being said, it’s super hard to explain that and the rules are really subjective so it’s hard to figure out how to play the game for a good time and not to win…? If that makes sense? We’ve had a lot of fun playing it when players understand about having fun. I think for kids it’s super easy and fun. But it’s fun for grown ups too! Just gotta make the house rules clear so no one person just dominates and tells the entire story with no other collaboration.
I bought this game for a friend who is a writer. Bunch of us played this game, some of us for the first time and the others for second time, we had so much fun playing this game. All of us like to write and we all loved how each of us come up with imagination as we try to win the game. It enabled us to get to know each other better by learning about our quirks.
My friends love this game the stories we come up with are so much fun
If you love creative storytelling this is definitely the perfect game. It has the added competitive edge making it to where your story can flip into ANYTHING. Looking forward to purchasing all the expansions after running through this a good amount of times.
Though the description makes it sound like this is a kid’s game, it totally doesn’t have to be. My husband and I play it and it’s quite fun. It’s a creative game and fosters communication and conversation. I recommend to anyone who likes fantasy or just storytelling in general.
As the storyteller for my tabletop gaming group, this game is great fun. It teaches innovation and cooperation, and rewards creative thinking. Most times I don’t even play this to win, just to have fun with my friends. The art on the cards is great, the rules of the game are simple and easy to understand, and the only limits are the imaginations of the players.
Parents can play it with the children and not be bored. Children can play it on there own… AND I know it’s called ‘Once Upon a Time’ and has Fairy Tale characters on the front of the box, but teens and adults will enjoy it just as much as the children. No upper age limit on this at all.
I bought this game for my brother who isn’t the competitive type. We opened it up and the rules were really straight forward. As gameplay ensued we noticed the others in the house gathered closer to listen to the four of us playing, often wanting to join in. The end of the game is challenging, getting your ending to be satisfying. We laid the played cards out in a spiral to reference cards in play when a storyteller took a character in a direction that seemed mismatched with previous deeds and didn’t have to police each other too often in terms of delaying game or stretching the tale too far. Toward the end of the game everyone was so drawn into the story that it became easy to know when a player’s ending wasn’t the "right" one or didn’t fit. We had to work through a few players’ endings to get one that was satisfying. This game is great with people who are willing to be creative and use their imagination. I imagine gameplay could suffer from inhibited or "boring" players.