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Secret Door, The


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Minimum age:
(official)
5 years
 
     
Rating:
(average)
8.7 
Year: 1991 
Publishers:
Family Pastimes

 

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UserRatingMin. AgeAdults TooComment
fluffdaddy10  The only caveat here is the lower end quality of the components. Otherwise, The Secret Door is a great cooperative memory game that still is intriguing to my son after nearly two years of playing it.
1wif94Some After trying to introduce my 4-year-old to a number of games, all failing because she couldn't stand losing, we came across The Secret Door. She loved playing it immediately; she loved working with us, not against us. It really warmed her up to games in general, and now over a year later, she can handle a loss, having learned first how to win and lose in a situation where she didn't have to feel alone in doing so. I'd really recommend it. The components aren't very nice, but it's very reasonably priced.
alkaiser95Some This is a really great cooperative memory game with an interesting twist. The goal is not to just match up all the pieces with their partner like in many other games of this type. The goal is to figure out which pieces have been set aside behind the secret door. It's a very nice introduction to the concept of a deduction game.
metalchorus95Yes Fun cooperative memory game. Builds some good tension with the clock mechanism.
cokasaki8  A very nice memory game for kids. Parents should consider it mandatory to shout "BOOOOOONNNGGGG" when a clock is turned over.
Jatoha8  Great twist on memory. You are working together to find the matches before you find the twelve clocks. One of the better cooperative games.
sandys85Some I play this with my 5-year-old and he likes it, though there are other games he asks for more often. It is a memory game, but with a time limit. Once you have turned over all 12 clocks, the game ends and you have to figure out which cards are missing. I also really like the cooperative component. I really simple game that I actually have fun playing with my son. We even sucked in my 15-year-old a couple times. It would have been nice if the pieces had been something better than thick paper, though.