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Editorial Review:
A strategy game of skill and cunning. Twist and turn the wheels to get your own coloured counters from the top to the bottom first. One false move could lead to your downfall.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0
Good fun We got this as a standby for a holiday in case it was wet. We ended up playing it quite a bit. Ok, it's a little bit flimsy but it's not that bad and nothing has broken off. Some of the parts are a bit difficult to assemble when you put it together but no real problem. As a game it is quite good fun and it's often impossible to tell who will win until the last few moves. The children enjoyed it - which is the acid test. Cheap fun!
Reasonable to play, poor build quality I enjoyed playing this game as a child and now that I have children of my own have introduced them to it. The idea of the game is good, very visual and mechanical and encourages the players to think ahead and plan, but the modern implementation is poor:
i) You will have to construct the game yourself from the pieces of plastic provided in the box - each dial comes in two halves that must be pressed together through the main upright unit. In my case the dials had to be pressed together so hard (to... more info
poorly made this version of downfall is very flimsy, bendy and unstable. i was missing a key when i bought this and i contacted mb games via email, to ask for a replacement. they would not send me one. very bad customer service. i am now left with an incomplete, poorly made game. not happy. so, i would not recommend buying this version at all. maybe try the older version, as has been suggested below?
Classic strategy game fun - in a not-so-good new version This version is the "new" downfall. I am also reviewing the classic version, which I greatly prefer. If you can get that one, do it!
We first picked this game up - the classic version - in Hamley's in London in 1992 - I love games of all kinds, and it's not sold in Canada. My husband lived in the UK for a few years as a child and had fond memories of this game, so it didn't take much to convince me.
The colour scheme has been updated for this "New" version from the institutional blue and white we... more info
