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Zingo from ThinkFun
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Minimum Age: 4 years
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Product Description This fast-paced, energetic variation of Bingo is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. Kids get a kickout of pulling the Zinger forward to reveal two mystery tiles and attempting to be the first to call out the tiles that match the images on their cards. The first player to fill his or her card wins! Ages 4 to 8. 2 to 8 players. 2 levels of play. 8 double-sided Zingo! cards and 72 picture tiles. 8 inches x 10.5 inches x 3.5 inches.
Customer Reviews
A pretty good game for a good price  Posted 05 April 2008
Zingo is a variant of Bingo (with a zing!). Zingo involves matching an image and word on a tile with a number of images on the zingo card. Image and vocabulary recognition, matching, memory, concentration, and social interaction are the skills promised to be improved. On most of these points Zingo is successful.
The zingo cards have images like a foot, cat, bat, and a cake in a 3 x 3 grid. The game comes with 8 double sided cards. There are two levels of play (red and green), one on each side of card. The "zinger" is a pre-loaded tile dispenser that is slid forward to reveal two tiles at a time. The first to call out the word on the desired tile gets to place that tile on their card, when the card is filled with tiles the game ends. One positive aspect of this game is that on each tile there is a picture of an object and the printed word, this helps associate the word with the picture for early readers. I also like the fact that all of the pieces fit into a fairly small box neatly and can be pretty portable. The length of time to play a full game is fairly short, 5-10 minutes. One unfavorable aspect of the game is that after you've played it a few times there is not a lot more to learn, and the amount of variation between games is low. The two game levels have more to do with how often the players are fighting to get the same pieces so this increases social difficulty rather than added game play difficulty. Reloading the zinger is also not a very fun process for kids, although it only takes a couple of minutes to complete.
To summarize, Zingo is a good game, especially for 3-5 year olds. The manufacturer's age recommendation is 4-8, but I think that kids beyond 6 will find the game boring. To deal with the wearisome aspects of the game when played too often, I recommend you play the game some, then put it away for awhile so it feels fresh again when you bring it back out. Considering the low price, it is definitely worth it to add it to your game closet.
note: there is a marvel superheroes version of this game that might find a better audience with some kids: Zingo Heroes
my kids love this game Posted 01 April 2008
I have a 2 and 3 yr old both boys, this game is easy enough that they both can play and have a great time. It teaches them how to win and lose and they love to shout zingo, great game for young kids. They beg to play it every night before bed, and I have to admit I like it to.
Great first game for 2 1/2 year old! Posted 20 March 2008
The recommended age is 4-8 but after reading other reviews I bought this for my 2 1/2 year old. She caught onto the game right away and now asks to play with it every morning. Perfect duration of game for her attention span too. Helps to improve her vocabulary and helps with recognizing small case letters and good starter game for learning to spell! Highly recommended!
Just buy the game. You won't be sorry. Posted 18 March 2008
I was looking for a new game (I've just about had it with Candyland) and bought this based on the
recommendations of others. They knew what they were talking about.
My 4 yo daughter loved this game from the get go. She picked up on it right away and asked if friends could come over to play. How can you beat that?
Thanks Ro! We love it! Posted 22 February 2008
3 1/2 year old son loves this game. Took him a day to really get the idea of following the rules, but other than that he LOVES it! Very durable and easy to pick up and store. Great way to teach a small child how to play a game. He never gets bored with it and after a week of playing he is a really very good at playing! Great game for preschools also. Rosie O reccommended this game on her blog and we love it! Thanks Ro!
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