• Board Game Review: Candyland

  

  Written by bug 10 Comments
  Last Updated:: May 15, 2008

  Plumpy. Mr. Mint cutting down candy canes with a candy cane axe. Lord Licorice and the gingerbread house! Finally meeting Queen Frostine floating in the Ice Cream Sea before kneeling down to the all mighty King Kandy. Any of these fabled characters and places ring a bell? They sure do if you were tripping on acid and happened to wander through the psychedelic Candyland.

  This board game is one of the most straight up, in your face games ever created. During the era of peace love and happiness, Sir Milton Bradley himself must have been on shrooms with the developers of this action packed game. A land of candy, danger, suspense…and candy! Every stoner’s dream. This game is so straight forward you could probably handle it while being on acid yourself. Flip a card, its color coded! But watch out, sometimes you get a special card, instructing you to go to a certain area of the board. With every flip of the card, you get closer to meeting King Kandy, all the while, he gives you a journey unlike any other.

  The first character you meet is Plumpy, for whom I can’t even tell if he is the gingerbread man with a tree growning out of his head, or the weirdo grinning green monster sizing up a deliciously ripe plum. I’m gonna guess he is the delicious looking tree, with plums in his hair. After eating some of nature’s candy, the King sends you to see Mr. Mint, the keeper and hedge trimmer of the Peppermint Forest. It appears that he lives in an arctic area, which makes hacking down the overgrown candy canes a breeze. There isn’t anything in the Peppermint Forest that isn’t made of candy canes, including Mr. Mint and his silly hat. Lord Licorice says hi to you, as you dance by him all hopped up on delicious, nutritious candy canes. He has a pointy nose, and weird cape. Around the bend is the overzealous Jolly, who by the looks of it dropped out of ballet classes and decided to study gumdrops covered in icing.

  Filling your belly with the oversized gumdrops, you roll up to Grandma Nut’s house for some freshly made peanut brittle. You don’t get any of them though, because grandma is busy prancing through the fields where peanuts grow. She has a cheerful smile, and hands some peanuts to you, which I wouldn’t really consider as candy. It is quite okay with the King, for he wants you to have protein for your journey! Up ahead you see a young girl dancing around with lollipops sticking out of her head and purple curly hair. Who knew a lolly was just what you wanted after eating a handful of grandma’s nuts.

  Just past this field of multi-colored lollipops is Queen Frostine, apparently floating on an ice cream sea that looks like a tub filled with bubbles. Her dress so white and clean she pushes a shovelful of icecream bubbles down your throat and pushes you on your way. You soon are spooked by two white eyes and huge pink tongue sticking out of murky yet delicious molasses swamp. Don’t be scared, its only Gloppy! He is your friend and wants you to taste his sweet treats. You feel the presence of the King close, and don’t fall for Gloppy’s tricks. Ah ha! At last! King Kandy greets you with a huge smile flaunting his ice cream crown and peppermint stick kane. You have finally made it, so hopped up on sugar that there is nothing wrong with the ice cream castle in the background. It looks delicious you think to yourself, as the waffle cone structure sucks you in. Prancing, laughing, stomach hurting you follow the candy laden trail right into the gates of the delicious kastle. Within the walls is an unknown mystical yet sticky sugary paradise, with any kandy you could ever want.

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10 Comments

1. #1 disassemble says:
   March 19th, 2010 at 3:45 pm

   I’m really hungry right now.. Where’s the nearest Cold Stone?
2. #2 Ken O says:
   March 19th, 2010 at 3:49 pm

   haha great review. Candy Land is an all time favorite game of mine. I remember playing this with my parents… and then in college hahaha
3. #3 Tracy says:
   March 19th, 2010 at 3:49 pm

   great review, queen frosting was my childhood rolemodel!
4. #4 Bug says:
   March 19th, 2010 at 3:51 pm

   I remember a small crew of friends at Aetna playing this game during our lunch break. Lightening rounds were the most fun, enjoying the entire journey in about 10 minutes.
5. #5 Excelsior says:
   March 19th, 2010 at 4:25 pm

   candy makes me happy.

   nice work as usual from Old-Wizard
6. #6 MONGO says:
   March 19th, 2010 at 5:00 pm

   Candyland was definatley an acid trip that Milton Bradely went on. Great game!! MMMMMMMMM Candy……..
7. #7 ok says:
   March 19th, 2010 at 6:48 am

   good site jeogun
8. #8 See says:
   March 19th, 2010 at 6:39 pm

   Hello Guys,

   great review
9. #9 alpha john says:
   March 19th, 2010 at 11:45 pm

   such a fun a peachy game, even I like it.
10. #10 Meagan J says:
    March 19th, 2010 at 6:43 pm

    I played it with my daughter the other day..they changed the board! No more Plumpy !