Jumanji
Race through the movie's jungle, decode rhyming cards and rescue each other with 8-sided dice.
- Designer
- (Uncredited)
- Published by
- Cardinal
Jumanji (1995) is the board game based on the movie of the same name, and it lets the jungle come to your table. You pick a pawn and race along the track while lions stalk, rhinos charge and crocodiles snap, all of it only a dice roll away. Rhyming cards carry messages you have to decode, and some of them spell trouble. When a fellow player is in danger, the whole table rolls 8-sided dice together to rescue them, which makes it half race and half team effort. Fail to escape and the jungle could swallow you whole, and only finishing the game makes the terrors disappear. It is a lightweight adventure for two to four players aged eight and up.
Who it's for
You have kids of eight or older who know the film and like a mix of racing and helping each other out.
Not for you if…
You want a game with real choices. Dice and events steer the whole race.
Vibe's take
Light and a bit spooky, with just enough team spirit to keep it lively. The rhyming cards give it a storybook feel.
Published 1995 · 31 years ago
older than 95% of games
In 5,065 collections
collected more than 59% of games
2–4 players · ages 6+
Best with 3 or 4 · publisher: 8+
about 45 min
shorter than 51% of games · typical 30–90 min
Complexity: light
Explained in 5 minutes · 1.4 out of 5 · lighter than 77%
Opinions: divided
Some love it, others really don’t
Language: some text
Text on cards or in the rules
Play style: competitive and cooperative
Semi-cooperative: you fight the game together, one player wins
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