Games By Hasbro
Guess Who Extra From Hasbro Games

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• Brand: Milton Bradley
• Model: 14635
• Released on: 2008-07-24
• Dimensions: 15.90" h x 10.50" w x 2.00" l, 3.05 pounds

From the Manufacturer
It's the same classic game of "Guess Who" but with tons of fun extras. This deluxe version of Guess Who has 6 different character themes and 120 new characters to play with. An electric timer, light, and sounds also accompany the fun.

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Customer Reviews

Lots of fun, careful with the questions
I bought the original Guess Who for my boys (ages 9 & 6, purchased mostly at my younger one's persistent request) a couple months ago, and within a few weeks, they were both asking for Guess Who Extra. So it was a Christmas gift.

The Good:
1) Durability: the original Guess Who had two cheap little plastic frames to house the "card-holders" for the cards (one red and one blue), and for whatever reason, the red frame absolutely will NOT keep the card-holders in place. They fall out constantly, especially when flipping the frame to get all the card holders to stand up again. Or they get stuck and don't want to move at all. It takes minutes of adjustment to get it all back in working order, and it got so bad it actually affected our enjoyment of the game because set-up became such a pain. Glad to say this is NOT a problem with the new form factor that Guess Who Extra uses. There is just one main, closeable piece that opens easily to an inverted V (one player sits on one side and one on the other), and all the moveable parts move just like they should, simply and painlessly.

2) With six different sheets of categories to choose from, the options are much greater now than with just the "Usual Suspects" faces that the original had. This will likely prolong enjoyment of the game significantly.

3) Now there are four game options also. We haven't even tried them all yet, but again, this will likely just prolong enjoyment of the game. And if we don't like a particular option, we just won't play it. Nothing wrong with the original game dynamics anyway.

The Bad:
1) Okay, there's only one, and it's really not bad so much as it is a significant consideration. But... some of the categories make for some quite "difficult to phrase" questions. Asking questions can be a little tricky. For instance, the Household category has things like a television, a telephone, and a spoon. One of the sample questions the instructions provide for this category is "Does this item live in the [insert room here]?" But some of the items might or might not live in multiple rooms depending on the viewpoint of the person asking/answering. The answers can be extremely subjective, unlike the mostly objective answers the original game requires. There are quite a few examples of this, and the first game my kids played against each other resulted in my playing referee to decide how questions should be answered (or whether it was even appropriate to ask them). My family's workaround for this has been, for the first few games we played, to say "Ok, when this particular question is asked from now on, these are the cards we're going to say are affected by it" and then reiterate that every time that question is asked until we get used to it.

On the plus side of this consderation, though, it gets you to think and to talk with the kids about why questions are answered how they are, and it gives the younger ones an opportunity to learn (for instance, the Animals card has given my six-year-old the chance to more concretely learn what constitutes the difference between a reptile and an amphibian, a mammal and a bird, etc). You just have to be careful with the questions, and make sure everyone is on the same page as to how they're answered.

The Indifferent:
Guess Who Extra uses batteries. Kids love things with the batteries and the resultant lights and sounds, but they're really not necessary here. The batteries do three things: provide a Yes button (to push when the answer's Yes), provide a No button, and provide a timer. Ok, the timer might be cool for some of the game variants (but I almost certainly won't enforce any of the timer rules with my kids), but the Yes and No buttons, really? Was there something wrong with SAYING yes and no? The batteries/electronic side of this game are a cheap way to jack up the price in my opinion. I know, I'm nitpicking, but I mostly didn't see the point.

Overall, though, this is a pretty cool game with lots of potential and FAR sturdier/easier to use than the original. And it all comes in a nice, neat, fully encloseable package.

Nice improvement on the traditional Guess Who
We have loved the traditional Guess Who game for a while, and were very excited to find this newer version that appeals to the computer generation. The fun is still in giving sneaky clues while the partner tries to use logic & reasoning to figure out WHO their opponent has chosen. Very good for language development, comparisons, math building skills, and just plain fun!

Great Game, Constant Fun!
This is an upgrade of the original Guess Who? and it is a great upgrade. With 6 different character options, the fun is constantly changing. Also there is now the ability to choose two characters for your opponent to guess, as an added challenge for those who found the original game easy. The electronic sounds and lights are an added bonus to keep you moving and the action fast and furious. Definitely a great game for any sleuth in the family and great for groups of friends to play together!