Orchard Toys Goose On The Loose Game Review

Reviewed by Michelle

I am all for a bit of family fun and especially when it comes to games.

I had never heard of Orchard Toys before so was interested to learn a bit more about them.

ABOUT ORCHARD TOYS – Exert below was taken from the Orchard Website
“Orchard Toys started out around a kitchen table making blocks and stencils for a local nursery school. Now, over 40 years later, we ship to over 50 different countries around the world and are recognised as a leading manufacturer of educational games and puzzles both in the UK and globally.

To find out more about Orchard Toys, please click on this link:- https://www.orchardtoys.com.”  

Not hearing of them before, nor any easter games, me and the grand kids were eager to play, even the 14 year old (I just think he did not want to miss out on the fun and attention) and who blames him. The honest, he actually enjoyed it, it is all about spending good, valuable quality time together and we did just that.



OBJECT OF THE GAME
Collect as many geese as you can without loosing them.

SETTING UP THE GAME
There is no particular order to the following, just do what is easiest for you. The four of us all took part in setting it up, it was fun and most importantly, interactive. You will need to set up the geese by detaching them from the cards they are set in. Thee are 3 sets of the geese’s heads with their body and another 3 sets cards with the wings and feet. Each card has 2 colours on the, green/purple, yellow/red and blue/orange. Match the colours of each of them to make make you 3D Geese

Set up the 3D farmers by placing them in their matching stand. There are 4 in total.

Next you will need to put the playing board together. This comes as a four-piece jigsaw. This is quite thick card and very easy to put together.

You are then ready to play.

HOW TO PLAY
OMG!, you are going to enjoy this. We had so much fun.

Numbers of players are 2-4 people.

Each player chooses which farmer they would like to be.

It says on the instructions to start off with the youngest player (we have played it so many times, each time, we played it so it went up in age, it seems fair that way that each child gets to go first).

The first player rolls the dice and then has to move their farmer along the coloured circles on the map. Check the colour of the circle you have landed on and then match that with the coloured goose. Once this has been done, everyone shouts out ‘HONK’ (this really did have us in fits of giggles). The player then places the matching coloured goose on the circle of their playing card which has 6 colours (yellow, blue, orange, purple, red and green). The player the passes to the next person in play.

There are multi-coloured circles represented by 6 different triangular colours (these are the same as those mentioned in point 3 with regard to the players playing card. This means that as long as you have not filled all the spaces on your collection, you can then choose any coloured goose that you need from the table, or, what makes it more fun, is that you can take from another player. Watch the competitiveness come out LOL. Once again, shout ‘HONK’

With regard to point 4 above and in relation to the 6 different triangular colour circle, if you land on one of these and you have filled up your playing and, simply take a goose from another player and place it on the table with the other escaped geese shouting ‘GOOSE ON THE LOOSE’. OMG, hysterical fits of laughter by this time. Player then passes to the next player.

Should you unluckily land on a coloured space and have that coloured goose already on your collection board, the goose then escapes again. Shout out ‘GOOSE ON THE LOOSE’ and put the goose back on table.

Once you reach the end where it is marked with the red arrow, you will need to stand your farmer next to your collection board. If you have been lucky enough to collect any geese, these are yours and no one can take these.

The game does not finish until everyone has reached the red arrow.

The winner, yes you have guessed it, is the one with the most geese.

The game is excellent for cognitive learning which is very important to me. From touch, feel and look, to the brightly coloured cards which all make it a really great way to engage and interact with your child/children, all of which will stimulate their sensory play whilst playing and interacting; especially the jigsaw. This is bright and bold with pictures of farm animals, farmers, flowers, trees, chicken, pond and so much more (great for interactive play)

CONTENTS
4 Piece jigsaw playing board
4 x farmers with stands
4 x collection boards
1 x dice
24 x coloured coded geese
1 x instruction manual
1 x information leaflet

WHERE TO BUY

I have to say, Orchard Toys have really put a lot of thought into this. From the bright bold colours, attention to detail and the simplicity of the game for the age group is just marvellous. It can be brought direct from Orchard Toys by clicking on the following link:-

https://www.orchardtoys.com/buy/goose-on-the-loose!_593.htm

R.R.P
£14.00 but does not include shipping which is an additional £3.95 for Standard Delivery: 2-3 Working Days or £5.75 for Next Day Delivery: Order by 1.30pm Monday to Thursday (FREE if your order is over £30.00).

The delivery prices are based on those living in England, Wales and Scotland (excl. Highland and Isles). There is a drop down menu when you go to check out in the delivery options, just go in to this and select your area for more delivery prices.

AGE GROUP
4 years upwards

RATING
It is a definite yes from me to anyone who is thinking of buying this and I would give it 5 out of 5.

SOCIAL MEDIA
With most of us on social media now-a-days, I was really pleased to see how much Orchard Toys has taken to the social media side of things. I have provided the links to all their pages, apps and websites.

Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/orchardtoysltd

Twitter:- https://twitter.com/orchardtoys

Instagram:- http://www.instagram.com/orchardtoys

Pintrest:- https://www.pinterest.co.uk/orchardtoys/_saved/

Email:- No direct email address but if you click on this link, you have an option to contact them depending on your query
https://www.orchardtoys.com/index/contact-us_88.htm

Telephone:- I could not find a number for them

Address:- I could not find a number for them