Several different editions have been released over the years (as well as many games that have different gameplay but owe their basic elements to the original Sorry!), with a computer game also hitting the shelves in 1998. It has also been customised by the usual suspects: Disney, The Simpsons, Pokemon etc. Once one of the partners has played all of their pieces into home, he continues to draw and play cards on their turn, if possible, for their partner. The first partnership to play all eight pieces in its home wins. [7] Sorry! with Fire and Ice Power-Ups [ edit ]

Games magazine included Sorry in their "Top 100 Games of 1982", noting that many of the movement cards "give interesting options" and that "The game is never dull, and is never decided until the last play." [15] See also [ edit ] At the end of the game, each player scores a point for every man they got home. The winner also scores one point for every man their opponents had got home, and a bonus of either 24 (if no opponent has a man home), 16 (if no opponent has more than one man home) or 8 (if no opponent has more than two men home). [7] Teams [ edit ] The board game is laid out in a square with 16 spaces per side, with each player assigned their own coloured Start location and Home locations offset towards the centre, one per side. Four five-square paths, one per colour, lead from the common outer path towards a player's Home and are designated their "Safety Zone". On each side are two "Slides", grouping four or five spaces each. Games magazine included Sorry! in their "Top 100 Games of 1980", praising it as an "old classic in the pachisi mold" that was "Especially recommended for family play" even though "The title gives us cause for regret". [13]Sorry 1939 Instructions" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2012 . Retrieved 2 May 2011. William Henry Storey of Southend-on-Sea filed for a patent for the game in England, where it was registered as a trade mark on 21 May 1929 (UK number 502898). It was subsequently sold in the United Kingdom by Waddingtons, the British games manufacturer who sold it from 1934. [1] [2]

A pawn may only move to its Home space by exact count; that is, only cards with the correct number of required spaces can bring the pawn Home. Any pawn that is in its Home space stays there for the rest of the game. The first player to get all of their pawns in their Home space wins.This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) You can also play for points; you are awarded these at the end of a game depending on the situation of both your and your opponents’ pawns. The winner is the person who reaches a particular number of points after a certain number of games (the exact number of points to be awarded and reached can be decided upon by those playing). Sorry! Not Sorry! is an adult-themed edition of Sorry! which consisted of the classic game, but added several cards each containing a "Have you ever...?" question. Upon drawing, the player must ask an opponent the fill-in-the-blank question printed on the card. [11] If the opponent answered yes, both the player and opponent move six spaces; if the answer is no, then they can only move three spaces. Sorry! has been entertaining children and adults alike for many years now. It was an Englishman, William Henry Storey, who invented the game originally; he patented it in the UK in 1929 before doing the same in the US and Canada. Storey’s company W.H. Storey & Co. began manufacturing it in the UK; with board game publisher Waddingtons selling it; Parker Brothers bought the US rights and sold it there, before they (and the rights to the game) were taken over by Hasbro in 1991.

An electronic gaming version of Sorry! was released in 1998 as a Sorry! computer game. Also, a handheld version was released in 1996. The 7 can be split; it is often possible to do so such that one of the pieces ends up on a slide, thus increasing the value of this card. It also provides an additional opportunity for pawns to get Home, so long as there's another pawn on the board to use up the remaining spaces. Games magazine included Sorry! in their "Top 100 Games of 1981", praising it as an "exciting race game, ideal for family play" that is "not as mindless as it may appear". [14]Canadian Patent Database / Base de données sur les brevets canadiens". Government of Canada, Industry Canada, Office of the Deputy Minister, Canadian Intellectual Property. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011 . Retrieved 30 December 2009. a b "Scan of Sorry! rules at hasbro" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2006 . Retrieved 29 July 2005. In the Hoyle Table Games collection of computer games, the game Bump 'Em is similar to Sorry! Pawns are represented as bumper cars, and the board follows a path akin to a freeway cloverleaf instead of a regular square. There are no partnerships allowed. Wild Pawn – The player may take any color pawn from the Start base or waiting areas (not the Home section of another player) and keep it.