Buckaroo

brought this game for my kids thought be fun, got it home to play it and it dont work proply the bits u put on the buckaroo to light for the toy to work.

This mule is so poorly made, you never get to play. "Easy setup" does not describe the frustration we've felt while trying without result to get the hind legs to stay down. You have to get the hind legs to stay down in order to begin the game, however, all the mule does is remain in a constant bucking motion.

Revamped from my kiddy days, bought for our 4yr old... hasn't gone off at all, tried all 3 'skill' levels... couple of pieces are almost impossible to hang on the hooks.. not impressed at all, going to see if we can find the original one in grandmas loft!!!

Buckaroo is an amazing yet mainly frustrating game. The aim is to stick all the pieces on to the horse before he bucks and throws them all off. A great game for all the family to enjoy. This will definitely be played more over christmas.

This game seemed great until we got it home; children and adults will have a hard time locking the mule into place. You can push all day on the tail to lock him down and it wont happened. We eventually just gave it away, then the people we gave it to called us wanting to know why the mule wouldn't lock into place. This is the worst game we have bought in years!!!

Buckaroo is a classic and it's a game that most people will have played at least once but for the benefit of readers who are Buckaroo virgin's (what have you been doing with your lives?) I will give you a quick rundown of how the game works.

You take it in turns to load up the mule with all of your mining equipment being careful to not make him jump - the mule is covered in lots of little hooks that you hang the equipment off of but if you are too heavy handed you will set him off and loose the game.

Considering this is just a game for children the tension created is incredible - in some ways it is a lot like Jenga or Operation - be gentle and pick your pieces wisely. Buckaroo is also good because it is easy to set up (if you loose the game simple lock the mule back in place and start over) and a few people can play at once so there should be no one left out.

A great game - Highly Recommended.