Talk:Sorry! (game)

Untitled
Is this game called "Sorry" or "Sorry!" If the latter, the article should be appropriately titled. However, it also needs disambiguation with the British sitcom, "Sorry!" Deb 19:57, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Foreign Editions
I think there may be a need for a section called "Foreign Editions" or something similar. When I was a kid in the 1960s, we played a German game called Mensch Argere Dich Nicht! (or something very similar), which, as far as I can recall, was identical to classic Sorry!. We don't have the game any more but when I was a kid, just about every ethnic German family I knew had a copy of this game. (I'm Canadian but my parents were German immigrants.) I have no idea though if it was a licensed German-language version of the game or an illegal knock-off and it's been decades since I last played so I can't be 100% positive it had the exact same rules. I just remember encountering my first game of Sorry! in my twenties and being surprised that it seemed to be the same as Mensch Argere Dich Nicht! Some Wikipedia users may be interested in knowing about foreign editions and may find that they are already familiar with the game under a different name. A researcher might be able to contact Waddington or Hasbro and find out about foreign editions. 70.29.68.74 (talk) 20:17, 7 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Hello,
 * "Mensch ärgere dich nicht" was published in 1914, so about 20 years before Sorry!. It might be a question, if Sorry! is a copy of the german game.
 * Germany lost all it's patents and Copyrights in 1918 due to the end of the war. So mayby someone copied the german game. 2001:16B8:5216:B500:BD80:B323:406D:3C78 (talk) 10:55, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Number of 1 Cards
How many 1 cards are there? The Wikipedia pages states 5, whereas other pages on the internet seem not to indicate this being any different from the other cards. Indeed, if one uses a standard deck, removing 3s and 9s, then there would only be 4 ones (i.e. Aces). --DehGriff (talk) 21:10, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
 * The original UK edition had four - see a copy of the rulebook. Some later versions have five (to increase the chances of players being able to leave 'home'). Lovingboth (talk) 18:53, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Sliding
Isn't there some provision by which pieces "slide" a certain number of spaces in Sorry!? --Angr/comhrá 13:25, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

-From what I remember, if you land on the Flat edge of the "slide" then you move to the end of the slide, taking out any pieces on the "slide" in the process. -Jul 29 2011 (EST) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.139.35.250 (talk)

Rule Discussion
I don't feel that the rules section provides full coverage of the breadth of the game. For example, if one draws a 2, and cannot move a pawn or begin a man that is in home, is one then privileged to draw another card? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.71.29.133 (talk • contribs) It is made so little kids learn to say the word "sorry".

I have made some corrections and clarifications, including slides and some scenarios (Draw 2).

Typo?
I don't know anything about this game but theres a typo in the strategy section: "Due to switching and itching places)," At least a "(" has to be added or the ")" removed. I would suspect the "itching" is a bad edit but as I've never played the game I've left it to others to correct. 82.133.90.141 (talk) 16:51, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Trivia
In this article http://www.indcatholicnews.com/remin359.html, Sister Agapita, Cardinal Ratzinger's housekeeper, mentioned that the German Game "Mensch ärgere Dich nicht" was one of the Cardinal's favorite board games. I have a feeling that this game, like its Czech counterpart "Člověče, nezlob se", is the same or at minimum very similar to Sorry.

Who in the World is Tony Mendoza?
I removed this paragraph:

Tony Mendoza is a world-known Sorry! strategist. Although his plans are currently unknown, he somehow manages to end the game with it going in his favor. Tony regularly studies up on the game and has been called a Sorry! expert by many. He strikes fear in the hearts of many when he arrives to play his game. He is currently attempting to start up Sorry! clubs in schools across the U.S. and Mexico.

This was in the History section of the page. Search for "Tony Mendoza sorry" on Google reveals no such world-renowned Sorry strategist. Besides which, there's no verification, and not even any real facts, simply opinions. WP:SOAP might apply here as the person who made the edit might be talking about himself. ekedolphin 05:49, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

moving backward
Question on card 4. Once exited out of start by receiving a 1 or 2 card, can you move backward 4 past home following this card, once moved back 4 seeing as the rule of the card is being played, can you go right into home or do you have to go past home, start and go around the board.

Thank you David 7 years old May 29, 2007


 * Yes. You may use a 4 card (or two 10's, if you choose to go backward one space instead of forward 10) to go directly from your start to a position near your home. By doing this, you bypass most of the board and you can go straight into your home. --Runner5k 17:41, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Reverting edit by 68.36.158.234
The edit made by 68.36.158.234 deleted a lot of important information in this article, so I reverted to the edit by Eliz81. If you disagree with this, you can discuss it here. --Runner5k 11:18, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

I disagree with this!!!!! 209.51.250.34 (talk) 00:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Special editions
I have the Pokemon edition of Sorry!, which includes some special rules; some of the cards are additionally coloured, 1 for each team, with bonuses. For example, a 12 of your own colour allows you to move 12 or 24 spaces. I don't have the game where I am now so can't check details. 128.232.250.254 15:39, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Diamond space
While it's true that old versions of Sorry! contain a "diamond space," I'm aware of no authority for the proposition that you cannot move forward *from* the diamond space. The 1972 rules state that "[n]o piece may move forward over the DIAMOND square of its own colour," though "a player's own DIAMOND square may be crossed on a backward move." But the present version of the article suggests that if a 10 is played to move back to the diamond, a (say) 3 could not then be played to move that piece 3 spaces forward. But the rules don't say this.
 * The 1930s rules say you're right. Lovingboth (talk) 18:56, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * This is wonderful but needs clarifying as I find it confusing, ie. what card will allow a move forward from/over the Diamond Space indeed what purpose does this <>space serve?

It's on my old board but my rules (which may be from a different era) don't mention it CuriousGeorgeTwo (talk) 00:44, 28 January 2012 (UTC) 00:40 28Jan2010

Re: Hoyle "Table" Games 'Bump 'Em' paragraph
OK, I'm being nit-picky, BUT, I own a copy of the 2005 version of this computer games program, and it's titled "Hoyle Board Games". Hope I'm not wasting anybody's time.
 * []173.127.94.22 (talk) 11:49, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Video game versions
in addition to the 1998 release, there have been several other versions that I have heard of, though not seen. Currently on the XBOX LIVE Marketplace, Sorry! can be purchased as part of a games pack and played with others on the same osnsole or, I bleieve, online. TheHoit (talk) 18:20, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Modern Version: 45 cards or 55 cards?
Does the modern version have 45 or 55 cards? The article is not clear, and cites both in various places. In the former section, it says that the modern deck has 55 cards, whereas the latter has 45. —141.152.52.7 (talk) 18:02, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Bump 'em
Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games 2008 has Turbo spaces. Does anyone else have a version of Bump 'em with Turbo spaces? Respectfully,  Tiyang (talk) 10:19, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

BCM - postal address, not manufacturer!
The early copies of the game in the UK invited people to write to the manufacturers at BCM Sorry, London WC1. This has caused some people to believe that the company was called BCM and at least one WP editor to believe that this was an acronym for 'British Card Manufacturers'. A quick search shows that only WP and material derived from it have this story or anything about that company name. Companies House's online records go back at least that far and they have no record of a company with that name, and that's because the story is not correct.

In 1925, a company called British Monomarks started a post box and redirection service that survives to this day (http://www.britishmonomarks.co.uk/british-monomarks/) - I'm a bit surprised there doesn't seem to be a WP page on them. Individuals who want them to handle their mail get an address of the form 'BM WPEditor, London' and since the 1970s, the post code has been WC1N 3AX. Companies that want them to handle their mail get an address of 'BCM WPInc, London WC1N 3AX'... and this is what the company that first made Sorry! did, choosing to receive mail at BCM Sorry. As this pre-dates the UK post code system by about 50 years, they just had the London postal district added: London WC1.

Their real name was W.H. Storey & Co Ltd and as seen in their other games of the period, they were based in Croydon, Surrey, in the south of Greater London. Lovingboth (talk) 13:43, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

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