Would the game board be considered an accurate map? I want to use it to help prepare students for the National Geographic Bee.
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Yes, it's quite accurate. We gave it to our grandkids in England, and they learned location of countries quite well, especially after playing it a number of times.
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Not really, it is a stylized, map not really accurate. Generally it does put the destinations okay relative to one another, but the distances are not to scale and countries and city names are as they were pre-WWI around 1910-12.
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No, it is not accurate, per se because to get all the tracks in the map, I'm sure, it had to be modified for the game. It's still a good map, IMO. The cities are not in a English spelling manner though. I liked that because I had to look some of them up in the Dictionary.
679313
Oh, I'm sorry...I don't really know the answer to that. The map is already on my grandson's wall. Perhaps someone who actually has the map can tell you. good luck.
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Probably. Per the kickstarter they finally got their shipment in of the base game. Mine is due to arrive any day now. You can always double-check with the seller, who is also the publisher, to be sure. The way to tell, once you have it, is if the game board is double-sided with rocket-shaped dice spots on one side, and regular 6-sided dice on the other.
1078493
Looks like the answer is yes...I googled so you might check out the chalkboards link or others there!
156908
Yes. But some are together. (Bahamas is one) The map is pretty good overall you should definitely get it!
1540686
We just used quarters. The map is very similar to lottery scratchers and will not tear easily.
109059
The board has a "Made in Italy" written on the surface. I was concerned about quality, not geography. Worked on a few projects with no problems. Price is reasonable.
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I went to Michael's and got a frame that is slightly bigger than the map. I used the black paper the frame came with to act as a background for the little bit of sides of the map that do not reach the frame. you can't tell, and everyone that comes into my office loves it. (sorry that phrasing is a little weird, let me know if i can clarify in any way)
725313
yes but the maps are very general area. you need to mark a location as home to backtrack to it. it in not a substitute for a map as it is too general area.
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Ok, the map comes all in gold color. You take a coin (ou a key, or something like that) and scratch the country that you visited, and it turns to another color. Kind of like those lottery things, you know? (Sorry, english is not my first language, I tried to explain the best I could)
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I am sorry I can't check on this for you because I gave my map away. I do remember when I used it, it was completely adequate for showing people the places in the world I was talking about. It gives an idea of distance and the relationship of countries' positioning with relation to one another. I think the names are adequate. A paper map would be the better format for lots of precise detail.
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I'm not sure I can answer that. My interest was in cuting the map's land masses off the map and using them on a piece of canvas to get the sames right. Then I used a glue to paste postage stamps into the sames of the land masses. It was not important to me to get boarder lines correct because it was the world not the contries I was after. See the results. http://texnormanartist.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-stamp-map.html
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Yes,of course. It's pre-installed US Map well when it's sold on Amazon.com,thanks for your attention.
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We just played this today! Was given to my brother in law for Christmas and he is very happy with it. The board is slicker than a wooden one but for the price and/or if you need one you can transport, it is great! Hope that helps.
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Yes! I would recommend this board game. My thaugather was 5 when we got this. At first time she had problem to get the concept but since she got it was fun to play. She loves animals, the cards have animals' pictures and it helps to become more fun while they are making strategues. Kids can use both their logic and strategic thinking to win the game. And also there's another great strategy game named Race to the treasure. You can try that one too but first it's better start with sequence game. Hope it helped!
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I beleive it is...I use it here in NJ...I bought one for my father and he goes back and forth from here to florida and he's been using it...I highly doubt he's uploaded any maps to it at all...he's not exactly savvy like that...
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It does have a wooden backing with the name of the states and details associated with each state (ie//Capital, population, Size, Flower, Bird and Motto). The only thing to be aware of, as some other reviewers pointed out, is that some of the smaller states don't have a designated piece or even a piece with a name on it. For example, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, etc...those types of states have the state names on the actual puzzle board but the piece is almost a filler. That being said, I have yet to see US puzzle that has designated pieces for those smaller states.