DON'T STEP IN IT GAME REVIEW

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I have two boys, they're 12 and 9. Every stereotype you've ever heard about boys, they are absolutely true for my kids. That's why I picked up Don't Step In It. (read more)

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DON'T STEP IN IT GAME REVIEW VIDEO

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DON'T STEP IN IT GAME REVIEW - WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

The game is pretty basic as far as contents, and I want to point out that everything packs BACK in the box nicely when you're done. It's not one of those games where you're wondering what magic happened during packaging, cause you can't make it happen with your Muggle abilities.

You'll get:

1 x Green Yard Mat
1 x Spinner Top
1 x Spinner Bottom
1 x Spinner Board
1 x POOP mould (I have said "poop" so many times in the last day)
4 x POOP (It's playdough, or a good knockoff)

Two of your POOP containers (I'm just gonna capitalize it every time because that's how I'm saying it in my head) will be light brown, two will be dark brown.

After you play the first time, it'll probably be like an ice cream swirl. 

I'm thinking eventually it's just going to be a color between light and dark brown because it's going to wind up mixed and mashed when you step on it. 

If you're wondering whether or not the POOP clings to your feet and toe cracks, it does.

It really does.

Let's talk set up and game play.

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DON'T STEP IN IT GAME REVIEW -
​HOW TO PLAY

The instructions are fairly simple, and really quite ideal for younger children. I'd say my 12 year old is probably a bit too old for the game, but he is gross so he loves stepping in dog doo. 

The reason I think he's too old is only because he has very long legs. If you can take two steps and get across the mat, it kind of ruins the fun. My 9 year old had the perfect stride, needing at least five or six steps to cross the mat. 

If you can convince your kids to take smaller steps, they'll have more fun.

When you start the game, you're going to need to make five POOP mounds using your POOP mould. We got tired of this fairly quickly and ended up rolling the dough into our favorite disgusting shapes. 

No, it didn't look like the box, but...it was more realistic.

Anyhow, you need to lay out five land mines on the mat. I'm going to suggest doing this after you line up the child at the front of the mat and put his or her blindfold on. Otherwise they'll see the POOP before they start, and that'll give them a better chance of evading it. 

Also, make sure the blindfold is pushed down on the bridge of their nose. They way it's made, it's very easy for them to peek out from the bottom and avoid STEPPING IN IT. My oldest did this his first go round, so we adjusted and it was way more fun.

Once your five POOPS are laid out, someone will need to spin the spinner. You'll either have to take steps, take steps and add a POOP, take steps and remove a POOP, or take steps and swap the POOP around. 

I guess this is why they don't have you blindfold and then lay the POOPS on the yard mat, but we liked doing it the other way.

Once you've spun the spinner, you tell the POOP-walker what to do next. 

"Take 3 steps!"

or

"We're adding a POOP, then you take 5 steps!"

The POOP-walker makes his or her move, and everyone else gets to laugh. It really is hilarious, if short lived. 

The mat is not very long, again, so we never made it more than two spins before it was someone else's turn. Actually I think we only made it two spins once, with my 9 year old. Every other time the person playing was across the mat to the other side on the first spin.

I suppose this could be a good thing, though. If you're playing with small children, they're not going to have the patience for you to spin five times for one player. 

​This really is a more "one and done" type of game. Expect to take your turn, pass the blindfold, rinse and repeat.

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DON'T STEP IN IT GAME REVIEW - SCORING POINTS

Scoring here is like golf, the higher your number, the worse off you are.  Each player counts how many POOPS they step in (you can write it down if you've got a big crowd, like a birthday party) and the person with the most points at the end of the game is the loser.

We played three rounds each, but you could make it longer or shorter based on the time you've got.

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DON'T STEP IN IT GAME REVIEW - THINGS TO KNOW

You're probably going to want to play this game on a wood or linoleum floor. The POOP does stick to your feet, and if you get grossed out and kick around, it'll fly off like a stinky (not really) brown bullet.

But, if you don't kick it off and you end up stepping off the mat on to your carpet or rug, expect mashed up play-dough to haunt your dreams until you get it out. 

Be sure to hunt for all the POOPS after you play, and this is probably where it comes in handy to use the mould provided. We made all different shapes and sizes of POOP, and that means some small pebble pieces got left behind when we policed things up afterward. 

If you're going to deviate and make your own, be vigilant with your cleanup! 

All in all, this was a super fun game and well worth the $11 or whatever I paid for it. If your kids are in to gross stuff, Don't Step In It might just be your next family game night hit.

If you do play, comment below and tell us what you thought, we'd love to to hear!

POOP!
Ty

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