What happens when you land on someone in Sorry?

You may jump over a pawn (yours or an opponents) that is in your path if you have sufficient movement points. However, two pawns can't occupy the same spot on the board, so if you land on a space that contains another pawn, bump it back to it's “START” space.
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What happens if you land on a player in Sorry?

Any time you land by exact count on the triangle at the beginning of a slide that shows your color, slide ahead to the end and bump any pawns in your way − including your own! − back to their own start areas. If you land on a slide that does not show your color, don't slide, just stay put on the triangle.
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What happens when you slide on Sorry?

If you land on a SLIDE triangle that is not the same color as the pawns you have chosen, then you get to slide to the circle at the end of the triangle. As you slide, bump any other pawns (including your pawns) back to the START space. If the triangle is the same color as your pawns, do not slide.
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What happens if you land on fire in Sorry?

This Sorry game includes special fire and ice power-up tokens that give your pawns more powers against other players. The Ice token freezes a pawn in place and doesn't allow you to move it until the ice token is moved to another player's pawn. The Fire token lets you move much more quickly around the board.
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How does the safety zone work in Sorry?

A Safety Zone may be entered only by a forward move and a player is never allowed to move his man forward beyond this entrance square except to enter his Safety Zone. (NOTE: However, this rule has no application to the exchange of pieces by an opponent through the play of an 11 card.)
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Can you bump yourself out of safety zone in Sorry?

Safety Zones look like Slide Zones, but they are larger. Only you may enter your Safety Zone. All normal rules apply. Note, you can't move backwards into your safety zone, though you can exit a safety zone with a backwards move card.
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Can u put ice on fire in Sorry?

The power-ups apply independently, but the Ice rule overrides the Fire rule and prevents the fired-up pawn from moving. (My idea) The ice freezes the pawn, but also freezes the fire-token until the ice is moved.
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Can you slide on any color in Sorry?

You may only slide on triangles that are not your own color. While sliding you may also bump pawns in your path back to their start. If you land on a triangle of your own color- do not slide, just stay on the triangle.
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What does the diamond mean in Sorry?

time - the game could go on far too long if that were so. The diamond was added in Sorry to make it clearer that there was a barrier and that you could not move forward across your own diamond, although the rules did specify that you could move backwards over it.
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Did Sorry ever have dice?

they played as a kid in the 80's used dice, not cards. SO here is the thing... The version of Sorry I played as a kid used dice as well.
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What is MOVE fire in Sorry?

If you're lucky enough to get the ice token, your pawn can't be bumped or sent back, and the fire token lets you bring an extra pawn into your home space on the board. So power-up with fire and ice as you bump, jump and slide your way to victory. Hasbro Gaming and all related terms are trademarks of Hasbro.
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Did Sorry used to have 4 pawns?

The first edition of the game had 44 cards (four of each) and the extra 1 card was soon introduced as an option for quicker play. A 1996 board from Waddingtons had 5 of each card. Either move a pawn from Start or move a pawn one space forward.
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Do you need dice to play Sorry?

The game consists of three dice, four home bases, a start base, and sixteen pawns, four in each color. Up to four players can play this game. To play, each player takes a home base and sets it on a different color and all of the pawns are put on the start base no matter how many people are playing.
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How do you play Sorry travel game?

To play, kids spin the spinner and move 1 of their pawns according to what they spin. Players can jump opponent's pawns. But don't get bumped because it's all the way back to Start! The first player to get all 4 of their pawns from Start to Home wins!
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Can you have 2 pawns in the safety zone in Sorry?

If you have successfully moved a pawn backward at least two spaces beyond your own START space, you may, on a subsequent turn, move into your own SAFETY ZONE without moving all the way around the board. Notes: ● Two pawns of the same color may never occupy the same space.
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What is the oldest board game?

The Royal Game of Ur

The Royal Game of Ur is the oldest playable boardgame in the world, originating around 4,600 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia. The game's rules were written on a cuneiform tablet by a Babylonian astronomer in 177 BC.
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Who invented Sorry word?

The earliest published use of apology we have evidence of comes from the title of a work by Sir Thomas More, the Catholic humanist and social philosopher of Henry VIII's court. The word appears in his 1533 work Apologye of Syr Thomas More, Knyght.
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When did Candy Land come out?

In 1949, Milton Bradley began selling CANDY LAND, the sweet and simple racing game that introduced young children to the world of games, becoming known as “every child's first game.” More than 70 years later, Candy Land continues to invite new generations into the exciting world of gaming.
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What is the electronic Sorry?

Players start with five cards and follow the directions from the host - a fast-talking, oversized, electronic Sorry pawn with an attitude - as they try to play out their hand of cards onto the discard pile. To discard, a player must match the card color, or play a sequence of cards in numerical order.
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How many cards do you get in Sorry revenge?

There are a total of 109 cards in the deck. Fifty-nine of them are number cards, ranging from 0 to 10. Each player gets five cards. Players take turns, playing a card and picking a replacement from the deck.
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