Ever since it made its debut as the first ever show on Channel 4, Countdown has been a classic amongst housewives, pensioners, students and anyone else lucky enough to be near a television at around 3.30pm on weekday afternoons!Regular viewers will know the that the aim of the game is to make the biggest word possible out of 9 letters in 30 seconds. In the absence of Dictionary Corner it might be worth having a dictionary close to hand to solve any disputes! Pumplflof isn't a word - accept it!In between all the letters games are a few maths games, where the aim is to get to a randomly generated number using the 6 numbers that Carol selects. Try and make 965 from a couple of 2's, a 9, a 10, a 75 and a 100. It's not as easy as it sounds! It's actually 9 x 100 + 75 - 10, so that was quite easy! - EdWell it's not always that easy. Even the mercurial Carol Vorderman struggles sometimes!Then of course, comes the Conundrum. Thousands of people across the land will perch on the edge of their sofa ready for 9 letters to come up, knowing that there is definitely a 9 letter word there. The letters come up at once. MORSIPING, for example. 'Oh, I know it, what is it….' you say to yourself. Normally, within seconds the buzzer will go and the brainbox contestant will confidently proclaim 'Promising', leading to the usual 'Oh, I would have got it in another couple of seconds!' from everybody watching at home! With this game you will be able to play against mere mortals like yourselves, so you might actually be the first to get a conundrum for once!Until now the only way to play the game was to either compete with the contestants on the actual shows (and let's face it, unless you can get 7 or 8 letter words every time you're gonna take a thrashing!) or to play the board game with hundreds of cards, a rickety display stand and a bell timer! Now you can play it like it really is on the telly!This DVD game is exactly the same format as the real TV game show, complete with Des, Carol and over 300 rounds against the famous clock! Fantastic! You can play against friends or family, or in the single player Conundrum game, so it's a great family gift. It even includes Countdown notepad and pencils!
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This post was written by admin on December 3, 2008
