Just caught this article on PopMatters - a review of The Spinto Band/Bullet Parade/Bikini Carwash Company show that mentions Team Sorry!

"...a place where I've seen the likes of Ben Folds and Stephen Malkmus, so to witness the Spinto Band taking the same stage was quite the mindfuck. Not much different from pulling off the old 2-2-2-10 in Team Sorry!, if you catch my drift."

2-2-2-10 is a classic Team Sorry! move, also known as The Clavelli. The Clavelli is named after Tony Clavelli, who once won a game with that 4-card move.

update: another mention of The Spinto Band's favorite board game at Venuszine here.

update 2: watch footage of The Spinto Band and The Bikini Carwash Company playing Team Sorry! while on tour here. Interesting insights into the game all around (plus lots of good pizza).

Lauren just sent me a link to Hasbro's site for the Sorry! Card Revenge game, a spin-off of our beloved Team Sorry! The game centers around a large plastic version of the red pawn that talks (and even has pre-programmed sayings for when it's still in the package - stuff like 'buy me please').

I would like to take this opportunity to restate TableTalk's position on this Sorry! Card Revenge game. As far as we are concerned, this game is not true Sorry!

That said, if you take the batteries out the red pawn looks great on your desk at work and sure to be a great conversation starter.

As many of you know, the official Parker Brothers edition of Travel Sorry! ruins the game by including a spinner instead of cards. There's really been no good way to take Sorry on the road... that is until now.



Sorry! all-star Megan Streb made a felt-on-felt travel Sorry! board, which you can see here. The board features many cute touches, such as a home on the home space (why hasn't Parker Bros. thought of that?) You'll also notice how your teammate's color is your background - red behind the yellow home, blue behind the green home, etc. This reenforces the concepts of teamwork and trust that are so crucial to Sorry!

Great job Megan!

Dave, who Tabletalk recently interviewed, was walking down the street with Amir when they saw - get ready for it - a Sorry board in a clear plastic trash bag filled with clothes. They rescued the board and took it in and I'm proud to announce that I've checked and the board does still have all it's pawns. A check on the correct amount of cards is still pending, but the prognosis is good.

Isn't that just a great story?

I don't know how you guys play, but I try to not use Sorry! cards unless they both help me and hurt my opponent. If it helps you but doesn't really hurt the other guy, I say save it. An opportunity will soon present itself.

Unless it's the end of the game. Then you want to just get those Sorry!s out of your hand.

Have you guys heard of Bill Brown? This 19-year-old has been tearing up the Connected Ventures after-work Sorry! Club circuit, starting his with an unprecedented 10 wins and 0 losses. Who could stop this kid? How about Dave Cho, who last night teamed up with Bill for his first loss against the dynamic teamup of Blumenfeld/Dougherty. From what I've heard, Blumenfeld stockpiled the 1's and 2's - a controversial yet effective strategy. When the game was winding down, Blumenfeld busted out a 2, 2, 2, 10 setting Dougherty up to win the game with a 3.

What do you guys think? Is stockpiling 1's and 2's for the end of the game just a part of Sorry!, or does it breach basic Sorry! etiquette?

Thomas Hughes writes in an email: "On a related note, my dad went to the historical camp where F.D.R used to spend his vacations and in a glass case there was a 1930's edition of Sorry! I wonder how he slid his pieces if he polio. OH! SNAP!!"

Who did the layout for the site?

Tabletalk was designed by Team Sorry all-star Justin Huntington.

Did you invent Team Sorry?

First of all, nobody invented Team Sorry - it was discovered. The way we play Team Sorry is a combination of the two sets of variant rules already included in the instructions to Sorry! with a few minor game tweaks wherever we found them neccesary.

I just want to thank everyone who wrote in, worried about David Cho's Sorry! career. Though he lost the game he was involved in at the time of the interview, he has since gone on to win a game (Cho/Rubin v. Doughty/Moberg). His record is now 1 and 7.