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Degrasorry

2006-01-30T19:05:00.000-08:00

I know it's been a while since I last blogged. I'm trying to be careful, because I beleive those words are a sure sign of a last-ever blog post but I feel a need to explain myself. I've been involved in a top secret project for which I signed an N.T.A. (no tabletalk agreement). I'm happy to say that now, I can finally talk about what I've been working on.

Meet Degrasorry! - a glorious combination of Team Sorry! and teen soap opera Degrassi: The Next Generation.

It was a birthday gift - no a tribute - to a man who has given a lot to the game of Team Sorry!, Scott.

My longtime Team Sorry! partner Michele came up with the idea. She also made the board. Rumor has it she spent many hours at Home Depot talking the idea out and figuring out the best way to make a Team Sorry! board. Everyone who seen it agreed she had done it. It is wooden, hefty, and becomes it's own table. It's perfect for the wooden pawns she painted. It also comes with a felt carrying case, which is very classy.

The cards are all unique and were written by Jon Wiener, a Team Sorry! player whom I have blogged about before. Jon also wrote instructions that gave the game a little backstory as a students vs. teachers affair. At the end of the post, I'll paste all the cards he wrote for the game because they deserve to be read by all. You can also use them to create your own Degrasorry! games at home!

Other people who helped with the project included me (designing the cards, printing them, spraying them with playing card gloss), Matt (who helped refine the design, consulted on the printing, making sure there was an ! after the word "Degrasorry") and Dave Trawin (who doesn't know Scott, doesn't play Sorry, and doesn't watch Degrassi but helped with the printing anyway because he's such a nice guy).

A historical note - the first game played on the board was Farrell & Wiener v. Rubin & Catena. Farrell & Wiener got all eight men home first, but everyone was a winner.

The cards were:
SORRY CARDS

-Rick shot you and now you're bound to a wheelchair. SORRY! about your basketball career, Jimmy.
-You smoked Jay's pole, now you pay the toll...SORRY! for your recent acquisition of the clap, Emma.
-Ashley took some E and ruined everything! SORRY! she called you a hag, Paige!
-The tests came back positive. SORRY! It's time to shave the snake, Archie!
-Dear Degrassi 4th season and Joey and Caitlin's relationship, SORRY! I ruined you. Love, Kevin Smith.
-The Duke got arrested before I could finish driving you to the school dance. The Duke is SORRY!

4 CARDS

-Your ferret got electrocuted. Move back 4 spaces, Ellie.
-Dylan wants to fuck everything! Move back 4 gay spaces, Marco.
-You are Chester. Move back 4 spaces.
-Wearing a white skirt on the day of your first period? Move back 4 spaces, Emma.
-You're not really Jamaican? Please move back 4 spaces, Hazel.
-You just got dissed by a plus sized model. Move back 4 spaces, ice cream boy!

11 CARDS

-JT finally kisses you, Liberty! Swap places or move ahead 11 out of pure joy.
-Hey Craig...Ash totally wants to get back together! Swap places or move ahead 11 because you're coastin', dude!
-Emma loves you, Sean. Don't screw it up! Swap places or move ahead 11 to the right side of the tracks.
-Paige is gonna show a teacher her (Mr.) O face! Swap places or move ahead 11, but keep it hush-hush!
-Manny, you are finally going out with Craig/JT/Spinner/Everybody! Swap places or move ahead 11, one space for each base you've gotten to.
-Dean invited you to his party! I think he likes you! Paige, Swap places or move ahead 11, one for each time you'll say "NO!" later.

12 CARDS

-Tracker moved out and you're on student welfare. Bust out some chocolate cake, chocolate milk and "Istanbul", by Evren and move ahead 12 spaces!
-Jeremiah Motors sells two SUVs! Move ahead 12 spaces!
-Marco wins the school presidency! Celebrate for 12 spaces!
-JT loured out the pregnant Guinea Pig! Move ahead 12 spaces, be sure to check out Hatzilakos' rack along the way!
-Kwan's on an extended hiatus! You move 12 spaces until you realize that Raditch is taking over.
-JT got a list of free porn sites! Tripple SEX-X-X.com in no less than 12 spaces.

10

-JT, Danny got you a penis pump! Move ahead 10 spaces -or- Manny caught you enhancing your stack of dimes, so move back one space.
-Manny, you made it to the gymnastics finals. Move ahead 10 spaces -or- You feel the baby kick while balance-beaming and fall off, so move back one space.
-You won the Kid Elrich tix! Move ahead 10 spaces -or- Silent Alarm! Busted! Move back 1 space.
-Jimmy (??), Spin's Ritalin enhances your jump shot! Move ahead 10 spaces -or- You get pulled from the team for bad team-play, so move back 1 space.
- Jimmy411: Liberty. Armstrong. Doing it. Move ahead 10 spaces -or- It's just a rumor, so move back 1 space.
-Downtown Sasquatch wins the battle of the bands. Move ahead 10 spaces -or- Ash totally burned Craig with the hot shirts and slammin' song. Back one space.

2 CARDS

- Congrats, Emma! You got 200 signatures to stop GM foods in the Caf! Move out of start or move two spaces...and play another card for being so eco-friendly!
- The Montreal Crew digs the way you roll. Move out of start or move two spaces...and play another card for not boring the Montreal Crew.
- Kendra is totally into your knowledge of Anime. Move out of start or move two spaces...and play another card for finally getting some!
- Ms. Sauve helped you stop cutting! Move out of start or move two spaces...and play another card for befriending Paige. I hear she puts out!
- You get to live with Joey and your half-sister. Craig, move out of start or move two spaces...and play another card because Joey gets all of the cable channels!
- Dylan isn't messing with you. He really wants to go out on a date! Marco, move out of start or move two spaces...and play another card because Dylan is pretty.

The last Sorry! pictures of 2005? FEATURING A 1934 BOARD!

2006-01-02T18:24:00.000-08:00

Cheston of Cheston's LiveJournal posted some pictures from the New Years party I mentioned in the last post. When I implied our New Years was full of Team Sorry!, I meant it!

This picture not only features Team Sorry! players Jon Wiener and Cheston, but also Jon's 1935 Sorry! board. The box proclaims it as the first edition to include rules for a "for points" variant of Sorry! Of course "for points" would eventually mutate into the sport of Team Sorry! we all love.

Another highlight is the 11 card. If you think the 11's in the 1980's edition of Sorry! is overly verbose, you are not going to believe this one. It refers to the players already on the board as "margin men" - a Sorry! vocab word that seems to have fallen out of mainstream use.

We spent much of the night imagining the games that the board had seen. On the inside of the box someone penciled on a list of names in elegant cursive. Is this the first written record of Sorry being played for points? If so, the board may be worth more than even if it's owner knows.

Thanks for bringing the board Jon. It was a pleasure and an honor to play on it.

(update: photo credit Gretchen Lohse, who is in the other pictures of the board on Cheston's LiveJournal!)

Sorry! in Family Circle

2006-01-02T14:42:00.000-08:00

Happy new years Team Sorry! players! I hope your party had as much Team Sorry! as Tabletalk's did.

2006's first Sorry! scoop comes from Kim T. - a player well known on the Penn State/Brooklyn Sorry! Circuit for her ruthless use of 11's.

Now, I'm sure you may have missed it as you ripped into the December issue of Family Circle--I, too, couldn't wait to get to "Festive Family Feasts" and "Crowd-Pleasing Cookies" in the back of the magazine. Luckily, I stopped for a second at the editor's letter. See, my dear friend's boyfriend's mom (got that?) was just let go as the editor-in-chief, and I wanted to check out the bitch who replaced her. Ready to deface her editor's portrait with a fine-point felt-tip pen, I was shocked that what I saw, instead, brought a tear to my eye: The editor's entire family gathered around a Sorry! board!

If you look at the photo closely, little Nick is busy setting up for a game, and darling Susannah stares on in anticipation (either that, or she's really hungry for the popcorn sitting next to the board). But I digress--the moral of the story is this: How could I hate her? What a clever move by the folks at the Meredith Corporation, which publishes the magazine, to endear their new editor-in-chief to their loyal Family Circle readers. I have attached the page and am now inspired to go round up the fam for some Sorry! Enjoy!

Thanks Kim!

Sorry! Declared 1934's Most Popular Toy

2005-12-17T11:39:00.000-08:00

Forbes has an article about the most popular toys for each of the last ten decades, and guess which boardgame gets a mention? The article's mostly fluff (especially for Forbes, I imagine), but there are some interesting tidbits, particularly in the slideshow. Did you know Play-doh was originally invented to clean wallpaper? Or that Raggedy Ann was developed by NASA as a companion for all-male astronaut crews?

The 11-Chip

2005-11-21T20:43:00.000-08:00

As we return from a long weekend and games of Team Sorry! with those closest to us, it is important to remember the people who have given the most to the game. This is the first of Tabletalk's retrospective on those who have improved Team Sorry! for everyone. Our first installment will focus on Sorry! visionary Alvus Middington.

If he were not tragically stolen from us, last Thursday would have been Alvus Middington's 100th birthday. Alvus, for those who are new to the game, invented the 11-chip in 1962.

(above: Avus in an undated photo)

When the first computers that ran on vacuum tubes were built, one of the first tasks they were put to was Team Sorry! game theory. Scientists of the era were fascinated with the idea of a machine that could play Sorry!

"There's no reason that every house can't have a Team Sorry! playing machine of their own by the end of the decade. These machines, which may be as small as a large car, could run millions of calculations a second and substitute itself for one player so that 3 people can play Team Sorry!, even if a fourth isn't available. We suspect the wealthy will purchase two of them for the home, so they can play with only two people."
~Popular Science, May 1955.

There was one problem - the machine could not run the calculations neccesary to compute proper 11 use. 11's, as all readers of TableTalk know, allow you to move foward 11 spaces or switch spaces with any other pawn on the board. This increases the number of possible plays exponentially. The calculations caused the machine to beep furiously, shoot out black smoke, and eventually explode. Scientists in lab coats took the functionality out of the machine, figuring that an artificial intelligence who could play a perfect game of Team Sorry! with the other eleven cards was good enough.

They were wrong. The machine was a total disaster and it's biggest manufacturer, Sorry!Netics went out of business almost immediately.

The idea of a robot that could play Sorry! fascinated a young computer engineer named Alvus. Dissapointed with modern Team Sorry! technology, he worked tierlessly in his parents basement for years perfecting a model for artificial intelligence capable of using an 11.

Then, one day, he did it. Since his journal is written in code, nobody is quite sure how his discovery came about but Alvus had perfected a machine capable of using every card in a standard Sorry! deck. Of course it seemed the market was not ready for Alvus' invention and his company, Sorry!telligence went belly up in under three months. Alvus was shocked. He took what little money he had, three of his most advanced and succesfull Sorry! playing robots, and lived the rest of his life as a hermit. He refused all requests for interviews until his death in 1973.

Alvus' work is still used today in a wide variety of Sorry! products today - from the Talking Sorry! card revenge game all the way to Sorry! for the Gameboy Advance.

Alvus, we at Tabletalk salute you.

Patent No. 01903661

2005-11-21T18:56:00.000-08:00

As the girl at the local coffee shop where I play the Lottery every week could tell you, Sorry is registered as patent #01903661 with the US patent office. But what exactly is contained within patent #01903661 ?

Click and find out!

A fascinating read!

update:
Team Sorry! All-Star JW had this to say:

JW: yeah, Nick and I were planning a trip to the Patent Office in DC
JW: so we could check it out
JW: we're going to print out the original board drawing on large paper and mount it as a new board

(thanks Nick for sending in the drawing and for the hot tip!)

Regarding the complaints

2005-11-07T09:31:00.000-08:00

There is one complaint about TableTalk I hear over and over again - people think the site is too mainstream. There are those who think we cater to a "Middle America Team Sorry! player" instead of the really hardcore fan.

I think I speak for everyone at the TableTalk when I say we understand your concerns. We are just trying to bring as many people into the world of Team Sorry! as possible. Look for The Sorry Blog! to take more risks in the coming months as we strive to bring you the very best from the world of Team Sorry!

Sorry! and CollegeHumor

2005-10-31T13:07:00.000-08:00

I don't know if you were aware, but in addition to editing/maintaining TableTalk I also, on the side, work as the assistant editor over at CollegeHumor.com. This picture was submitted to us and isn't quite ridiculous enough to make the site, but thanks to Ricky who saved a copy before it was sent to obscurity on CollegeHumor Raw.

As Matt put it, "Interesting. They seem to be playing the old style with a single draw pile and only one dildo."

Thanks for sending the pic, supahchik!

Sorry Greeting Card

2005-10-19T17:42:00.000-07:00

Just came across this.

What better way to tell the Team Sorry! fanatic in your life you are thinking of them through their surgery?

Sorry! Customer Images on Amazon

2005-09-27T12:53:00.000-07:00

I have taken the liberty of submitting some of my Sorry! Pictures as customer images on Amazon. Head over here and check out the 2 images.

You can share customer images for any product on Amazon. Wouldn't it be great to submit pictures of yourself just playing around with s-video cable?

Madagascar SORRY! Update

2005-09-19T08:49:00.000-07:00

I was talking with Tabletalk's web designer Justin, who pointed out to me that Madagascar is a Dreamworks production yet the last licensed edition of Sorry! we saw was Disney Sorry!

What happened between Disney and Sorry? Was Disney upset that the board in Disney! Sorry is difficult to follow, particularly around the safety zones?

We'll keep you updated here at Tabletalk - the Internet's only Sorry Blog.

BREAKING: A New Edition of Sorry!

2005-09-19T06:20:00.000-07:00

This weekend, I spotted a new edition of Sorry! Don't get too excited, it's more Disney Sorry! and less birthday Sorry! Meet the newest member of the Sorry! family, Madagascar Sorry!

I didn't see Madagascar, but I'm still going to go ahead and assume it was an awful movie.

Some details: the pieces resemble the pieces on the Sorry! Disney edition. As always, the board is divided up into 4 teams. From what I could tell the main characters of the movie star as yellow, with penguins representing red, monkeys for yellow, and green for lemurs. I suppose theoretically you could switch them to your hearts desire. Ever wondered what would happen if the giraffe, a penguin, and two monkeys teamed up? Now's your chance to find out!

Some of the cards have bonus rules on them, much like Disney Sorry! These will be like "If you are blue, move an additional piece back 4 spaces" or something. Generally, these ridiculous rules are ignored for Team Sorry!

Amazon has pictures.

By the way, does anyone know what Library Sorry! Game Set may be?

They Are Starting Young

2005-09-07T07:34:00.000-07:00

Gentlemen, I've just seen the future of Team Sorry! (via Jake)

There are things in life more important than 2-4 combos

2005-09-06T07:48:00.000-07:00

I know a lot of people have been wrapped up in their Team Sorry! games over the weekend, but please take the time to give to any Hurricane Katarina relief fund.

Team Sorry! on Pop Matters

2005-08-26T09:41:00.000-07:00

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).

Expensive Desk Chotchkes

2005-08-23T06:25:00.000-07:00

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.

Travel Sorry

2005-08-11T08:35:00.000-07:00

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!

A Heart Warming Tale

2005-08-10T08:51:00.000-07:00

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?

Counterpoint: Take Risks with the Sorry! Card

2005-08-08T18:13:00.000-07:00

Personally, I think that's the kind of conservative play that'll keep you out of home base. Remember, this is Team Sorry!, not a mutual fund. You've got to take risks.

While using a Sorry! when it both helps you and hurts your opponent is a good idea, I encourage players to play faster and looser with the game's namesake card. Strictly regimented playing styles not only starve the game of excitement, they make it easier for your opponents to predict your play. A strict style also makes you a less compatible partner.

Try to use the Sorry! card creatively and unexpectedly, and consider the following strategies...

If you've been hoarding Sorry!s, or you suspect your partner is, a Sorry! early in the deck is cheaper than a late one, because it denies your opponent access to the card until the next deck flip.
A Sorry! or eleven throwdown often leads to a Sorry! or eleven response, and surprisingly often can lead to three or four consecutive special-card plays. A premeditated sacrifice Sorry! can be a reasonably effective counter-hoarding strategy.
Generally, I favor using Sorry! to hurt your opponent over a Sorry! for an allied gain. The reason is simple-- an eleven can be 'undone' without sacrifice by either an eleven or a Sorry! (typically), whereas a Sorry! can only be 'undone' by another Sorry!. The consequences of having your defensive Sorry! reversed are greater than having your offensive Sorry! reversed (because you can always get a man out of home, but only your opponent's mistake will back him out of the Safety Zone).
Being Sorry!ed can devastate team morale. An opponent who appears emotionally shaken after an obvious mistake or string of bad luck may be pushed into more reckless play by an immediate Sorry!ing, even if the strategic gain of the move is negligible.

In light of these suggestions, I also encougage players to carefully consider the play of their partners-- especially in cases where use of the Sorry! card seems to defy the conventions of the game. While all partners make mistakes, there are rare cases where your partner's apparently nonsensical move may represent a brilliant leap of strategy he simply can't communicate to you without table talk.

When It's Wrong To Use a Sorry!

2005-08-08T12:54:00.000-07:00

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.

BREAKING: Sorry Wunderkid Bill Brown Goes Down

2005-08-03T09:07:00.000-07:00

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?

I bet his noise was like a "zwoooooop"

2005-08-02T13:35:00.000-07:00

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!!"

DAVID CHO UPDATE

2005-08-01T11:57:00.000-07:00

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.

Dave Cho: The Tabletalk Interview

2005-07-25T11:45:00.000-07:00

I thought for a novice blogger such as myself, my first blog entry should concern a novice Sorry! player. Dave Cho recently started playing Sorry and though he may not have much experience, all his opponents will tell you about his heart. Still, that heart has gone unfufilled by 3 devestating losses to give "D.C." an 0 and 3 record.

Tabletalk: How Did You First Start PLaying sorry?
DC: You told me about Sorry!, dumbass.

Tabletalk: and what did you think when you first heard about sorry
DC:I used to always get it confused with the game that had the dice in the bubble. I thought they were the same game. I had no idea Sorry! was a game of strategy. I just thought it was another game of chance.

Tabletalk:what made you first open your eyes to the kind of strategy required to play sorry
DC: There were so many options. I think your personality can really come out in the way you choose to play. Each move has a certain factor of risk, that speaks volumes I think. It's like in life: high risk, high reward. That being said, I've yet to actually win a game of Sorry!.

Tabletalk: Through how many games?
DC: I am currently 0-3. I have a fourth game pending right now as we speak.

Tabletalk: Why do you think victory has eluded you thus far?
DC: My first two losses were nailbiters, it was just the draw of the cards. My most recent defeat was an utter debacle, we discarded on about 8/10 turns. It was really embarassing. No one wins in a game like that.

Tabletalk: Thanks for your time David, it's been really enlightening talking to you. I'm going to close this one with the same question we use to close all our TableTalk interviews. What's your favorite card?
DC: That's like asking me to pick my favorite child. But,my gut tells me that the 7's versatility--you could potentially get two people home in one turn with one card--lends me to pick it as my fave.

An Intro to Team Sorry

2005-07-17T13:02:00.000-07:00

Welcome to TableTalk - the first blog about Team Sorry for Points.

TableTalk FAQ

1. What is Team Sorry! For Points

Team Sorry! for Points (henceforth reffered to as just "Sorry!") is a combination of the two alternate rule sets for the Parker Brothers game Sorry! Instead of just trying to win by yourself, you and a partner control each other's pieces. Also, instead of just flipping over cards you play out of a hand of five, greatly increasing the amount of skill required - though luck is still a factor.

2. What's a Sorry! blog?

A Sorry! blog covers all the important Sorry! related news going on in the world. We'll talk about the strategies top players are using, Sorry!'s coverage in the media, and coverage of important Sorry! news from around the globe. We'll be interviewing some of the top Sorry! players about their tactics, teammates, favorite cards, and they are going to be telling all!

3. How is Sorry! played?

GOAL: The goal of Sorry! is to get all eight of you and your teammates pawns into home before the other team.

Four players sit around a Parker Brothers Sorry! board and are assigned the color in front of them. The red and yellow players become one team, and the blue and green players become the other. Since you and your teammate win and lose as a team, you can move each other's pawns freedly. All players start with 3 pawns in start and a pawn on the circle directly outside of start. A dealer deals each player 5 cards.

On your turn, you play one card out of your hand and follow the instructions on that card. The cards are as follows:

1 - Move foward 1 or move a man out of start.
2 - Move foward 2, or move a man out of start. Draw again. (in order to draw again you play one card out of your current hand of 4, and then draw 2 cards to fill your hand back up to 5 again).
3 - Move foward 3.
4 - Move BACKWARD 4.
5 - Move foward 5.
6 - There are no 6 cards.
7 - Move foward 7, or split the 7 spaces between two and only two pawns (note: one pawn can be yours and one your teammate's).
8 - Move foward 8.
9 - There are no 9's.
10 - Move foward 10 or backward 1.
11 - Move foward 11 or switch any 2 pawns already on the board. You can switch with your teammate, or with an opponent, as long as one of the pieces involved is you or your teammate's.
12 - Move foward 12.
SORRY! - Take a man out of you or your teammate's start and replace any man on the board. Send that man back to their start. You can't play a Sorry! if you have nobody in home.

(note: the properties of any card are also printed on that card so you don't need to memorize it. After 1 game it will be like second nature!)

If you have any possible move that doesn't result in one of your pawns being sent to start, you must play it even if it's to your disadvantage (honor system here).

You can't sorry or 11 someone out of the safety zone, however you may be forced to back out of the safety zone. You can not back out of home.

If you don't have a move, you must discard a card from your hand and draw again.

4. Are you serious? That's a lot of rules.

It's really not too bad, trust me. You'll pick it up after 1 game. Actually, there are three more VERY important rules.

5. Three more rules!?

Yes, possibly the most important three rules of the game. They are:

- If you Sorry! someone, you MUST say "sorry" though you do not have to mean it.
- If a pawn lands on the arrow space of a slide that's not his color, he slides to the end of it sending anything along his way back to Sorry! When you slide, you must make a noise.
- When the game ends, the 4 players must celebrate with a 4-way high five.

6. What is TableTalk?

When playing you cannot communicate strategy or the contents of your hand to your teammate. Doing so is known as table-talk and in game context it's strictly dishonorable. Bring your tabletalk here instead.