Editorial Review

Mexican Train is a wonderful all-ages game of skill and strategy for two to eight players. Trains of dominoes spread over the table as each player attempts to avoid being railroaded. The object of the game is to be the first player to play all of his dominos or to play a domino on the Mexican train. Add to your own train, start a new one on the central hub, or play on an opponent's "stalled" train. However, it's almost worth losing this game of Mexican Train just to press the electronic train hub and hear it whistle like a real locomotive! Includes nine train games pieces, decent instructions, and 91 pro-size double-twelve color-dot dominoes--all stored in a convenient train-shaped metal tin. --Deb Oroszlan ... Read more

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An Entertaining Version of an Old Favourite
After my 10-year-old son spent the night at a sleepover his friend's mom told me that he actually passed on video games to spend hours playing a game with her, her husband, and thier teenager. Then she told me this amazing game that could entertain adults, teenagers, and 10 year olds for so long despite the call of video games was Mexican Train Dominoes! This version has colorful locomotive peices and an electronic locomotive that makes sounds, which goes over big with the younger crowd.

more fun than a barrel of monkees
One of the household favorites, this game is enjoyed by three generations of family. Even the friends of our "cool teenagers" want to play when they come over to our house. We modify the rules a bit to suit the age and interest of the players. We even play an adult version when the kids are gone.

FANTASTIC Fun!
This is a GREAT "all ages" game. When grandpa & grandma come to visit, we ALL play! Even my 7 year old can play. He isn't fast enough to count a double 12 domino, but he matched the colors! They almost look forward to not being able to play so they can place the train & make the station hoot & whistle! ... Read more

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Timeless and classic.
Scrabble is probably one of the games I remember playing first as an older kid; and the Spanish version was what I played at family gatherings - it's part of my heritage. It was exciting to find it on the net! I called various toys r us stores and was only able to get it through the net. Great game.

An Old Version of Spanish Scrabble!
I'm bilingual (Spanish/English) but my elderly mother's command of English is limited. Decades ago we bought a "foreign edition" Scrabble set, manufactured by Selchow & Righter Co. of Bay Shore, NY. Our set is truly a Spanish version, lacking "k" but with "ñ," "ll," and "rr" (the latter two no longer individual letters in Spanish) and with plenty of the more common vowels in the Spanish language. The letter values differ from the English values, commensurate with their degree of usage in each language. The last copyright notice on the Spanish game is from 1953. We bought it in the early 70's. Why didn't Hasbro follow this edition for their Spanish version? It is definitely a more accurate and educational one!

Spanish can be better
I live in Puerto Rico. My friends and I usually play in both in English and Spanish at the same time. But if you what to learn Spanish I will recommend playing the game entirely en Español. I will give you the pros and cons of this version:

Pros:
1. You can make higher scores in Spanish. K-8 points, W-8 points, Q-8 points but much easier to use, LL-8 points, RR-8 points, Ñ-8 points, and it is much easier to get rid of all your letters than in English.
2. Spanish words are written just as you pronounce them (that is why there are no Spanish spelling bees).
3. You can learn Spanish in a fun way, plus the game can be used in English and it has a couple more vowels.

Cons:
1. There are no really good Spanish dictionaries, other than the Spanish Royal Academy Dictionary (Amazon has it at a reasonable price). And no Spanish Scrabble dictionary is to be found. This will make it hard on verb conjugation.

Whether you play it in Spanish or English or both the Spanish tiles are definitely better. Go ahead and try this version. Come on, you know you what to.

We love this game!
I'm a Spanish teacher and I found this game in a closet when I started teaching at my current school. I only teach the first two years of Spanish. To play the game entirely in Spanish is difficult and takes forever with new learners. We play in Spanish and English. If the student plays an English word they receive the normal amout of points. If the student plays a Spanish word he/she receives double the point value in addition to any extra points offered by the squares on the board. We had a 72 point Spanish word the other day. It is great fun and the students bury themselves in Spanish dictionaries trying to find the next big word!

Remember this is really a challenge in any language!
I am bilingual and bought this game for my mother. We were told that she has beginning stages of Alzheimer's. Well I think the doctors are wrong but just in case I got this for her.

Words games do stimulate synaptic links and activate the language center in the brain.

About the comment that this game is difficult in Spanish: The game is not easily in any language!

Also, keep in mind that Spanish due to its strong metaphorical constructs have many ways of expressing similar things. The poetry and imagery expressed in Spanish literature is quite powerfull.

Just have fun, learn and reinforce! :) ... Read more

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Spanish Monopoly Review
This is really a great game... it's perfect for any students taking Spanish and could be used during down time in a classroom. Unfortunately, they do not put any Spanish places on the board, it is just translated American sites. But it's still really fun!

Been around for many years
I have been using Spanish Monopoly for many years. From Madrid, as a matter of fact, not the version you see advertised here, though it was manufactured by this company. It's fun, entertaining, educational, the students just love it, and I drag it out in Spanish class year after year after year.

Mr. Monopoly Speaks Spanish?!
Wow! Monopoly in Spanish! I never knew this even existed but here it is! Monopoly is a great game that's played all over the world, so I think it's great that the rules are available to those who speak Spanish. No cheating now.....don't fool those who don't speak Spanish! ... Read more