Madd Capp Checkers - Cupcake Lovers Edition Review

Title: Madd Capp Checkers - Cupcake Lovers Edition

Publisher: Madd Capp

My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Since checkers should be known to the general populace, I won’t go into the basics.  If you are looking at this game, you already like or love the game and want to know whether to buy this one.  Let’s get to it.

Quality: The board is a good sturdy cardboard.  Instead of disks, you get cupcakes!  What a cute idea and having a candle for ‘king me’ is awesome.  The cupcakes are made of plastic and stands at 1.5” tall and wide.  Despite the cover of the box, the cupcakes have silver liners with pink and brown frostings.  No cutie sprinkles.  The candles are made of foam board.  The setup and clean up, in my opinion, does take a little more time.  The cupcake pieces are a bit bulkier and they are stored in a plastic mold that holds them in place.  This is why it might take time.  But I do like it since it keeps everything organize.  I do have one thing to say would be about the popper.  After using it for 3 games, the dice started putting dints in the popper.  It is a minor thing but worth mentioning.

Mechanics with the twist: The rules are the same.  If you want, you can play the game normally.  Or you can have a stimulating time with the twist.  The twist is when you push the popper that house 3 dice before your turn.  Each dice’s sides have pink and brown candles.  When you pop, whatever the side is faced up are the ones you are allow to move during your turn.  (Example: 2 pink candles + 1 brown candle = 2 pink cupcakes and 1 brown cupcake moves.)  The twist definitely made the game faster or longer, depending on skill level.  My games were on the faster side.  I’m not good with strategy games and this addition does make you think of where to move the pieces to your advantage.

I highly recommend this version of checkers.  I don’t love the game, but strongly liked it.  I won’t be playing it over and over again.  That is why I gave it 4 stars.  Everyone I played with liked it as well.  Cute design and a new, interesting challenge made this checkers version a plus!  

Note: I received this ARC from the Amazon Vine program for an honest review.