Operation

Pros: Teaches motor skills, eye- hand coordination, and how to count money
Cons: The annoying buzzer can frustrate younger kids; dollar rewards don't correspond with the required effort

Operation is a battery- powered board game brought to you by the folks at Milton- Bradley. This game has been around for years, helping youngsters fine- tune their motor skills introduce them to the topic of surgery. Basics/Object of the Game: ...

Pros: Great Idea and some fun humour in the names of body arts.
Cons: "It's just to dang hard to do"!!

We have the game Operation at our home. The box says for 6 and Up. The fact is, even though I read that some people believe this is a wonderful game, I don't believe most 6 year olds can play successfully and I don't know how anyone of any age can ...

Pros: Uses fine motor, reading and counting skills.
Cons: Can be frustrating for children.

Does your family like to play games? If you do and you have small children, then I really recommend the game Operation, a Milton Bradley game.. The point of the games is to perform a successful operation on Cavity Sam the patient and earn ...

Pros: Players laugh over your mistake.
Cons: Too hard for 6 year olds, pieces are too small, holes are too small.

My son recently purchased Operation for himself using his birthday money. My first thoughts were of me playing this game when I was his age and how much I hated the game then. But he insisted, so I gave in.

As soon as we returned...

Pros: fun, challenging
Cons: small pieces, frustrating

My family loves to play board and card games. Operation has been one of my son’s favorite games for years. This game has been around for a long time; I even had one as a child.

Operation is an electronic board game. The boards consists of a...

Pros: um, I guess it could be fun.
Cons: shoddy game board, dancing pieces, game is hard.

Operation was one of those games that I never had as a kid. Somehow, my oldest child (who is 5) and I got in a conversation about the game, and I told her I would pick it up next time I was at the store. I bought the game at Wal-Mart for $14 something. ...

Pros: Fun game that the family can play together.
Cons: small pieces are easily lost, buzzer will give you a heart attack!

My 9 year old son received this game as a Christmas present this last Christmas. He loves playing games, so I was sure he would love it. I remembered playing this as a child myself, and figured him and his younger sister and brother (ages 8 and 6)...

Pros: Hand-eye coordination; counting skills practice
Cons: Buzzer will give you a coronary

Imagine the opening scene of ER. Cue the siren-like music. Go to the quick cuts of doctors and nurses wheeling this patient into the operating room, grabbing gauze to staunch the blood flow of that patient, then scurrying to the next keening invalid.
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Pros: classic, retro design, brings back memories!
Cons: that wacky buzzer can frighten younger kids and Sam is naked :-O

Just like ER only not quite as gruesome and graphic! The object of this classic game says it all: Perform Successful “Operations” to collect the most money!” Do this using a game board in which the patient, Cavity Sam,(kind of gross if you think...

Pros: teaches motor skills
Cons: loud buzzer, small parts

Once you've heard that buzzer you'll never forget it. Ever. It's loud. What am I going on about? The buzzer that sounds if you are unfortunate enough to touch the wrong spot in the game Operation.

Operation lets you play doctor on a cardboard...

Pros: long lasting fun
Cons: small pieces

This game will NEVER get old! Who would have thought that such a simple game could offer so many hours of fun?

The idea of the game is simple. You choose a card and attempt to remove the piece named from the body. The gameboard shows a...

Pros: Um, you get to remove body parts
Cons: Loud buzzer, small pieces easily lost

Operation has been around for generations. First made by Milton Bradley Company, it was later being manufactured by Hasbro, Inc. as were many other toys originally designed by Milton Bradley Company. If you don't believe me about it being around for...

Pros: Simple rules, fun, quick to play
Cons: Frustrating for some

Having been a fan of Operation when I was a child, I was delighted to see it in the store and buy it for my own children. It has been around a long time; since 1965, to be exact.

The game is a 9 x 15-1/2 inch rectangle with a red plastic...

Pros: lots of fun
Cons: tiny pieces

Warner Brother's has a hit with this classic game. I had this in my home as a child. It has not lost its appeal.

The object of the game is simple. The game board is a mans body. You have cards that you pick one at a time when it is your turn...

Pros: fun for the whole family, any number can play
Cons: buzzing can freak out little kids

Imagine how useful it would be to surgeons if they could be warned that they've made an incorrect move during surgery.

BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! You improperly removed the funny bone. Please step aside and let the next person try.

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