Complex to assemble, but fun to play
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
In an effort to ban the cyber-world from grandchild play, I ordered this four-game, three surface contraption. It has hundreds of parts that one must inventory within 48 hours of receipt, or the company will charge for replacing them. The inventory took about 3 hours. Two tiny, but crucial, pieces were missing.

The company suggested that 3-8 hours would be required for assembly. It took this grandfather about 48 hours over a two-week period. The assembly instructions were sometimes hard to follow owing to an nearly exclusive dependence on minimal visuals in very light print with no accompanying text.

Once assembled, but, the games are a joy to play, and while my anti-cyber tactic was not entirely thriving, it at least gave the kids (of all ages) a break from the electronic world. If you like to mess with hand assembling complex toys, this space-saving contraption should thrill you.

Tough to place together, but fantastic for the kids
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Just bought this game table for my 7 and 9 year olds. They are having fun with it and are very pleased. I’m sure they’d give it more than three stars, but I can’t for two reasons. First, it took over eight hours for me to place the &%$#@)(@!&* thing together. I’m moderately handy, but this thing comes in close to 180 pieces, many of the pre-drilled holes are small more than “dots” that require some elbow grease or power tools to place together. And if you realize you’ve made an error half-way through the construction, you have to do a fantastic deal of backtracking to fix it. Some of the pieces weren’t a perfect fit (or maybe I had them backwards or upside down. The construction manual isn’t terrible, its just alot of work. Reason #2 – Some of the wood surfaces were slightly marred or cracked. Again, maybe I place in a few upside-down, but it didn’t look groundbreaking new by the time I was done. The kids don’t notice, but after 8 hours of work, I noticed.

Not rock solid, but a excellent value
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I ordered this game as an end-of-year gift for my work. It came without the parts kit and instructions, but customer support was awesome; I called the 800 number and they emailed me the PDF within a minute. I inventoried the parts (it took a excellent half hour), emailed them the list of missing parts and received them all in the mail in a few business days.

The table itself took a few hours to place together, including some time backtracking my steps because I had an incorrect side orientation. The instructions are not perfectly clear at all steps, so take your time and read a few steps ahead to avoid problems.

The table is not of the highest quality, but I suspect it’s a relatively excellent value. The wood seems to be paper-veneered fiberboard, and the bars for hockey/foosball are PVC and somewhat bendy. Nonetheless, everyone seems to delight in it.

Pros: Works as you’d expect; fantastic customer support

Cons: Any of these games is not as solid what you’d get if you spent $400 on a single game; assembly takes effort & intuition

jsanespaul
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
First of all, I must say that Amazon had this table MUCH cheaper than other werbsites. Be prepared to take out lots of time to place it all together. Once it is assembled, your kids will like it. My two boys cannot stop playing this. It is another way of keeping your kids off the computer or box. Buttom line is that we really like this.