Hasbro's Sorry! Grab and Go (item E6796), the box our link goes toPhoto: Hasbro
What's in the box: the case with its board, 16 pawns and 45 cardsPhoto: Hasbro
The back of the box: contents, and made in IndiaPhoto: Toycra
Pawns waiting at Start (a full-size board)Photo: ashish joy, CC BY 2.0
Hasbro's newer 2023 box (item F8258), for comparisonPhoto: Hasbro
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Family game

Sorry! Grab and Go

Sorry!'s card-driven race home, in a small case that packs away

2–4players · best with 4
20–40 minplaying time
6+recommended age
Learning curve
Very easy1 / 5
EasyDemanding
Luck & skill
More luck than skill
LuckSkill
Interaction
High
Set-up
About 2 min
Reading
Little

The quick verdict

Full verdict ↓

Great for Children from 6 who can count to 12 and are ready for a game with a few small choices

Think twice if You want a game adults will pick on their own: the card you draw decides most turns

How we rate it

Learning curve. Draw a card, read the number and move. The only choices are which pawn to move and how to use a 7, 10 or 11, which puts it at 1 on our scale with UNO and Connect 4.

Luck & skill. Mostly luck: the card decides how far you go. Picking which pawn to move, how to split a 7 and whom to swap with on an 11 gives a little room for thought.

Interaction. Almost every turn can knock a rival back to Start, and the Sorry! cards, 11s and slides exist to do just that.

Set-up. The first time, an adult sticks the two halves of the board onto the case. After that, open the case, put four pawns on each Start and shuffle the cards: about two minutes.

Reading. Each card has a number and a short English instruction; once the special cards are explained, children who know their numbers can play.

Learning curve: 1 = UNO or Connect 4; 3 = Catan; 5 = a heavy strategy game. These describe the experience, not an overall score.

Is Sorry! Grab and Go right for you?

Great if

  • Children from 6 who can count to 12 and are ready for a game with a few small choices
  • Train journeys and holidays: the board is stuck onto the case, and the pawns and cards pack inside it
  • Families who play Ludo and want a card-driven cousin with more ways to send rivals home
  • Teaching young players to laugh off being sent back to Start

Skip it if

  • You want a game adults will pick on their own: the card you draw decides most turns
  • Someone in the family can't bear being bumped back to Start again and again
  • There are toddlers at home: Hasbro warns of small parts, not for children under 3

How Sorry! Grab and Go plays

Set-up: the first time, an adult opens out the plastic case, peels the backing off the two halves of the gameboard sticker and sticks them on so they meet at the Sorry! logo in the centre. For each game, every player puts four pawns of one colour on their Start space, the shuffled cards go face down on the Cards Here space, and the youngest player begins. Play passes to the left.

  • Time to teach: about 10 minutes.
  • Reading and language: Each card has a number and a few English words, such as Move ahead 3 or Switch places. A child who knows the numbers 1 to 12 can play once an adult has explained the 4, 7, 10, 11 and Sorry! cards, and the chatter round the board can be in Hindi, Marathi or any mix. The rules leaflet is in English.

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A turn, step by step

  1. 1
    Draw

    Draw a card and do what it says. In this box any numbered card can bring a pawn out of Start, and a 2 lets you draw again.

  2. 2
    Bump

    Land on a rival to send it back to Start, or ride a slide of your colour to sweep pawns off it. A Sorry! card swaps a pawn from your Start onto a rival's space.

  3. 3
    Home

    Steer each pawn through your Safety Zone and into Home by exact count. The first player with all four pawns Home wins.

Read the official rulesSorry! Grab & Go instructions (Hasbro item E6796) · English
The full explanation: how a game of Sorry! Grab and Go goes

A turn: draw one card, do what it says and put it face up on the Discard Here space. In this box any numbered card can bring a pawn out of Start, as a one-space move. Most cards move a pawn forward; a 4 moves one back four spaces, a 10 can move one back a single space, a 7 can be split between two pawns, an 11 can swap one of your pawns with a rival's, and a 2 lets you draw again. A Sorry! card takes a pawn from your Start to a rival's space and sends that pawn back to its own Start.

Bumping and slides: you may jump over pawns, counting each as a space, but if you land on a rival it goes back to its Start. You can't land on your own pawn, and if you can move you must, even when it hurts you. Land exactly on the triangle at the start of a slide that shows your colour and you slide to the end, knocking every pawn in the way back to Start, your own included; slides without your colour do nothing.

Winning: each pawn goes round the board and into your own coloured Safety Zone, where only your pawns may go, and then Home by exact count. A 4 or a 10 can pull a pawn back out of the Safety Zone. The first player with all four pawns Home wins.

How it differs from other boxes: Hasbro's full-size Sorry! (item A5065) has a bigger board, gives each player three pawns and adds Fire and Ice power-ups; this travel box keeps four pawns each, as in the classic game. Hasbro's newer 2023 Grab and Go box (item F8258) has the same parts but stricter rules: only a 1, 2 or Sorry! card brings a pawn out of Start, the 2 gives no extra draw, and a Sorry! card can instead move a pawn forward four spaces.

What's in the box

What's in the box: the case with its board, 16 pawns and 45 cards · Photo: Hasbro
  • 1Plastic storage case
    opens out to become the board and holds the pieces when closed
  • 1Gameboard sticker
    two halves an adult sticks onto the case the first time, meeting at the Sorry! logo
  • 16Pawns
    four in each of four colours
  • 45Cards
    numbered cards and Sorry! cards
  • 1Rules leaflet

Box: 23.4 × 15.8 × 4.1 cm, 0.165 kg. Handy to know for gifting and travel.

From Hasbro's leaflet for item E6796 and the contents printed on the back of the E6796 box. Some listings say 14 pawns, but Hasbro's leaflet and the box both say 16, four for each player. Hasbro's newer 2023 box (F8258) lists the same contents.

Where to buy

Check price on Amazon.in
How to make sure you get a genuine copyEditions and the details worth checking.

About the editions

Our Amazon.in link goes to Hasbro's Sorry! Grab & Go box from 2019 (item E6796), the only Sorry! travel box in Hasbro Gaming's store on Amazon.in, where other sellers sell it. The back of this box, as photographed by an Indian store, reads 'Made in India', and Hasbro brought its Grab and Go range, Sorry! included, to India in 2019. If a box with newer artwork turns up instead, it is Hasbro's 2023 version (F8258): the same parts with slightly different rules.

Before you choose

  • The box should carry the Hasbro Gaming logo, the Sorry! logo and the Grab & Go name. Hasbro's item number for this box is E6796; the newer box is F8258.
  • Check the contents against Hasbro's list: a plastic storage case, a gameboard sticker in two halves, 16 pawns (four in each of four colours), 45 cards and a rules leaflet.
  • Hasbro's barcode for E6796 is 195166159515, and the box back reads 'Made in India'. Toys sold in India should also carry the ISI mark.
  • Card-driven race games from other brands play much the same but are not Hasbro's Sorry!. A listing that uses the Sorry! name but names another brand, or none, is not this game.

What reviewers and players say

We found no written reviews or forum threads about this travel box, so this summary leans on Hasbro's rules and on a parents' review of Sorry! itself. Hasbro brought its Grab and Go range, Sorry! among it, to India in 2019 with a TV advert of a family passing time on a train, and pitches the box as the classic game in a portable case. The parents' review we read calls Sorry! mostly luck, and says being sent back to Start again and again is the whole point, which makes it good practice in losing gracefully for children of 6 to 8 and dull for older players. For Indian families it is a card-driven cousin of Ludo with more ways to get even.

What people love

  • The board is part of the case and the pawns and cards pack inside, so nothing gets left on the train
  • Plenty of sweet revenge: Sorry! cards, 11s and slides all send rivals back to Start
  • Four pawns each, as in classic Sorry!
  • Quick to pick up for anyone who already knows Ludo

Common complaints

  • Mostly luck, so older children and adults soon lose interest
  • Being bumped back to Start again and again can upset young players
  • Small pawns and a 45-card deck are easy to lose on the move
Based on 6 reviews and discussions

Summarised in our own words from the sources above. We don't use Amazon reviews or ratings.

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Questions people ask about Sorry! Grab and Go

What is the difference between Sorry! and Sorry! Grab and Go?

Grab and Go is Hasbro's travel version: the board is a sticker on a small plastic case that also holds the 16 pawns and 45 cards. It keeps four pawns per player, as in classic Sorry!, while Hasbro's full-size box (item A5065) gives each player three pawns and adds Fire and Ice power-ups.

How many pawns come in Sorry! Grab and Go?

Sixteen, four for each of four players. Hasbro's leaflet and the contents printed on the E6796 box both list 16 pawns and 45 cards, even though some listings say 14.

Is there a newer Sorry! Grab and Go?

Yes. Hasbro's 2023 box (item F8258) has the same parts in new box art, but only a 1, 2 or Sorry! card starts a pawn, the 2 gives no extra draw, and a Sorry! card can instead move a pawn four spaces. Our Amazon.in link goes to the older E6796 box, which lets any numbered card start a pawn.

Is Sorry! like Ludo?

Yes, it grew out of Ludo, the English version of India's Pachisi: four pawns race from Start round the board to Home, and landing on a rival sends it back. Sorry! uses a deck of cards instead of a die, and adds slides, swaps and Safety Zones.

What age is Sorry! Grab and Go for?

Hasbro's leaflet and the front of the E6796 box say 6 and up, for 2 to 4 players. Hasbro's US product record and some listings say 8 and up; a 6-year-old who can count to 12 usually manages with an adult explaining the special cards at first.

Game facts

Designed by
William Henry Storey
Publisher
Hasbro (Hasbro Gaming; Sorry! was registered in England by William Henry Storey in 1929 and published in the US by Parker Brothers from 1934)
In India
Hasbro India Toys Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai (named as importer on the Amazon.in listing)
First published
2019
Players
2–4
Barcode
195166159515
Language
Little reading – Each card has a number and a few English words, such as Move ahead 3 or Switch places. A child who knows the numbers 1 to 12 can play once an adult has explained the 4, 7, 10, 11 and Sorry! cards, and the chatter round the board can be in Hindi, Marathi or any mix. The rules leaflet is in English.
Box size and weight
23.4 × 15.8 × 4.1 cm, 0.165 kg
Sources & photo creditsThe references behind this guide.

Facts on this page come from the publisher, the Indian maker or distributor, and the sources below. Photos are credited under each one.