But I think I will use strong glue–CA maybe– to seal the one side so the correct side slides out and doesn’t risk breaking the bracelet. Instead of playing the Capture the Flag game during the daytime, this game is played at night with players using glow in the dark bracelets and a large glow stick for their flag. We just had some spring like weather and he and his buddies went out the other night and played for hours. This was supposed to be a new item, my son just opened it for his birthday to play with his friends and it is gross! Breathing cold air is actually really good for them so I’m thrilled to see them outside playing instead of in front of the screen.

The only reason I didn’t give five stars is because the rules were difficult to understand when it came to people guarding the orbs. When they were finished, they packed all materials into the game’s shoe-box-size container–a plus for me, as the keeper of all things related to scouting. We even tried to make things more equal between kids and adults (we played with a mixture of each on both teams) by requiring adults to always be carrying a beverage. Can’t speak to the durability over time, but already dead pieces upon opening doesn’t leave me with hope to use more than once. We’ll get lots of use of it through the winter months and then can spread out outdoors when it warms up.

We owned one of the original sets, which fell apart and quit working; however, was still a lot of fun while it lasted. They have big plans to stretch their game perimeter this weekend to include several streets to make it more challenging.

We can’t wait for another nice enough night to bring it out again and may even consider the expansion pack to add a third team for more fun! After writing the company about a few replacement parts they replied promptly and shipped the new pieces within a few days. A couple of the units didn’t light up right away, and we had to give them a shake, so 4 starts instead of 5.While adults were enjoying a backyard bonfire, the kids had so much fun playing Capture-the-flag, while parents watched.

We have the first version and we only used it a handful of times last season and the bracelets broke pretty easily.Sure enough it arrived for my sons birthday party and the light up orbs would not stay lite and kept blinking or just not lighting up.

Anyone who has ever played the classic game of capture the flag knows what fun it can be, and this product makes it possible for kids to be chasing and hiding in utter darkness. We were trying to hack together a game of capture the flag using glow sticks and glow-in-the-dark spraypaint when we stumbled across this product. Over the next few days, once we got the hang of the traditional version, we had even more fun exploring the variations that came with the game set. We are purchasing a few more to give as gifts because it is hard to find something this affordable (that doesn’t include a screen) that kids get this pumped to play with their entire family (grandparents included) on an ongoing basis.I bought this as a Christmas gift for a very finicky 10 year old who loves being outside, especially with flashlights or glow sticks. After our evening campfire, I gave the game, unopened, to the boys (ages 12-15) and told them to have at it.