1930s · board games
Sorry!
Slide pawns around a track and send opponents home with a Sorry! card. Satisfying bump sound when you jumped someone.
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- 30s
- Released
- 1934
- Category
- board games
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The pitch
Sorry! Slide your pawns around the board and send opponents all the way home! Draw the right card and bump your brother back to start. Apologize later, win now.
Why people remember it
- The fire and ice cards added just enough chaos.
- Four players meant constant revenge moves.
- It felt like a gentler cousin of Parcheesi with better art.
Did you know?
- Sorry is based on the ancient Indian cross and circle game Pachisi.
- Parker Brothers launched the American version with the distinctive Sorry card that sends pawns back.
- The game name comes from the sorrry you say when you bump someone home.
- It remains one of Hasbro's best selling family board games after nearly 90 years.
How people search for it
“slide pawn board game”, “sorry card board game”, “send them home game”
Questions people ask
- Is Sorry! still on shelves?
- Yes. Hasbro still sells the classic board with updated pawns sometimes.
- Can you bump your own pieces?
- Rules focus on opponents, but house tables invented their own mercy rules.
