A Cranium Brain Break was the new toss-up for season 2. Teams would perform a short challenge, such as trying to throw two rings onto a Sorry! Slider in the dark, or getting more paper balls in a basket on host Newton's head in 30 seconds. In a timed event, if the game ends in a tie, the first team that scores in the game wins. Cranium is actually a set of four minigames, each represented by one of the Cranium characters. The host reveals one of the characters and the character's related game. The game is then played in two parts, with the children in each team competing first, followed by the parents. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Family Game Night (abbreviated as FGN) is an American television game show based on Hasbro's family of board games and EA's video game franchise of the same name. The show was hosted by Todd Newton. Burton Richardson was the announcer for the first two seasons; he was replaced by Stacey J. Aswad in the third season, and Andrew Kishino was hired for the fourth season. The 60-minute program debuted on October 10, 2010, on The Hub (formerly Discovery Kids, the network became Discovery Family on October 13, 2014); it was previewed on October 9, 2010, on its sister channel, TLC. Seasons 1 and 2 contained 26 and 30 episodes respectively. Seasons 3, 4 and 5 each contained 15 episodes. Season 2 premiered on Friday, September 2, 2011, with additional games being added. The games added to the second season included Cranium Brain Breaks (which replaced Guess Who? as the opening toss-up game), Green Scream, Ratuki Go-Round, Simon Flash, Operation Sam Dunk, Trouble Pop Quiz, and Spelling Bee. However games from the previous season were still kept. Operation is actually the game that deviates the most from its real-life roots: instead of simply lifting up pieces from the patient (Cavity Sam) with tweezers, you must guide them through winding, narrow corridors inside the body by means of the stylus and avoiding the sides at all costs. The objects Sam has (we assume) ingested for comic wit (a frog in his throat; butterflies in his stomach – oh how you jest us, Sam!) have an irritating habit of moving about and making matters a bit more complex: the frogs expand, hearts beat, mobile phones vibrate and cheese and wood…er, spin. Points are awarded for successfully extracting the piece in a timely matter, with extra point kudos going to you if you don't hit the edges; however, if you do hit the edges once or twice (depending on difficulty mode), Sam starts to flake out on you, requiring you to stabilise his heartbeat in a bubble popping minigame – run out of time in this and it’s game over. All in all, this revamped Operation is great fun for solo play or multi-card multiplayer (single card multiplayer is a lot weaker as there is only one path with which players take the piece down over and over again – you’re better off with the Play Pass mode). This is another solid member of Family Game Night – one that won’t flatline on you. A subsequent rules change for this game had the time limit reduced to 45 seconds, with all three family members acting out things or actions for the fourth member to guess. The same scoring rules remained in effect. At the 30-second mark, one of the family members is lowered, followed by another at the 15-second mark. Passing is allowed only 3 times. FUN PARTY GAME TO PLAY IN TEAMS: This group game includes instructions to play in teams, along with tips for hosting a Twister tournament. Break out the mat for game night too

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So Sorry! Sliders, while new and novel, gets Family Game Night's second thumbs-down -- its board game version, where you'd be actually able to have a great degree of control over your shots' accuracy and power, has to be recommended over this adaptation. One team is given a question that has a numeric answer. The other team must then predict if the actual answer is higher or lower than the first team's guess. The kids play first for questions worth 10, 20, 30 and 40 points, then the adults play more difficult questions for double points. The highest score wins. If there is a tie, one final question is read, and each team makes a numeric guess, with the closest guess winning. In an early episode, all 4 minigames were featured; the team with the highest combined score won the game. WHO’S GOT THE MOVES: Classic Twister gameplay challenges players to place their hands and feet on red

Thomas, Lucas M (4 December 2008). "IGN Hasbro Family Game Night Review". IGN . Retrieved 2009-10-10. This is the same as in the previous seasons, but only one family can play with 16 Crazy Cash Cards in a 4x4 grid. Nine of the cards have cash, six of them have Go To Jail, and the last one has Win. Each time they get a Cash Card from each row, they will earn the corresponding amount on the card and move on to the next one. If a team gets a Go To Jail Card (rows two through four), the game is over, but they get to keep all the money they've earned along with the prizes from earlier. When that happens, Newton will reveal wherein the top row of the car is. However, if they get to the top row and successfully find the Win Card (the screen displays "WIN!" and "GO TO JAIL" on slots), they'll earn a Jeep Patriot in Seasons 3 & 4, and a Ford Escape in Season 5, along with the prizes and the money they've accumulated. The show's fifth season premiered on August 3, 2014, and added a new feature in which a celebrity plays to win cash and prizes for the audience members that they team up with, as well as their favorite charities. The fifth season ended on November 9, 2014.

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The famous dice game was re-invented for the new season. Yahtzee is now played in two rounds by one family. The object of the game is to stop the spinning animated dice to get a Yahtzee, which is five-of-a-kind. Before the family plays, they answer one trivia question that has three correct answers. Each correct answer earns them one WILD space on all five dice; the WILD space can represent any number on the dice and helps the family get closer to the ultimate five-of-a-kind Yahtzee. If they get Yahtzee in three rolls or less, they win a prize. A variation on Ratuki, this game involves a relay race to get rid of twenty cards, with values from 1 to 4 on it, and the final 20th card with a value of 5 on it (displayed by different types of pictures) by placing them on a center spinner initially holding five cards with values from 1 to 5 on them. Players can only place a card that is either one number higher or lower than the previous card that was placed. The final card with a value of 5 cannot be placed down until all the other cards are gone. Breaking the rules causes the offender to freeze for 10 seconds. The first family to place all their cards wins. Choose between traditional rules mode or mix it up with additional game modes for entertaining new ways to play.

TYING PLAYERS UP IN KNOTS FOR GENERATIONS: Who doesn’t remember playing this Hasbro game as a kid. The Twister game is for adults and kids age 6 and up. Families can join in the fun together The final game was the "Crazy Cash Machine" where the child chose from a board of 16 Monopoly Cash Cards, starting from the bottom row. Each row above it had one more "Go to Jail" card than the previous one (meaning there were none on the bottom row, one in the second row, two in the third row and three on the top row). The one winning card on the top row had the word "WIN" instead of a cash amount. If a "Go to Jail" card was selected, the game was over; however, the family kept the money they earned up to that point. If they made it to the top row and selected the WIN card, they won a new car in addition to the money accumulated. Play classic Hasbro games in brand new and fun ways in addition to the original rules that everyone knows and loves. Hasbro Family Game Night features classic and party game modes of family favorites such as CONNECT FOUR, BATTLESHIP, YAHTZEE, BOGGLE, SORRY! and the all new, SORRY! Sliders.Mike Mason (15 November 2011). "Family Game Night 4 Review Push Square". Push Square . Retrieved 2014-02-05.