['
If
', 'you
', 'are
', 'familiar
', 'with
', 'the
', 'classic
', 'version
', 'of
', "Don't
", 'Break
', 'the
', 'Ice,
', 'then
', 'you
', 'do
', 'not
', 'need
', 'to
', 'read
', 'past
', 'the
', 'first
', 'paragraph
', 'because
', 'I
', 'will
', 'just
', 'point
', 'out
', 'the
', 'differences.
', 'If
', 'you
', 'are
', 'not
', 'familiar,
', 'then
', 'you
', "don't
", 'know
', 'what
', 'you
', 'missed...
', 'There
', 'are
', 'two
', 'main
', 'differences
', 'between
', 'this
', 'and
', 'the
', 'classic
', 'version.
', 'First,
', 'the
', 'frame
', 'comes
', 'in
', 'two
', 'pieces
', 'which
', 'makes
', 'the
', 'box
', 'much
', 'smaller
', 'for
', 'storage
', 'but
', 'makes
', 'the
', 'frame
', 'itself
', 'a
', 'bit
', 'flimsier.
', 'Still,
', 'it
', 'is
', 'nice
', 'to
', 'be
', 'able
', 'to
', 'take
', 'the
', 'thing
', 'apart.
', 'It
', 'cuts
', 'the
', 'size
', 'of
', 'the
', 'box
', 'in
', 'half
', 'for
', 'storage.
', 'The
', 'other
', 'difference
', 'is
', 'that
', 'in
', 'the
', 'past
', 'the
', 'center
', 'block
', 'was
', 'a
', 'random
', 'man
', 'staying
', 'still
', 'on
', 'the
', 'ice
', 'trying
', 'to
', 'keep
', 'his
', 'composure
', 'as
', 'giant
', 'mallets
', 'fell
', 'from
', 'the
', 'sky.
', 'Well,
', 'this
', 'has
', 'been
', 'replaced
', 'by
', 'some
', 'abomination
', 'of
', 'my
', 'childhood
', 'game
', 'playing.
', 'Now
', 'it
', 'looks
', 'like
', 'the
', 'Slush
', 'Puppy
', 'bear
', 'on
', 'skates.
', 'I
', 'suppose
', 'old
', 'ice
', 'guy
', 'drowned
', 'or
', 'something,
', 'but
', 'the
', 'knew
', 'guy
', 'has
', 'one
', 'leg
', 'in
', 'the
', 'air
', 'and
', 'does
', 'not
', 'stay
', 'put.
', 'He
', 'sometimes
', 'just
', 'falls
', 'over
', 'when
', 'you
', 'are
', 'tapping
', 'the
', 'thing.
', 'It
', 'is
', 'not
', 'the
', 'same
', 'game.
', 'It
', 'was
', 'never
', 'all
', 'that
', 'great,
', 'but
', '
this
', 'changes
', 'knocks
', 'it
', 'down
', 'a
', 'whole
', 'star.
', 'Boo.If
', 'you
', 'have
', 'never
', 'played
', "Don't
", 'Break
', 'the
', 'Ice,
', 'the
', 'object
', 'is
', 'to
', 'try
', 'to
', 'make
', 'a
', 'game
', 'last
', 'more
', 'than
', 'two
', 'minutes,
', 'which
', 'is
', 'unlikely.
', 'After
', 'spending
', 'several
', 'minutes
', 'putting
', 'plastic
', 'cubes
', 'of
', '"ice"
', 'into
', 'a
', 'frame,
', 'each
', 'player
', 'takes
', 'a
', 'turn
', 'using
', 'a
', 'flimsy
', 'plastic
', 'mallet
', 'to
', 'knock
', 'out
', 'only
', 'one
', 'ice
', 'block
', 'at
', 'a
', 'time.
', 'The
', 'person
', 'who
', 'knocks
', 'down
', 'a
', '2x2
', 'block
', 'of
', 'ice
', 'with
', 'some
', 'skating
', 'bear-dog-yeti
', 'thing
', 'on
', 'it
', 'is
', 'the
', 'one
', 'who
', 'loses.
', 'There
', 'are
', 'several
', 'strategies
', 'out
', 'there
', 'that
', 'are
', 'equally
', 'likely
', 'to
', 'not
', 'be
', 'all
', 'that
', 'entertaining
', 'including
', 'the
', 'bash
', 'like
', 'crazy
', 'strategy,
', 'the
', 'engineer
', 'who
', 'takes
', '20
', 'minutes
', 'to
', 'take
', 'a
', 'turn
', 'strategy,
', 'and
', 'the
', '"maybe
', 'I
', 'can
', 'make
', 'this
', 'thing
', 'float
', 'with
', 'my
', 'mind"
', 'strategy.
', 'Either
', 'way,
', 'the
', 'actual
', 'playtime
', 'on
', 'a
', 'given
', 'round
', 'is
', 'almost
', 'always
', 'shorter
', 'than
', 'the
', 'time
', 'spent
', 'setting
', 'up.
', 'My
', 'kid
', 'is
', 'able
', 'to
', 'help
', 'me
', 'set
', 'it
', 'up
', 'now,
', 'but
', 'I
', 'have
', 'to
', 'do
', 'some
', 'of
', 'the
', 'later
', 'pieces.It
', 'is
', 'an
', 'okay
', 'game
', 'for
', 'nostalgia
', 'purposes,
', 'but
', 'if
', 'you
', 'have
', 'not
', 'played
', 'then
', 'seriously,
', "don't
", 'start
', 'now.
', 'Pick
', 'a
', 'new
', 'game
', 'and
', 'stay
', 'away
', 'from
', 'this
', 'one.
', 'Kids,
', 'however,
', 'will
', 'love
', 'it.
']