Brain Games

Single person brain game for children 6 years old and upwards.

There are sixty challenges, easy ones at the beginning and getting harder and harder.  Position the four penguins as indicated on the challenge and then try and fit in the ice floes around them. There may only be four ice floes but it's really quite tricky.

The board is about 15cm across and comes with a lid, making it a great travel game.

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Single player brain game for children age 6 upwards with a booklet of 120 challenges that start easy and get harder and harder.

Single person brain teaser game for children age 5 and upwards (and shop-keepers when it's quiet in the shop).

Three hungry worms want to share an apple.

Choose one of the sixty challenges.  Twist the apple board so it matches the one shown in the challenge and then work out where to position the three bendy worms.

 

 

 

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Cat Crimes is a single player brain game in which you have to identify which of the six cats committed the crime. So choose a challenge card, put the crime token on the board and then using the clues on the card work out where each of the cats were sitting.  The one sitting opposite the token is the culprit.

Age suitability: 8 years+

This is the brain game that everyone knows.  Voted one the best 25 toys of the last twenty five years and approved by Mensa, it deserves to be so well known.  Personally I find it infuriatingly difficult, so much so that when demonstrating it, I have had to memorise how to do one of the easier challenges and then hope that no one asks me to show them how to do any of the other challenges.

You set the board up as detailed in one of the 40 challenge cards.  Then you have to slide the other vehicles out of the way so that your little red car can escape.

Single person brain game.

Age suitability: 8+

 23 x 20 x 6 cm Approx.

Test your brainpower by manoeuvring the squirrels around the board so that they drop the nuts in the holes.

Single player brain teaser game for children aged 6 onwards.  There is a booklet with 60 different challenges.  The early ones are relatively straightforward but the harder ones will stretch many an adult.

To see more, please watch the video:

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Magnetic travel game in a book format, held closed with a popper.

Choose one of the 48 challenges and then work out where to put the magnetic pieces.

In this game you have to place the three duck families in such a way that the ducklings follow their mothers.

Age Suitability: 6+ years old.

 

Single player brain game for children age 6 upwards with a booklet of 120 challenges that start easy and get harder and harder.

Single player brain game for children age 6 upwards with a booklet of challenges that start easy and get harder and harder.

Excellent little 3D brain game from Smart Games for children 6 years upwards.

Choose one of the 48 puzzles from the booklet and build the little car putting the four coloured pieces in the correct positions.  This is something we keep on the counter in the shop and we like to challenge children to do it.  Normally they can do the easier ones quite quickly but the harder ones towards the back of the book cause a bit of head-scratching.

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Single person brain teaser game for children age 7 and upwards.

Choose one of the eighty challenges.  They start easy but get harder and harder as you work through the book.

You'll be told the outcome of the battle between the two pirate ships and the 4 navy ships, which side ends up being sunk and which victorious.  Place the two rock pieces where indicated on the board and then work out where to place all the ships.  Each ship has canons on both sides, so if you place them side by side, both ships sink.  If you place them side on, just one will sink.

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Test your logic by arranging the pieces so that the vegetarian dinosaurs are on different islands to the greedy meat-eating ones.

Single person puzzle game.

The booklet contains 80 challenges, each one showing a layout of islands that you have to recreate on the board.  As you go through the book, you get less and less help.  It is suitable for children from 6 up although younger ones may need a little help initially getting the hang of the concept.  I highly recommend it, not least because, in quiet moments in the shop, I have managed to complete all the puzzles which isn't the case for many of the other Smart Games.

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Single player brain game for children age 6 upwards with a booklet of 120 challenges that start easy and get harder and harder.

Single player brain game for children age 6 upwards with a booklet of 120 challenges that start easy and get harder and harder.

Cat Crimes is a single player brain game in which you have to identify which of the six cats committed the crime. So choose a challenge card, put the crime token on the board and then using the clues on the card work out where each of the cats were sitting.  The one sitting opposite the token is the culprit.

Age suitability: 8 years+

Sorry to be sexist but this excellent brain game appeals especially to boys. It must be the little laser but actually it is fantastic for teaching STEM skills to anyone.  You have to direct the path of light from the laser to the target via a combination of mirrors and beam splitters, so teaches reflection as well as logic.

Single player brain game.

Age suitability: 8+

Build a marble run using the tower pieces specified by the challenge card.

There are sixty different challeges of increasing difficulty.  Each one will tell you where to place one of more of the towers on the board as a starting position.  Next take the other towers and work out where to place them so that the marble falls from the top of the first tower and ends up on target.

Single person brain game.

Age suitability: 8+

 

 

Beautifully made brain teaser game for children aged 8 and upwards. This one's a favourite with the boys.

Place the knights on the board and then position the walls to protect the nice blue knights from the nasty red ones.  There are 80 challenges with the later ones being really quite hard.

Please watch the video for more information:

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Single player brain game for children from 7 up.

Choose a challenge.  Place the walls and the explorer where indicated.  Escape the temple by sliding the walls around to find a way out.

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Elegant brain teaser game for children aged 7 and over.

Comes with a booklet containing 80 challenges that get harder and harder, with the latter ones stretching many an adult.  Choose a challenge and place the temples on the board in the correct positions. Then try to connect them using the roads and bridges supplied.  Adding the dragon in should make it just a little bit easier.

The video below explains how the game works without the dragon.  

Another great brain teaser game.  Smart Farmer is recommended for children 5 years and older, so it is great for children who have completed the Three Little Piggies but are probably not quite ready for Jump'in or Dinosaur Island.

Position the animals on the board and then place the three fences so that the cows are in one field, the pigs in another and the sheep in another.  There are sixty challenges, getting progressively harder and harder. Like all Smart Games it is beautifully made and thought-out.

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Visually very appealing (we keep it open on our shop counter), Sleeping Beauty is a great brain game for 3 to 7 year olds.  There is a booklet with 60 challenges.  The first half are designed for the younger children who have to find a path through the maze to and from the Castle.  In the second half, for 5+ year olds, a dragon has to be placed on the board to stop the knight getting to the Castle.

Please see the video to see how to do it:

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Single person brain teaser for anyone aged between 7 and 99.

Described as the ultimate solitaire; place the four magnetic base plates together to form your playing board and then try to position the twelve coloured pieces.  It's not always too easy.  There is a booklet with 60 challenges to get you going but any number of different challeges are possible.  Good luck.

Please have a look at the video for more details.

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Single person brain teaser game from Smart Games for children age 6 and upwards.

There are 60 challenges, ranging from easy to expert.  Place the cars where indicated and then work out where the other ones should be.  As you go through the booklet, you get less and less help. Unlike with many of the other Smart Games, I am proud to say that I have managed to complete the harder challenges.

The board is about 15cm across and comes with a lid, making it a great travel game.

Watch the video:

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Single person brain game for children aged 4 to 7 with 48 challenges of varying difficulty.

Put Little Red Riding Hood, Grandma's House and the three trees on the board and then place the path pieces so that Little Red Riding Hood can get to the house.  In the harder puzzles, the wolf comes in and needs his own path to the house.

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Single person brain teaser game for children age 7 and upwards (and shop-keepers when it's quiet in the shop).

Get the rabbits back safely to their burrows by jumping over the mushrooms and foxes.

Comes on a board about 15cm across with a lid, so makes a great travel game.

My favourite of all the excellent Smart Games.

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Single player brain game for children age 8 upwards with a booklet of challenges that start easy and get harder and harder.