Brain Games

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+

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+

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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SG421

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.

SG282

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.

SG421

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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.

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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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+