Games and Puzzles

We have quite a few versions of Top Trumps. It's a fun, easy to learn game where you'll learn some cool facts as you play.

2-6 players

Suitable for ages 6+

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A quick version of Monopoly that's played with cards alone and with no board/tin, scottie dog/battleship/top hat etc.

The game takes about 15 minutes.  The winner is the person who accumulates three sets of properties in different colours.

2-5 players.

Age suitability: 8 years+

Create a cube from the six interlocking pieces.

Comes as a flat piece of foam with six pre-cut pieces. Push the pieces out and then try to make a cube out of them.  Once you've done that, the next challenge is to make them fit back in the original flat frame.  You can also combine the sets to make other shapes.

Comes in four different difficulty levels and, within each level, in six different colours.  We will pick one colour at random.

Dimensions: 1 frame = 12 x 9 x 0,8 cm , 1 cube = 4 cm

Grimms is a family owned German business.The products are either made in Germany or in small independent workshops elsewhere in Europe. They are then brought back to Germany to be painted by hand in bright and colourful child friendly non toxic paints.  This one started life in Bosnia.

Each item is unique and almost everything has been sawn and sanded in a variety of beautiful woods, including Alder, Lime, Beech and Maple, all sourced from sustainable European forests. (FSC Certified )

There is a limitless amount of imaginative and creative play just waiting to be discovered in our beautiful range of Grimms products.

Grimms Ammonite Snail Puzzle

This is a lovely talking point and will look perfect on the coffee table just waiting to challenge adults or children.

Endless possibilites can also be found with stacking, sorting or building.. It's not just a puzzle.

Suitable from Age 3+ 

The fast-dealing property trading games that has probably caused more family rows than any other game.  This is the classic British version set in London, from Old Kent Road to Mayfair.

Move round the board buying and selling properties, building houses and hotels whilst trying to avoid bankruptcy.  Sometimes it's cheaper just to go to Jail.

2-6 players

Age suitability: 8+

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

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A net containing 5 wooden dice, each about 1cm across.

Age suitability: 5 years plus.

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

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Single person brain game in which you lay 5 pieces (sticks) horizontally and then the other five vertically but, of course, they only fit in certain ways.

Teaches problem-solving skills to children who can concentrate.

1 game board, 10 puzzle pieces (sticks), booklet with 120 challenges and solutions.

Age suitability: 7 years to adult.

Two 12 piece dinosaur puzzles made of sturdy cardboard.

Each puzzle is 21 x 30cm with each piece being about 7cm across.

Age suitability: 2 years plus.

A super smooth and super fast cube with adjustable elasticity.

Age suitability: 8 years plus.

Fiendish brain game with an apple and five worms to fit inside.

Choose a challenge.  Place the first worms in the base of the apple where indicated and then work out where the remaining worms go so that the top of the apple fits on snugly. You need logic and lots of spatial insight.

Booklet with 80 challenges, starting easy then then getting harder.

Compact size so ideal as a travel game.  The apple is about 7 cm across.

Age suitability: 8+ years.

Push along chunky wooden yellow digger. Double sided brightly coloured design.

Handcrafted from rubber wood by skilled artisans in Sri Lanka using non toxic paint

Recommended for ages 1 to 6 years. Not suitable for children under 10 months.

Dimensions: 96mm (H) x 173mm (W) x 58mm (D)

A lovely little suitcase containing four dinosaur jigsaw puzzles.  The first one has six pieces. Then they get progressively harder with the fourth one having 16 pieces, so the set is ideal for someone just starting out on the puzzling journey.

Each puzzle measures 20 x 20 cm.

Large cardboard pieces. Each puzzle has a different colour backing to make life simpler.

Age suitability: 2 years plus.

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.

SG511

A jungle themed, travel size version of the popular classic.

2 - 4 players

Suitable for children ages 4 - 7

Fiendish brain game with eight 'marbles' and their perspex cage.

Each marble has specific bumps and holes in its surface and the trick is to align these so that all eight marbles fit in the cage.  You need logic and lots of spatial insight.

Booklet of 80 challenges from relatively easy to totally impossible.

Compact size, about 6cm cubed.

Age suitability: 10+ years.