FAMILY GAMES INGENIOUS Players take turns placing colored tiles on the game board, earning points for the number of matching colored symbols that radiate outward in straight lines from the placed tile. Each tile is shaped like two hexagons stuck together along one edge, each hexagon with a colored symbol on it. Thus, it’s possible to earn points by extending lines of matching symbols in five directions per hexagon, and ten per tile. The trick is that the winner is not necessarily the player who has the highest scores in a few colors. Rather, the player with the highest score in his or her lowest-scoring color wins! It’s ingenious ... and it’s hugely entertaining, time and time again.
DROP IT In this colorful, inventive family game, players drop shapes into the vertical game board. They earn points for the highest level that their shape reaches when it lands and extra points for touching bonus circles. But be careful: Don’t break a landing rule! The shape you dropped is not allowed to touch matching shapes or colors after it lands. The winner is the player or team with the most points at the end.
Ages
Players
1-4 8
Play Time
45
& UP
MINUTES
Game Author: Reiner Knizia Game Attributes MSRP: $39.95 Luck Strategy
Tile Placement
Players
2-4
OR 2 TEAMS
Pattern Building
Ages
8
& UP
Play Time
30
MINUTES
Game Author: Bernhard Lach & Uwe Rapp Game Attributes MSRP: $29.95 Abstract Strategy Luck
Easy to Learn
Fast-Paced