Thank you to Smart Games for providing me with product, free of charge, in exchange for this honest blog review. All opinions are 100% my own.
Have you heard about SmartGames? Smart Games are intriguing puzzles. They are both thought provoking and entertaining. SmartGames build skills in planning and problems solving. They encourage communication and teamwork. Each puzzle has several modes of play. Players can start off with easier challenges and then work their way up in difficulty as skills improve.
For our review, we received a generous collection of SmartGames- Jungle Hide & Seek, North Pole Expedition, Parking Puzzler, Ghost Hunters, Penguins Pool Party, IQ XOXO, and IQ Puzzler Pro.
In the Jungle Hide & Seek, players select which challenge they are going to start with. Then they need to place the four puzzle pieces on the board in a way that covers all the animals except those on the challenge card. When the appropriate animals are safely covered, the puzzle is finished. The Jungle Hide & Seek game board is double sided for twice the fun.
On the North Pole Expedition, your goal is to keep the fish in the water and the polar bears on the ice. Players must first choose a challenge. Then they get to decide if their Eskimo is going to ride in the canoe or stand on the ice. This decision determines which puzzle piece is used. After you place your Eskimo puzzle piece, you must fit all the other pieces in place. Make sure you don’t have any polar bears in the water!
In Parking Puzzler, players get to decide what parking challenge to take. Then they must use given hints as to how the cars are parked. All cars must be in the correct spot to finish.
To start Ghost Hunters, choose a challenge card and then place it in the holder. Ghost hunters must then arrange the six flashlight puzzle pieces on the board. When the puzzle pieces are in the right position, each puzzle piece will light-up a ghost. The Ghost Hunters game board can also be used as a storage case.
Penguins Pool Party is a 3D puzzle. Once the challenge has been chosen, players will need to place their penguins in the design shown on the card. Then players need to place the four ice block puzzle pieces on the board without covering any of their penguins.
IQ XOXO Puzzler Pro is (in my opinion) the ultimate tic-tac-toe game! This is a two part puzzle. First, you pick your challenge and place the puzzle pieces as indicated. After that, you must place all the remaining puzzle pieces on the board in a way that no two similar letters (X’s and O’s) are touching.
IQ Puzzler Pro can be played in 2D or 3D. Puzzle players can choose a challenge and then use game pieces to recreate the image on the card. Once those pieces are in place, see if you can fill in with the remaining puzzle pieces.
What I love most about SmartGames is that they can be played over and over. Each game has 60 or more different challenges. You are going to have hours of play before needing to repeat a challenge.
Buy It: Please visit the SmartGamesUSA website to see the great selection of products they offer and convenient shopping locations.
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WIN IT: One winner will be able to choose one puzzle from the SmartGamesUSA website. This is a US giveaway and it is scheduled to end on 09/29/2016. Good luck!
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Hello, my name is Laurie. My family and I live near the Oregon coast. When we aren’t at work, in school, or on the volleyball court, we enjoy traveling, cheering for our favorite sports teams, playing outdoors, and checking off items on our bucket list. We are lucky in that both sets of our parents, as well as our siblings and their families, live within an hour of us. We get together often to help one another out, celebrate milestones, and go on adventures together.
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It’s great they have so games and puzzles to play so you’ll never get bored. I like how you can progress from easy to harder, so most anyone can play and are encouraged to get better.