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SmartGames Penguins on Ice - A Sliding Cognitive Skill-Building Puzzle Game for Ages 6 - Adult
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Age Range (Description) | Kid |
Number of Players | 1 |
Brand | SmartGames |
Theme | Game |
Included Components | Penguins on Ice |
About this item
- Keep the Penguins on the ice! Penguins on Ice features 80 challenges where players use their brains to place the shifting, pentomino pieces with penguins on the board to solve each puzzle.
- Brain Games Build Skills: kids and adults can build upon their spatial insight, planning, problem solving and concentration skills while playing the Hide & Seek Jungle board game. But it’s so fun to play, you won't realize you are building skills!
- Puzzle Includes: beautiful 3D game board, 5 3D pentomino "ice" puzzle pieces with penguins, booklet with 80 challenges and solutions.
- Ages 6+: This challenging puzzle is perfect for kids and adults ages 6 and up. With the 4 different skill levels of Starter, Junior, Expert, and Master, you are sure to find the perfect challenges to tease your brain and think outside the box.
- Award-Winning: SmartGames is the worldwide leader in multi-level, logic-based family fun games. Our award-winning games offer multi-level play from easy to challenging, and we pride ourselves in making family board games that are perfect for players of all ages.
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Product information
Product Dimensions | 9.45 x 9.45 x 2.36 inches |
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Item Weight | 1 pounds |
ASIN | B004TGPPOC |
Item model number | SG 155 |
Manufacturer recommended age | 6 years and up |
Best Sellers Rank | #80,746 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) #2,557 in Board Games (Toys & Games) |
Customer Reviews |
4.5 out of 5 stars |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Release date | November 27, 2014 |
Manufacturer | Smart Games/Tangoes USA |
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Penguins on Ice: Use your brain to keep the Penguins above water!
SmartGames Penguins on Ice is an award-winning, completely unique game based on ancient Greek Pentomino...featuring puzzle pieces that shift in order to fit into place!
Arrange the sliding ice blocks so that they all fit on the game board while making sure that the five penguins are in the right spots as shown in the included challenge booklet. With simple challenges for beginners to complex puzzles that will test experienced players, Penguins on Ice is a fun way to develop logical thinking skills and spatial reasoning abilities.
Exercise Your Cognitive Skills While Having Fun
For those looking for a little more than just another STEM seal on the box, we invite you to explore the Cognitive Skills aspects of SmartGames play. Each SmartGame details which Cognitive Skills are engaged in solving its challenges - right on the box. Our games engage skills including Spatial Insight, Problem Solving, Planning, Concentration, Logic, and more.
All of which come while having fun playing our games!
Themes to suit every interest!
SmartGames = variety. Not just in terms of play patterns, game forms, and skills utilized to solve challenges - our games are also designed with attractive themes that interest both young and old players. SmartGames Temple Connection is shown above.
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Customers like the game as a gift, they say it's fun and cute. They also like the intellectual quality, saying it'll develop thinking skills. Customers also say the game is well-made, and the base is a nice heavy weight plastic. They like that it comes with different ranges of puzzles, from easy to hard. Customers find the game easy to learn, and mention that the lower level puzzles are fairly straightforward.
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Customers find the game fun, cute, and entertaining. They say it's a great game for the entire family and beneficial for any age. Customers also mention that the pieces get separated easily from the board.
"...about these games is that it starts at easy levels and does not frustrate little kids. But it gets to very challenging, even for adults...." Read more
"...THIS game is super-duper fun. However! It's challenging. Like many logic puzzles, it can range from the 'What even!???'..." Read more
"It's a great game and the concept of developing thinking skills and strategic planning are all achieved...." Read more
"Entertaining and fun!" Read more
Customers like the intellectual quality of the game. They say it's a great thinking game, perfect to play alone or with a friend, and engaging. They also say it uses the brain and is a terrific learning tool of logic and strategic planning. Customers also mention that the game keeps them interested in every challenge and pushes their thought process.
"...But it gets to very challenging, even for adults. I always let them solve the puzzle independently...." Read more
"It's a great game and the concept of developing thinking skills and strategic planning are all achieved...." Read more
"...They loved it very much, a lot of good puzzles to solve in different levels so anyone can enjoy it (heck I even played it myself and enjoyed)..." Read more
"This thinking game is fantastic because the pieces can be reconfigured to solve the challenges...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the quality of the tabletop game. They mention it's well-made, and arrived in perfect condition. They also appreciate the heavy weight plastic base that doesn't slide around while putting in the pieces.
"...My kids are enjoying all levels of the challenges. The base is a nice heavy weight plastic that doesn't slide around while putting in the pieces...." Read more
"A gift for our 5 year old granddaughter. It is high quality with clever movable pieces...." Read more
"...It has been durable enough to hold up to lots of hands." Read more
"SmartGames are terrific! Great ideas, well made. I have a 4 year old and 6 year old and they love single player challenge games (less competition!)...." Read more
Customers find the abilities of the tabletop game to be high interest and flexible. They say the levels run from very simple to complex and challenging even for grownups. They also mention that the game includes a book with several different puzzle options to solve based on players ability. Overall, customers say the game is suitable for all ranges of abilities and is fun.
"...has enough levels to keep younger ones and adults wanting to keep playing" Read more
"...This game is suitable for all ranges of abilities and is fun too...." Read more
"This is a puzzle game on steroids. Cool and flexible (levels run from very simple to complex and challenging even for the grownups in the family...)..." Read more
"First impression, this is a solid toy. Basically, it is solving different puzzles." Read more
Customers find the game well constructed, easy to learn, and challenging but doable. They also appreciate the straightforward lower level puzzles and the fact that the levels progress from easy to challenging.
"...The good thing about these games is that it starts at easy levels and does not frustrate little kids...." Read more
"...And that's the fun, right?The lower level puzzles are fairly straightforward...." Read more
"...I like that the levels progress from easy to challenging so I can use it for elementary and middle school aged children...." Read more
"...This game is well constructed, easy to learn and is challenging enough that I think it will keep my kids (and myself!)..." Read more
Customers find the appearance of the tabletop game cute and fun. They also say the kids like the cute penguins and the pieces with moving parts.
"...The kids like the cute penguins and especially the pieces with moving parts. It has been durable enough to hold up to lots of hands." Read more
"...The design is cute and attractive to the kids." Read more
"My daughter loves this game. It is cute and fun to play." Read more
"...Perfect to play alone or with a friend. The penguins are darling too." Read more
Customers like the size of the tabletop game. They say the pieces are not small, but they are compact and easy to travel with. Some customers also mention that the pieces fit small hands. However, some customers feel the storage part is lacking.
"...The pieces are great for small hands.But the "storage" part is lacking!..." Read more
"...So compact and easy to travel with." Read more
"...It is safe for little kids - pieces are not small and well made. Great birthday's gift idea, penguins are so cute." Read more
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They are 8 years old now. Teachers and friends constantly comment on their logical reasoning abilities, for which I can clearly see where they get.
THIS game is super-duper fun. However! It's challenging. Like many logic puzzles, it can range from the 'What even!???' to the 'OMG, so obvious, how did I not see?' And that's the fun, right?
The lower level puzzles are fairly straightforward. You look in the book, and attempt to re-create the picture with the moving ice-tile-pieces. It's a sort of adjustable ice tetris.
The master levels though - whoa! I got stuck on the first one. And with these type of puzzles, you can either "see" the solution - or just not. I struggled with it, then my hubby came over, then his brother joined in and we all stared at it and poked around until we finally found the answer. And we're all big on these kind of games (2 programmers and 1 philosopher), so yeah, this was a beast. BUT! I love these kind of puzzles. It was fun.
I think I want it for Christmas for myself. ;)
But the "storage" part is lacking! The directions say to 1-put the direction book on the game board 2-then place the puzzle pieces on top of the booklet and here's the ridiculous part..... 3- Put the plastic lid ( that the game came packed in ) over the game board and secure it all with the provided elastic strap. Really??? Such a purposeful game devolping logical thinking yet they couldn't develop a more logical solution for storing it ?
They loved it very much, a lot of good puzzles to solve in different levels so anyone can enjoy it (heck I even played it myself and enjoyed)
The only thing that bother me is the feeling of the plastic, feels like it can break very easly (althought it did not so far)
Also, the easy level should have had separate boxes in the booklet for each piece of ice.
I could have been geared better toward children.