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IT’S ALWAYS FUN AND BRAINS WITH A TOY CHEST OF SMARTGAMES INTRIGUING PUZZLES
Test Your Puzzle Prowess With Magnetic Deducktion, North Pole Expedition, Ghost Hunters, Smart Car 5×5, Parking Puzzler & More!
From a haunted house to the North Pole, the search for brainy fun can always be found in a SmartGames puzzle. Peek inside their toy chest, now overflowing with new challenges like Ghost Hunters ($14.99) for a spooky good time. Relish the brain teasing of Deducktion ($9.99) where getting magnetic ducks in a row is not as easy as it looks. Look for more than a dozen new SmartGames for the back-to-school and giftgiving seasons including Dinosaurs-Mystic Islands ($19.99), Walls & Warriors ($19.99), Penguins Pool Party ($14.99) and Little Red Riding Hood ($24.99). Novice players to puzzle pros will delight in using cognitive skills including logic, creativity, memory and naturally, patience, to complete each fun ‘n brains game. The award-winning game company gears its thought-provoking puzzles for everyone ages 3 to 103. Sitting at the kitchen table plotting the next move on a puzzle with Grandpop has the same brain boosting effect as playing solo in the backseat of the minivan. Planning, problem solving, STEM subjects plus communication all come together as a child (or adult) moves one game piece and then another. Educators and toy experts have globally applauded SmartGames with more than 70 industry awards for its clever ways to explore pattern recognition and spatial insight.
Once upon a time preschoolers played with wood puzzles consisting of two or three chunky pieces. Today tiny tots can manipulate puzzle pieces in Little Red Riding Hood and Smart Car 5×5. “Each SmartGame is carefully designed and produced using quality materials that last,” explains their website SmartGamesUSA.com, “And with so many included challenges, each game can be replayed over and over again.” So as kids grow, so do their toy’s playing level.
Little Red Riding Hood • Ages 4+ • $24.99
Following the success of Three Little Piggies, SmartGames introduces this new preschool puzzle game based on a popular fairy tale. Kids can now help Little Red find the right path to Grandma’s house. But beware! The wolf will get there faster. This game comes packaged with a picture book with the original story. Grandma, what great taste you have in puzzles! The game features 48 challenges.
Smart Car 5 x 5 • Ages 4+ • $26.99
Vroom, vroom. SmartCar 5×5 is a new variation of the classic SmartCar. The game now boasts 5 wooden blocks for more variation and simpler rules thanks to the clear orientation, ideal for the youngest age group in logic games. There are a whopping 48 challenges – 24 for ages 3 to 7 year olds and 24 for elementary schoolers 6 to 9 years old. The car is now sturdy plastic with smoothly spinning rubber wheels making it a great toy beyond the board puzzle board.
SmartGames popular Originals Series expands in 2016 with brand new Dinosaurs – Mystic Islands to Jungle Hide & Seek. Most of the games feature 80 or more challenges, up from 60 in the past.
Dinosaurs- Mystic Islands • Ages 6-Adult • $19.99
Are these dinos friendly or foe? Separate the plant-eating dinosaurs from the carnivores in this new shape matching game. Compose the green islands on the blue surface as shown but make sure the 3 friendly dinos are separated from the 3 Tyrannosaurus rexes. Think carefully before each move!
Jungle Hide and Seek • Ages 6-Adult • $19.99
This new version of Hide & Seek has 80 (!) challenges that take game playing to a new level. With the double sided game board and puzzle pieces, kids can play 2 games in 1. Discover the Asian animals playing solo. The green day-side is the classic 4-sections-grid game and the blue night-side features more difficult challenges on 1 large grid – using the same double-sided pieces.
North Pole Expedition • Ages 6-Adult • $19.99
After playing in the scorching jungle, kids will start to think like an Eskimo in this frosty North Pole adventure! Discover this upgraded version of the game Camouflage, now with 80 (!) new challenges. In this expedition there are 2 playing modes – an Eskimo kayaking in the water and an Eskimo spear fishing on the ice. Play the same challenge twice and discover the completely different solution. Now that’s cool.
Walls & Warriors • Ages 6-Adult • $19.99
Kids get to journey back to a time of castles and brave knights in this intriguing puzzle. Youngsters (and young adults) need to protect the blue warriors within the castle and to keep the red ones outside the walls. A 3D rock, an additional central tower building and gradual tips and hints make this puzzle game memorable again and again.
When kids are on the move, their games should be mobile too – but without cords or WiFi. These Compact Travel Games fit nicely in a backpack or carry-on to play when there’s some down time. SmartGames suggests packing these three games for on-the-go fun!
Magnetic Travel: Deducktion • Ages 5-Adult + • $9.99
This new magnetic game offers kids 48 challenges using deduction to find the position of each mallard. The challenge is simple but the solution is not: place the three duck families so all duckling follow their mother but the moms don’t stand next to each other. Quack, quack.
Parking Puzzler • Ages 6-Adult • $14.99
They may be a decade away from getting a driver’s license but kids can learn how to park in tight spots. A true game of deduction is the Parking Puzzler where every car needs the right spot, including yours. Place all pieces on the board but make sure the cars are in position correctly — not in the driving lane or taking up 2 parallel spots. Beep beep. Features 60 challenges.
Ghost Hunters • Ages 6-Adult • $14.99
Ever wondered what ghosts do in a haunted mansion? Light up all of the ghosts in each challenge by placing all the flashlight puzzle pieces correctly. Featuring 60 challenges, Ghost Hunters is a scary good time for players young and old! Includes 1 game board which can be used as a storage case, 6 transparent puzzle pieces, 30 challenge cards with 60 challenges and 1 booklet with game rules and solutions.
Penguins Pool Party • Ages 6-Adult • $14.99
Make a splash while sitting quietly in your seat with this pool party full of penguins and icebergs. This compact game holds 60 challenges! Place the penguins on the board game as shown in the challenge and then place the pieces with ice around them. A simple and clear concept using only 4 puzzle pieces, but – not so fast!
Older kids and adults can play a Pocket Game that offers hugs (OO) and kisses (XX) for their brain. Called appropriately IQ XOXO, this game is based on the digital world with X and O typically typed at the end of a friendly text message.
IQ XOXO • Ages 6-Adult • $9.99
People express themselves with sincerity, faith, love and friendship. This novel game has them filling the grid with the right x’s and o’s. They need to use the 10 double-sided pentomino pieces to solve an incredible 120 challenges. The brainteaser offers five levels of play: Starter, Junior, Expert, Master and Wizard.
Since there is no age limit for fun and games, SmartGames has a grownup version called IQ-Puzzler Pro, for older kids, executives and seniors to exercise those brain cells.
IQ Puzzler Pro • Ages 6-Adult • $9.99
The best seller IQ-Puzzler has been refreshed for the next level of play. A different set of pieces offer 120 2D and 3D challenges in 3 playing modes. Play on the inside in an orthogonal grid or in 3D making pyramids or use the outside for a diagonal grid. SmartGames includes solutions and a beautiful housing to store the enclosed challenge booklet, rules and colorful pieces.
Games are huge in our house, and we were SO excited to get some new ones from SmartGames! I LOVE when games combine fun with learning opportunities, and these games do just that. The brain is fired up and ready to go when it is trying to solve this awesome puzzles! And I love that each of the games have easy-hard levels so that different ages and abilities can play. My kids LOVE the SmartCar puzzle- it is super fun for them to try and put together, and it is also just a great toy! The car rolls around so easily and all the kids I take care of just love it. We also LOVE our IQ Puzzler Pro– it hardly gets a break because someone in the house is always trying to fit a new puzzle. There are so many ways to play, and so many levels of difficulty. We love these games, and I think SmartGames has a great gift for ANY age group!
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Lauryn R says
My son would absolutely love the Trucky 3 set! I am in love with this concept of educational games! 🙂 I want to buy them all for my three children!
Kerrie Mayans says
We own several of their magnetic games and use them on roadtrips. I would like to try the Dinosaurs – Mystic Islands game with my older kids.
Renee Walters says
My son would like their North Pole Expedition Game!
Dandi D says
I think the Noah’s Ark game looks so neat!
vickie couturier says
http://www.smartgamesusa.com/collection/pockets/iq-link
Lauren says
I like the IQ Candy game.
BusyWorkingMama says
The brain cheeser travel set looks really cute! Thanks for the chance to win!
Lana Simanovicki says
I love the pocket games
Robin Abrams says
I would love the Dinosaurs – Mystic Islands. My grand son loves Dinosaurs
Kristie says
Brain Cheeser looks fun!
Karin says
Titanic looks like an interesting game.
Danielle S says
Hide and Seek Pirates looks like something my son would like, but he would also like the Ghost Hunters, too.
Janet W. says
Back 2 Back looks like a really fun and challenging game!
Nicole Sender says
I’d like to try my skills with IQ Link.
Beth says
I’d love to try jungle hide and seek.
Maureen Clipperton says
I’d love to try Temple Trap.
Maureen Clipperton says
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Samantha C. says
The Temple Trap game looks like fun!
Vicki Wurgler says
I also like Back 2 Back
June S. says
I also like this cute game to play with my grandson; Penguins Parade
Get the penguins in line!
If you liked Penguins on Ice from SmartGames, get ready for Penguins Parade!
Nannypanpan says
I like 3 little piggies
Fiona N says
My son would love the Dinosaurs – Mystic Islands game
Thank You for the chance
LaTanya says
Deducktion
Laura says
Their Little Red Riding Hood Deluxe game looks neat!
Julie Lundstrom says
My son would love to play the Roadblock game.
courtney b says
I like the pool party game! 🙂
thanks!
Julie L says
I like the IQ XOXO game.
Leigh Anne Borders says
I would love to try so many of them. The first one I would go to is the Castle Logix one.
pamela j says
iq candy
Nancy says
I also like the games Penguin Parade and Brain Cheeser.
Yolanda says
Brain cheesers looks fun
Darlene R. says
I think the Three Little Piggies or Dinosaurs Mystic Islands games would be a lot of fun!
ReggieMann says
I would love to try Back 2 Back
Sonya Morris says
I would love to try the game Busy Bugs!
sandra says
I’d like to try the anti-virus game
Kristen says
I’d like to try Color Code.
Jennifer Cervantes says
I like the Penguins on ice game, it looks fun.
Angela Saver says
I would also love to try out the SmartCar 5 X 5!
Austin Baroudi says
I like the smartcar!
Angela Williams says
Either the Smartcar game or North Pole Expedition Game!
Trisha Burgess says
We would definitely love the Noah’s ark game!
Abigail says
I think my son would enjoy Quadrillion
Heather K says
My Kids would love the Pengins on Ice.
Rochel S says
Penguins on ice looks cute!
Faye Gates says
The pocket games look like they would be great to have in the car on a trip. We liked the Hugs and kisses…for your brain !
Edye says
Temple trap looks nice!
AEKZ2 says
I would like to try IQ Twist
Marilyn Nawara says
Brain Cheeser looks like a fun game. I would like to win this for my granddaughter.