Das Magische Labyrinth

Das Magische Labyrinth

The new game I'm introducing this week is Das Magische Labyrinth, which means the magical maze in German. It's a new game published just this very year. The game is a memory game for children. I love this game at the first sight because of it's blue cover.

In the game, players are magician apprentices that have lost some objects in the magic maze. They have to find all of them before the master notice anything, but there are invisible walls in the maze. They have to remember the path and collect the objects fast.

The playboard of the game is not just a board. It's in 3D, and of the size of the box. Open the box and you can see the whole constructure. Take out the objects and the characters, each with a magnetic ball. There is the secret of the maze: wooden walls. hen the magicians are passing with their magnetic ball, the wooden walls are invicible for them and will make the balls fall , so they must remember them everytime the ball fall.

To begin the game, everyone put their characters in place, and the first player draw an object, find the picture on the board and put the object on the picture.

Then all the players take turn to find the way to the object and get it. If one hit the wall, one must go back to the starting corner. The first one to collect five objects is the winner.

As I said above, I love this game at the first sight. Last week, I finally got the chance to play it. It was interesting, but wasn't as attracting as I expected. I don't think I will buy one.

San Ta Si

San Ta Si

The game I'm introducing this week is San Ta Si. Try to pronounce the name. You may know what it means. It's a small game that can end in ten minutes, and it's for two people.

The game contains a triangle wooden board and tubes in two colors in various sizes. The Obeject is to let one's own tube be seen when the game ends. However, you can put one another's tubes also. The other things is that the tube you put on the board must touch the other tubes. It can only be a size bigger or smaller. The game ends when all of the tubes are all put.

It's a little game that two people can use to kill time. It's not my favorites though, with interesting players, the game can be interesting.

Set

Set

The game I'm introducing this week is Set. It's kind of like FITS that you can play it alone. I like this game a lot because I can kill time or wait for someone by playing Set, but mostly because it's like a puzzle game, which is my favorite game kind.


There are 108 cards in total. First, open 12 cards face up on the tabel, and then players has to find a "set". To explain "set", each card has four elements in three different kinds, which are number, shape, color, and shading. To complete a set, you have to find three cards in the twelve cards that has all of the same kind or all different kinds in each elements. When you find a set, yell "set", pick up the three cards, and show to others for them to check you're right. Then open three cards to make sure there are always 12 cards on the table.If you said "set" and found out you're wrong, move away a card from your pile, which means minus one point. If you can't find any, after all others are agreed, open another three cards. The game ends when all the cards are opened and there are no more sets on the table. After that count the cards you have, each card gets you one point.


I didn't often win, but I still like the game a lot. It's like training my brain and it makes me think. I even thought about buying one, but after few thoughts, I'll just play it in the store.


set:across and down

Qwirkle

Qwirkle

The game I'm introducing this week is Qwirkle. Don't ask me how to pronounce it. It's not important. It was published in 2006, but I haven't seen it until this summer when it's introduce to Taiwan.

The game has 108 wooden blocks with six colors in six shapes. Players take turns to put blocks of a kind(color or shape) on table and then immediately score. There can only be six different blocks in a row at most. The person who places the sixth block will get double point, at least 12 points.

The game is not only about scoring. You also have to try to prevent other players from getting points. Just be careful not to find yourblocks on yourself's way later.

I like this game a lot and I often play it. It's one of my favorite games. I won some time. Last week, I bought one, but I haven't open it because I still can play it in the store. I took those playing pictures above. It was my first play.