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Penta

USE PArts to cover area

Logic puzzles are going through a boom time at the moment, so Schmidt also offers something for this range. Penta is a placement game featuring geometrical shapes, the topic is to cover an area according to task cards.

14 Penta tiles differ in shape and color. All of them are made up from squares and there are tiles made up from three, four or five squares. The 30 double-sided puzzle cards are sorted into three levels of difficulty. Each of the puzzles features an area showing colored squares, the areas vary in size and the number of colored squares in them. To solve the puzzle you must cover the squares with tiles of the same color and fill the area completely. No tile may protrude out of the given area and the whole area must be covered without gaps. Each of the 60 puzzles has a distinct solution. The solutions are given at the back of the rule book. For some puzzles it is necessary to place tiles to fill the area without colored squares for these tiles being present in the area, you have to work out which ones.

The puzzles are challenging and reduced to the basic features of pure solitary logic; there are no other players, no victory conditions, no time limit, no reward for solved puzzles except the satisfaction of having solved the puzzle! Pure abstract fun in thinking, turning and revolving the colorful tiles and when you begin to think “this is not working” suddenly you see the solution! The tin is very practical, you can leave the puzzles in the tin and keep the tiles in the lid, so you can play on very small space and especially well when travelling.

Spieler         : 1

Alter            : ages 8 and up

Dauer           : ca. variabel

Autor           : Reiner Knizia

Grafik          : not cited

Titel            : ident

Preis            : ca. 7,00 Euro

Verlag          : Schmidt Spiele 2010

                     www.schmidtspiele.de

Genre                    : Placement and Logic game

Zielgruppe             : For families

Mechanismen         : Place Formen nach Vorgabe platzieren

Kommentar:

Pure logic puzzles

Trains spacial thinking

Puzzles need different numbers of tiles

Good for travelling due to handy packing

Vergleichbar:

Katamino, Ubongo and other placement games

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