Games for the Mind (4)

This looks like a lovely little board for travelling chess players.Wood is always nice. Magnetic is important especially on a small board. And this set even comes with extra queens (encouraging optimistic pawn pushers). Pattern recognition, memory, strategy, and logic are just some of the skills chess is known to develop and exercise. Board Size: 23.7 cm x 23.7 cm ( 9.33 in x 9.33 in )King Height: 5.6 cm ( 2.2 in )Pawn Height: 3.0 cm ( 1.18 in )Net Weight: 410 g

  This is a full 19x19 board and pieces for playing the ancient Chinese game of Go. It was another landmark in the evolution of A.I. when one of the very top Go players in the world was beaten.Go is considered to be a more subtle and intuitive game than chess for instance, and it was thought we might still be years away from having a computer beat a top player. However in 2016 Googles 'Alpha Go' won the match 4 to 1. In 2017 it beat the worlds #1 ranked player 3 to 0.  None-the-less, Go remains a very...

This is a classic game that I am yet to fully understand the strategy of despite having played it for decades! The rules are so simple (and Google-able).One player is white and one black. Each takes turns in placing one circle of their color on the board and reversing any of the other players circles that are caught between two of their own circles.Wait a minute... its simpler to play than to explain!  If you need a primer try this quick video :-) Some people take the game quite seriously as you can see from this Youtube Channel of lessons...

This is a brilliant little game. Can be learned in 30 seconds and entertain for many hours as it develops your pattern recognition and planning and strategy abilities.Each player has their own 5x5 square filled with 24 square sliding coloured blocks leaving one empty square. Play goes like this. Shake up the 9 coloured cubes in their box. Then it is a race as both players try to reproduce in the central 9 squares of their board the pattern of the 9 coloured cubes. I dont honestly understand the purpose of the screen separating the two boards. Age Range: 7 Years and up...