Brain games "gamifies" visual and word puzzles in a format most similar to the game of Trivial Pursuit (TM), which will be fun for a group who enjoys brain teasers but might feel too taxing for others. The colorful game board is a set of intersecting hexagon tiles representing four categories: logic, language, mind & body and vision. Some other game tiles add elements of chance. Students roll a die and jump through that number adjacent tiles and turn over the tile. Another player reads the top challenge card in the category. If the player answers correctly, he keeps the tile and the next player takes a turn. The first player to collect a tile in all four categories wins the game. The answers are clear and also include an interesting brain science fact about why the answer is correct or why most people might answer incorrectly. The cards are a broad variety of brain puzzles, including identifying what's wrong with a visual picture, listening to a story once and answering questions correctly, unscrambling letters to solve a word puzzle, etc. While the absence of a timer is nice for slower, more deliberate thinkers, there are some head-to-head challenges which require competing against another player and being the first to answer correctly. Also, players might be unwilling to "give up" on a puzzle which could make turns very long. Players should be prepared to read cards clearly aloud to other players and be comfortable making mistakes or not knowing answers in front of a group. The puzzles are challenging and needing to remember the tiles that were previously turned over on the game board adds another load on visual memory. Overall a good option for a group of people who enjoy brain challenges, but not a game for all mixes of students.

• Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
• Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
• Presents educational concepts accurately
• Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
• Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
• Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
• Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

• Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
• Visually appealing to children in the target age range
• Adults would enjoy playing with a child
• For electronic games, gives positive or encouraging feedback
• Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
• Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

• Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
• Student should be able to use independently after first use
• Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
• Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
• Does not require excessive set-up time after first time use
• Can be fun as a single player game
• Multi-player game which fosters collaboration or cooperation
• Well-made for the cost
• For electronic games, can play without sound
• For electronic games, allows user to save work
• For electronic games, voice/sounds are appealing and pronounces words properly
• Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
• Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
• Overall - Easy to use

• Abstract Reasoning
• Requires remembering and completing a sequence of visual steps
• Anxiety
• Multi-player activity with a clear 'winner' and 'loser'
• A player's success depends on speed
• Attention
• Problems or examples are not interesting for the target age range
• Requires recall of text information without audio or visual reinforcement
• Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
• Auditory Processing
• Requires recall of spoken information without text or visual cues
• A player's success depends on speed
• Audio cannot be repeated
• Expressive Language
• Student must be able to speak clearly to be successful
• Listening Comprehension
• Requires recall of spoken information without text or visual cues
• Audio cannot be repeated
• Processing Speed
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• A player's success depends on speed
• Requires recall of text information without audio or visual reinforcement
• Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
• Reading Basics
• Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
• Reading Comprehension
• Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
• Reading Fluency
• A player's success depends on speed
• Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
• Self-regulation
• Multi-player activity that requires cooperation or has potential for disagreements
• Multi-player activity with a clear 'winner' and 'loser'
• A player's success depends on speed
• Assembly is difficult or product may break or fall apart easily
• Social Awareness
• Multi-player activity that requires cooperation or has potential for disagreements
• Multi-player activity with a clear 'winner' and 'loser'
• Spatial Perception
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Requires remembering and completing a sequence of visual steps
• Verbal Memory
• Requires recall of spoken information without text or visual cues
• Requires recall of text information without audio or visual reinforcement
• Assumes specific knowledge or vocabulary without "look-up" options
• Audio cannot be repeated
• Verbal Reasoning
• Assumes specific knowledge or vocabulary without "look-up" options
• Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
• Visual Discrimination
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Requires recall of text information without audio or visual reinforcement
• Visual Memory
• Requires remembering and completing a sequence of visual steps
• Working Memory
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Requires recall of spoken information without text or visual cues
• Requires remembering and completing a sequence of visual steps
• Requires recall of text information without audio or visual reinforcement
• Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
• Audio cannot be repeated

Based on the popular National Geographic Channel TV show; Brain Games, now players can challenge themselves and others to perception gaps of the mind to reality.

This game will keep you on your toes and test your knowledge, and memory but don't get stumped on a question. 

Based on the hit show by National Geographic, Brain Games challenges your cognitive abilities, memory and attention to detail and now you can put your friends to the test and see who can last.  

The game set includes: 192 Mind-bending Brain Challenge Cards, 48 Game Tiles, 6 Score Cards, 6 Game Pawns and Game board, Die & Instructions and measures 10.6" x 8.0" x 2.5"

For players of two or more and ages 14 and up this game will have on your toes.