miQube

miQube features four strategic games and a puzzle, all in one box.

If you're like me and you like games that play different ways, check out miQube by Mindware.

All pieces are wooden. The game board measures 6.25" square. It is covered with 36 black and neutral colored squares, colors alternating like a checker board. You can see the bottom right hand corner of the board in the image above. 

Each of the 13 pieces is made up of multiple small blocks that have been joined together to form an irregular shape. Each piece is made up of anywhere from four to six of these small blocks. There are two pieces and a die sitting next to the board in the image above. There are six different colors and each side of a piece will have only one color per side. You can see that in the image above also. The colors are red, black, white, green, orange and blue. The die has a different color on each side and the six colors match the colors on the 13 pieces. 

Puzzle:

Build a cube that is four blocks high by four blocks wide by four blocks deep. Each side of the cube will be made up of one color only, a different color for each side. There is only one solution.

Games:

• Domination - For 2, 3, or 4 players. Dominate the board with your color by covering the largest amount of the board's surface. The person with the highest number of their colored dots facing up at the end of the game is the winner.
• Advance - For 2, 3, or 4 players. Advance your color across the board and take over the most territory. The person who has advanced upon more territory than their opponents by the end of the game is the winner.
• Connect Five - For 2 players. Place your pieces so that they form a chain made up of five of your colors in a row. The chain can be straight or diagonal. Colors are considered to be in a line even if they are on different levels. First player to make this chain of five is the winner.
• Gridlock - Stop other players from placing their pieces by blocking their moves. Last person to successfully place a piece on the board is the winner.

Try this:

• Look over the pieces before playing. Play with the pieces, putting them together in different formations, and observe how a single color is on each side.
• Work on visual discrimination, spatial relations, manual dexterity, logic, strategy, problem solving, executive functioning skills, process skills, socialization skills, play and leisure exploration and participation

In the box: Game board, 13 pieces, custom die

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