Logic Farm

 

Logic Farm - Strategy game for beginners

 

Logic Farm is a simple strategy game for beginners. With a farm theme, simple pictures and only three rules, it is perfect for younger children.

The game consists of a flat game board base with nine squares in a 3 x 3 grid.  This game board is made of a sturdy cardboard-type material and measures about 6 7/8" x 9". If you look at the box lid in the image above, the gray is the game board.

Logic Farm includes 9 wooden picture tiles. Seven square tiles, a dog and a duck. You can see them all in the images. They measure 1 7/8" square and are printed on one side only. 

Included are 45 challenge cards for three levels of play, increasing in difficulty as you go. Each level has a different border color for quick sorting. The player will be placing three tiles on the game board per challenge on level 1, four tiles per challenge on level 2 and 5 tiles per challenge on level 3 (see image below). The completed challenge is on the back of each card.

The goal is to complete each challenge using the three game rules. They are:

• The dog must always be facing the ball.
• The fence must always be leading to the house door.
• The mother duck must always be right in front of the baby ducks, facing forward (leading the babies).

Each game rule will require two tiles. If you look at the top of the gray game board on the box front, you will see the three rules pictured there for easy reference. 

This game is from the makers of Logic City. The kids were enthusiastic about Logic City and I had great success with it. Check it out if you are working on spatial skills.

Set up:

• Place the 3 x 3 grid (empty) in front of the player.
• Choose a challenge card.
• Place the pieces (wooden) that are shown on the challenge card on top of the grid. Make sure they are in the correct spaces or the puzzle may be unworkable.
  

Play: 

Look for a place where you can complete one of the rules. Each rule will consist of two pieces (dog and ball, mother duck and babies, house and path). If there is one piece from a rule already placed on the board, finish it by placing the second piece in the correct location. Now look to see if you can complete another rule, then the third rule. Place as many pieces as you know for a fact where they go to narrow down the spaces you have left for solving the rule(s) that may not have any pieces placed yet. Keep playing until you have placed all nine pieces and finished the challenge. Move to the next challenge.

Try this:

• Work a couple challenges from the solution side of the card. Ask the player to place the pieces and then show you where the tiles are that make up each rule.
  
• Choose a card and demonstrate how the game will be played, talking through the steps as you play. Then take the pieces off the board and ask the player to solve the same puzzle, to see if they understood.
• After the player has memorized the game rules, cover the top of the game board where the rules are pictured. This will require the player to continue to work from memory.
  
• Ask the player to repeat the rules out loud as they work, to reinforce it in the working memory.