Q-bitz

By MindWare
Price $24.95
Age 8 & Up

This game is fast, there's no turn-taking, and a keen eye and agile mind will get you everywhere! Visual dexterity plays a big part in Q-bitz, as players race one another to recreate a pattern shown on a card drawn from a deck, using wooden cubes with images on their sides. Each player works with his own set of 16 cubes (each side contains a different image), filling in a wooden tray until the pattern is complete. Some players fill in the corners and sides first, others think in larger chunks, assembling several cubes into a unit before dropping them into their tray. Regardless of your approach, being able to mentally hold onto spatial relationships while thinking and moving quickly will go a long way towards winning. Play consists of three rounds, each with a different twist. The winner of each round keeps the card, and the player with the most cards after three rounds wins. Fast, furious, fun for 2 to 4 players!