How do you reduce a chatty, intelligent 10 year old to utter silence and complete concentration? Sit them down and play the fantastic new game Q-bitz! At first glance the game seems deceptively simple, all you have to do is replicate the pattern shown on the cards using colored and patterned blocks. My son was extremely confident and declared that this was the easiest game ever and that he was going to win every round-how wrong that turned out to be! Replicating the pattern was not the walk in the park that he thought it was going to be and turned out to be challenging and fun. It is not often that he sits in complete silence but playing this game you could have heard a pin drop. Not only did it test our memories but also our visual dexterity, something it turns out I am very bad at! I really had to think to try and make my blocks into the pattern shown on the cards, providing me with a much needed mental work out. My son said that he enjoyed the game because it was fun and made him think, not about facts or numbers, but how things went together.
This game is perfect for grown ups and children to play together and although the recommended age is 8+, it can be played by younger children, especially as there is no reading involved. Playing the game involves playing three rounds, each round having three challenges. The length of time it takes to play will depend on how good you are at spatial relationships, we found that the more we played it the quicker we got. When asked to rate the game on a scale of 1-10, my son gave it a 9, because it was fun and challenging to play.
Would definitely recommend this game as it is fun and easy to play and the whole family can participate.