Toys Store
Visit the Toys Store at Amazon.co.uk to browse even more toys with everything from dolls and games to fun for all the family with toddler toys, arts & crafts and educational games too.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technical Details
- A game of strategy for friends and family
- Be the first to avoid the Minotaur and lead your heroes to the temple
- Change the layout of the LEGO maze to block your opponents
- Game play approximately 20-30 minutes
- For 2-4 Players
Product Specifications
| Model Number: | 190721 |
| Number of Puzzle Pieces: | 224 |
| Assembly Required: | Yes |
| Batteries Required?: | No |
| Batteries Included?: | No |
Product details
|
Product Safety
This product is subject to specific safety warnings
|
Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
The mighty Minotaur, a mythical creature, protects a secret temple hidden deep inside a labyrinth. Be the first to lead your heroes to the temple, avoiding the Minotaur and cleverly placing walls to block your opponents. Clear and simple rules make this game great fun for the whole family.How to Play LEGO Games
Build: the basic game layout using the included building instructions--there is a maze template to help with this. Play: depending on length of game desired, try to get either one or all of your knights to the centre of the maze. Watch out--your opponents can block you using the blocking walls and they can send in the minotaur (who can move 8 spaces in one go). If the minotaur reaches you, your knight will need to go back to the beginning again. Change: the number of spaces the minotaur can move, the layout of the maze and more.
Build: the basic game layout using the included building instructions--there is a maze template to help with this. Play: depending on length of game desired, try to get either one or all of your knights to the centre of the maze. Watch out--your opponents can block you using the blocking walls and they can send in the minotaur (who can move 8 spaces in one go). If the minotaur reaches you, your knight will need to go back to the beginning again. Change: the number of spaces the minotaur can move, the layout of the maze and more.
Box Contains
Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Related Items
- Most Popular
- Board Games
- Art & Craft Supplies
- Jigsaws & Puzzles
- Card Games
- Sports Toys & Outdoor
- Action & Reflex Games
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
124 of 126 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Vine™ Review
(What's this?)
Durability:
Educational:
Fun:
Aimed at the 7+ age group, you start by building the game board. The building was enjoyable - particularly for those children who already enjoy playing with lego. The instructions are clear, and easy to follow. My 6 year was able to follow the instructions with minimal prompting. With two children doing it - it's also a good exercise in cooperative play. It's surprising how others quickly wanted to join in as soon as the building began! The white card guide for where to put the "hedges" was really useful, and made the building of the labyrinth very straightforward. On an educational front the children practice fine motor movement, number and shape skills, and symmetry.
The Minotaur was a bit harder to build, and some strength was required to get the lego rod inside the Minotaur. But that was a minor niggle - once built, the Minotaur never needs to be dismantled, and is such a central piece, that it's probably an advantage that it's unlikely to break up.
The game took my kids half an hour to build. I typed up some of the comments they made while building: "It says put these flat bits on top of the stones", "It says we've got to build the hedges in the gaps", and, "This board game really is clever".
As you would expect from a lego game, there is room for plenty of creativity. You can design your own labyrinths, rather than relying on the suggested layout. You can alter the rules - or mix and match the entire set with other lego. If you have any other baseplates and some general lego to raise the second base plate above the first, then it would be relatively easy to make a two or even three level version. The only limit would be the imagination. The other aspect I really like - is that it wouldn't be a disaster if some of the parts got lost. The game would still be playable. Besides - you can always cannabalise other lego as replacements.
The rules of the game are simple, and easy to pick up. And yet the game is remarkably fun. It's a bit like Ludo, but far more fun to play. The object is to get at least one of your pieces to the centre. Players shake a dice, for a number 3,4,5,6 or a grey square to be able to move a wall to block an opponent's route, or a black square to be able to move the Minotaur 8 squares. The Minotaur can land on player's pieces, sending them back to the start. Different strategies start to come out, do you block an opponent - or block the Minotaur? Do you try to persuade other players to help you? A simple game can take 5 to 10 minutes. If your aim is to get 3 pieces into the centre, it can take longer.
I would strongly recommend this. It's a great board game, particularly for creative children. It's so versatile, that it's probably one of the best board game options around for 7-11 year olds. Not only can they play the game as it is, but the possibilities to mix with other lego could lead to endless ideas. My three spent a good couple of hours with it as soon as it came out of the box, rating it 10/10 - and are nagging at me to play again as I type!
The Minotaur was a bit harder to build, and some strength was required to get the lego rod inside the Minotaur. But that was a minor niggle - once built, the Minotaur never needs to be dismantled, and is such a central piece, that it's probably an advantage that it's unlikely to break up.
The game took my kids half an hour to build. I typed up some of the comments they made while building: "It says put these flat bits on top of the stones", "It says we've got to build the hedges in the gaps", and, "This board game really is clever".
As you would expect from a lego game, there is room for plenty of creativity. You can design your own labyrinths, rather than relying on the suggested layout. You can alter the rules - or mix and match the entire set with other lego. If you have any other baseplates and some general lego to raise the second base plate above the first, then it would be relatively easy to make a two or even three level version. The only limit would be the imagination. The other aspect I really like - is that it wouldn't be a disaster if some of the parts got lost. The game would still be playable. Besides - you can always cannabalise other lego as replacements.
The rules of the game are simple, and easy to pick up. And yet the game is remarkably fun. It's a bit like Ludo, but far more fun to play. The object is to get at least one of your pieces to the centre. Players shake a dice, for a number 3,4,5,6 or a grey square to be able to move a wall to block an opponent's route, or a black square to be able to move the Minotaur 8 squares. The Minotaur can land on player's pieces, sending them back to the start. Different strategies start to come out, do you block an opponent - or block the Minotaur? Do you try to persuade other players to help you? A simple game can take 5 to 10 minutes. If your aim is to get 3 pieces into the centre, it can take longer.
I would strongly recommend this. It's a great board game, particularly for creative children. It's so versatile, that it's probably one of the best board game options around for 7-11 year olds. Not only can they play the game as it is, but the possibilities to mix with other lego could lead to endless ideas. My three spent a good couple of hours with it as soon as it came out of the box, rating it 10/10 - and are nagging at me to play again as I type!
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Vine™ Review
(What's this?)
Durability:
Educational:
Fun:
It's Lego right? You build it, you play with it, you knock it down and make it into something different.
The special feature in Minotaurus is that the model you build is actually a board game. It's quite fun too - a bit like snakes and ladders, except that there is only one snake (the Minotaur) and your opponents get to control it, provided that the special die comes up with the "Move Minotaur" side.
There's another special roll that lets you move blocking pieces to make it harder for the opposition to thread its way through the maze.
The game is mostly luck I guess, though good strategy will win out over numerous games. Until you lose there is always hope, since a Minotaur bite sends one of your opponent's pieces back to the start.
This being Lego, you can adapt the board and make up your own rules - the enclosed booklet has some suggestions.
Here's what a ten year old had to say:
---
Build
This product has a relatively simple build which makes it ideal for younger builders but older builders may find it very fun to build as well. The product comes with a grid which you put onto the baseplate to build around when you get to the stage at which you are building the actual labyrinth. The Minotaur is a slightly more complex
build which would add to the fun for older enthusiasts, whilst still staying easy enough for a five year old to build. The Minotaur also comes with some rare elements.
Build rating: 4/5
Play Value
I enjoyed the creative aspect of the game because if the die landed on grey you had to move a wall. The game was very unpredictable-the Minotaur can turn the whole game around! All in all a very fun board game experience.
Play value: 5/5
---
I'd just add that while it has good play value, you don't get that many bricks for your money. You do however get a standard green base plate which will come in handy long after the game is forgotten.
The special feature in Minotaurus is that the model you build is actually a board game. It's quite fun too - a bit like snakes and ladders, except that there is only one snake (the Minotaur) and your opponents get to control it, provided that the special die comes up with the "Move Minotaur" side.
There's another special roll that lets you move blocking pieces to make it harder for the opposition to thread its way through the maze.
The game is mostly luck I guess, though good strategy will win out over numerous games. Until you lose there is always hope, since a Minotaur bite sends one of your opponent's pieces back to the start.
This being Lego, you can adapt the board and make up your own rules - the enclosed booklet has some suggestions.
Here's what a ten year old had to say:
---
Build
This product has a relatively simple build which makes it ideal for younger builders but older builders may find it very fun to build as well. The product comes with a grid which you put onto the baseplate to build around when you get to the stage at which you are building the actual labyrinth. The Minotaur is a slightly more complex
build which would add to the fun for older enthusiasts, whilst still staying easy enough for a five year old to build. The Minotaur also comes with some rare elements.
Build rating: 4/5
Play Value
I enjoyed the creative aspect of the game because if the die landed on grey you had to move a wall. The game was very unpredictable-the Minotaur can turn the whole game around! All in all a very fun board game experience.
Play value: 5/5
---
I'd just add that while it has good play value, you don't get that many bricks for your money. You do however get a standard green base plate which will come in handy long after the game is forgotten.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Vine™ Review
(What's this?)
Durability:
Educational:
Fun:
Me, like most fun loving people out there....really like lego.
You can build whatever you want with it...so why not a board game.
This game called minotaurs is exactly that. You play as 2 to 4 teams, and the aim is to get 1-4 of your men through the maze, avoiding the minotaur and into the centre. The moves of the characters and minotaur are controlled by a funky looking die.
There are many fun extras in the game such as moveable walls, which can either block you, opponents or even the minotaur. The game is really simple, and quite a lot of fun. The more people playing the funner it is, and many strategies can be formed.
The game itself took about 20mins to assemble, with simple instructions. Once assembled it can be keep in the box without the need to disassemble and reassemble every time.
There are different types of rules to the game, if you decide to spice things up a little bit. These different rules are found at the back of the instruction booklet.
Overall a really enjoyable game, for ages 7+ I reckon, and good for the whole family with hours of fun.
You can build whatever you want with it...so why not a board game.
This game called minotaurs is exactly that. You play as 2 to 4 teams, and the aim is to get 1-4 of your men through the maze, avoiding the minotaur and into the centre. The moves of the characters and minotaur are controlled by a funky looking die.
There are many fun extras in the game such as moveable walls, which can either block you, opponents or even the minotaur. The game is really simple, and quite a lot of fun. The more people playing the funner it is, and many strategies can be formed.
The game itself took about 20mins to assemble, with simple instructions. Once assembled it can be keep in the box without the need to disassemble and reassemble every time.
There are different types of rules to the game, if you decide to spice things up a little bit. These different rules are found at the back of the instruction booklet.
Overall a really enjoyable game, for ages 7+ I reckon, and good for the whole family with hours of fun.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A Christmas Gift that still keeps winning!
Bought this for my sister-in-law's partner. Well... I don't think they've stopped playing it since Christmas Day 2011!! Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jessica Jacob
amazing fun game
This game is an amazing way of teaching turn taking, counting, teamwork and most importantly having lot's of fun. Read more
Published 6 months ago by caterhaminx
The Joy of LEGO
My son loves LEGO (don't they all?), and had his eye on this game as soon as he saw it. Granny and Grandpa gave him it for his birthday, and it was far and away his favourite... Read more
Published 10 months ago by A Nonny Mouse
Minotaurus
Lego Games Minotaurus - 211 pieces
Bought this for my five year old grandson, who had marked it in a catalogue! Read more
Bought this for my five year old grandson, who had marked it in a catalogue! Read more
Published 11 months ago by Pollyanna
Fun to build up and play
Initially you need to setup the board using the lego pieces, which should take about 20 minutes. After the initial setup, no need to redo it from scratch; configuration can be... Read more
Published 11 months ago by M.E.Kakabouras
lego in a board game!
Why did they have these games when I was small.
The lego board games are inspired and are as much fun to build as they are to play. Read more
The lego board games are inspired and are as much fun to build as they are to play. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Kirsty at the Overflowing Library
One of the best Lego games, and certainly ok for younger ones too
Lots said already about this game so just wanted to add a few things from our perspective. It is pretty good fun and well suited to kids less than 7
We got this for a... Read more
We got this for a... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mr. A. J. Frost
Another great lego product
This is a great tactical game which we purchased for our sons 5th Birthday. Setting up the game is as much fun as the game itself but after the initial set up it can be placed back... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Brian
excellent game
we had this game for xmas and played it all over xmas and new year, all ages from my 5 year old to my mom and dad in their 60s. Read more
Published 16 months ago by gstar
Legorgeous
Another great branch of the Lego family. You have the togetherness of building it, learning to play and then learning strategies. Read more
Published 16 months ago by A Wolf
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
![[Start the discussion]](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/communities/discussion_boards/start-new-discussion-sec._V192198663_.gif){kind=small}
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
|
