We received a copy of Korner’d from Endless Games for free. Opinions of the game are our own.
Endless Games has recently launches a new puzzle game called Korner’d. This is a two sided game board with 36 tiles that have four colors or animals on them, one in each corner of the time. The game board is a large grid covered in colors on one side and animals on the other. Your goal is to match your tiles to spaces on the board. Each tile can only match one specific spot on the board. There are several ways that you can play this. Traditional is that each player gets 3 tiles and the first one to place all of their tiles correctly wins. You can also race to see who can get all 36 tiles placed the quickest. We also made up other rules like giving me 9 tiles to do when everyone else got 6.
I found that I picked this game up very quickly and could match things really well. We played with my mom, my dad and Eva. Andy began to pick the game up better the second time that we tried to cover the whole board. After that he was hard to keep up with. His mind is sharp and he quickly figured out the best locations for the pieces. He was quite happy that the first time we covered the board it took us 13 minutes and the second time around it took us 6 minutes. He was very proud of the change in the amount to time it took us to complete the puzzle.
We received a copy of Story Time Chess for free to play with and review. Opinions are our own.
When I was a kid we used to have a home in New Hampshire. My Dad and his friend built the place and we would go there for a couple of weeks each Summer. We’d also go in the Winter. There was no TV there and you pretty much could explore the backyard, read and play games. My dad taught me how to play chess during those trips to the cabin. It is something that I have always carried with me. How to play chess is something that I think all kids should be taught.
I’ve taught Andy how to play chess in the past. He loves the game. He does not like losing to me over and over but he keeps trying. We had a board that tried to teach kids about all the pieces but it was sort of high-brow and stuffy. I couldn’t even get through it.
However, Story Time Chess is different it is geared toward the younger player and explains the movements of the pieces in such clear language. The explanation of the movements of the pieces are explained in a story. We meet the two kings, two queens, their pawns, rooks, knights and bishops. As we meet each character we are presented with mini games to help kids get used to the movements of the pieces/characters. There are 3 or so mini games for each piece. There are also two ways in which to use Story Time Chess. You can use the Story Time Cheese side of the board and play the Story Time Chesse version of the game. Playing the Story Time Version also gets kids used to the movements of the pieces. The object of this game is not to capture the king piece but rather to get five gems or five pieces of pizza before your opponent.
