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Chocolate Fix Logic Puzzle Game by ThinkFun
 
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Description
 
"CHOCOLATE FIX" Logic Puzzle Game Description:
 
A mouth-watering game of logic!
 
You'll be tempted to take a bite out of these life-like candy play pieces in this delightful game of pure deductive reasoning. Some clues give exact or possible locations, while others just give you the token color or shape.
 
Feel your confidence build as you narrow down the possibilities to fill each candy assortment. Challenges ranging from beginner to expert will feed your chocolate cravings for hours!
 
How To Play CHOCOLATE FIX Puzzles:
 
  • Choose a Mind Challenge Card.
  • Examine all the clues on the card.
  • Place puzzle pieces on the board.
  • As puzzle pieces are placed, use this knowledge along with the clues to learn where more puzzle pieces should be placed.
     
    About the Puzzle:
     
    Ages: 8+
    Puzzle Difficulty: 2 (Scale: 1-5)
    Type of Puzzle: Logic, Deductive Reasoning
    Number of Players: Single Player
     
    Puzzle Contents:
     
  • 9 Chocolate Pieces
  • 1 Game Board Grid
  • 1 Game Storage Bag
  • 40 Challenge Cards with 4 Levels of Play, and Solutions (Spiral Bound)
     
    Product Awards:
     
  • ASTRA, Best Toys for Kids List 2008
  • Learning Magazine, Teachers' Choice Award 2009
  • Parents' Choice Foundation, Gold Award 2008
  • Kaboose.com, Amazing Toy Award: Toys for Grade-Schoolers 2008
  • NAPPA, Honors Award 2008
  • TDmonthly, Top Toy Award 2008
  • iParenting Media, Greatest Products Award 2008
     
    Product Specifications:
     
    Box Size: 8.9" x 8" x 2.5"
    Box Weight: 0.9 lbs
     
    Product Warnings & Safety Information:
     
    WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - SMALL PARTS. This game contains small pieces and is not suitable for children under 3 years of age.
     
    A NOTE FROM LAURI:
     
    A particularly fun and tactile logic puzzle. I have a soft spot for logic games, they are my personal favorites. This game is particularly appealing because of the chocolate pieces. The puzzles are quite easy for beginners at the beginning, yet progress to puzzles where clues need to be combined in order to figure out the answers. It is a way to engage younger kids into logic puzzles.
     
    Appealing to younger kids than 8+. Although this puzzle game is rated for kids 8+ years, my experience is that this is better for gifted kids that are younger. I think a better age guide is 6-9 for gifted kids. By the time they are 10 or 11, the feedback that I get is that the puzzles "seem" too easy to the kids and they are less likely to play it. (Actually, the more advanced puzzles are OK for this age, sometimes I think boys just think the chocolate theme is too young for them.) However, the candy aspect IS very enticing to younger kids, because they are seldom allowed to play with candy so there is a "it is so fun to play something that is forbidden" aspect that is engaging and fun!
     
    Appeals to teen girls! I've been surprised how often this game is picked by tween and teen girls to play, all of whom are in math classes that are at least 1-2 years ahead of grade level. Particularly, girls that haven't played with logic puzzles before. There is just something about the chocolate theme that works for them!
     
    The magic of Velcro circles. I happen to keep a sample of this puzzle and others in my car so if my kids or their friends want to play they can. A younger boy (6 years old) was playing with this puzzle and as we turned a corner a few pieces fell out of the puzzle and out of reach onto the floor. Justifiably, there was disappointment in having to stop before solving the puzzle.
     
    I thought about it, and wondered if velcro would work. I put some velcro circles in each of the 9 spaces on the puzzle board and underneath the puzzle pieces (soft velcro side under the chocolate pieces), and it worked great for the car! Kids love the whole velcro thing. The next time this 6-year-old was in the car, all of a sudden he was solving the puzzle upside down over his head! What fun! Upside down play could be a very fun twist - I can envision the puzzle with velcro underneath a bunk bed, play table, and so on. Adding more play to puzzle solving is always a good idea!
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      0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
     
    A fun game of logic with appealing pieces January 8, 2010
    Reviewer: Lisa Peppin from Fort Collins, CO United States  
    The little chocolates are cute and attract my kids' attention (surprisingly, without making them ask me for chocolate). My 3-year old just likes to play with the pieces. She's not ready for the game itself. For my 6-year old, learning the rules of how to follow the logic, then doing the gradually more challenging problems is a lot of fun. He liked this game so much for a while, we could use it as motivation for getting ready for school. It is rated for 8+, but if your bright or gifted younger child likes things like Sudoku (even simple versions), then this game is perfect. The puzzles do get harder later (there are 10 at each of 4 levels), so they may get stuck at some point. But the puzzles are very good at "building up" so that they are learning skills to do the harder ones as they go. My son made it well into the 3rd level before taking a break for other pursuits.

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