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Promising review: "GREAT GAME! This is the perfect cure for the summer brain drain for kids. This puzzle will keep kids on their toes and interested! It is great that you can play two different ways, either 2D or 3D." —OneMommaSavingMoney
Price: $11 // Rating: 4.7/5
Promising review: "Laser Maze ups the ante on puzzle/logic board games by providing clever (and sometimes devious) puzzles, while igniting the imagination and interest in optics. As a game that is greater than the sum of its parts, it's a must have for puzzle gamers." —Billy V
Promising review: "I got this for my husband for Christmas. It took us a few days of on-and-off play to figure it out. We pretty much have no idea how we did it; we just kept moving stuff around until something changed and we could move forward. This is definitely fun, and my brain actually feels good doing it." —Jacqueline C Kelly
Promising review: "This game is remarkably better than the numerical version of Sudoku. The maker's clever use of color variations (rather than traditional numerical distinctions) makes it more accessible to those who can, at times, fall among the numerically 'challenged,' even as it provides a completely new challenge to advanced players who may be approaching complacent proficiency with the more traditional numerical version of the game." —Joel E. Dillard
Promising review: "My two children love this, as does my husband and I. It's great for building thinking skills. The challenging cards are enough to stump the adults, yet the beginner cards are a great starting point for the kids." —A Customer
Promising review: "I love how this game forces you to think in three dimensions. It's sort-of like a space-age version of tic-tac-toe. The how-to is familiar, and there aren't a lot of rules to remember, or need to check." —ArcadeDweller
Promising review:"The Osmo Coding Set is one of the most engaging learning games a child can play with to learn coding basics and fundamentals. I've seen students in a classroom jump up and down when they solve a block of code to get Awbie collect strawberries!" —Chad R. Sussex
Promising review: "This was brilliantly evil. I've passed it around to friends and they've all commented on what a task master it was." —elektrapops
Promising review: "So I sat down to play a couple rounds and well before I knew it, 10 minutes turned into an hour. I love logic and critical thinking puzzles, so this game was right up my alley. It reminded me a lot of the wooden labyrinth mazes I used to play as a child... just way cooler." —Kathy Balman
Promising review: "My son opened this toy up on Christmas morning and proceeded to play with the ball for 20 minutes and completely stopped opening all other gifts. It even trumped the new video game. Definitely a great buy." —rochelle rouse
Promising review: "Simple, elegant, funny, unforgettable. Art *and* a toy. A wonderful gift for kids and art lovers." —Leslie J. Roberts
Promising review: "This is a beautiful, high-quality toy that arrived carefully packaged and ahead of schedule for Christmas. This game was for a twelve-year old boy and he adored it and left several new video games abandoned to play with this instead." —Allison Brooks
Promising review: "Love this new spin on an old classic! I love that you can enjoy customizing and playing with the physical maze on its own, but then you can take your maze on the go with the app. Scanning the maze and turning it into your own virtual reality is something new and inventive, and is an exciting part of the experience." —Amazon Customer
Promising review: "This was a great puzzle. This was also probably one of the easiest puzzles I've ever done, just because you can tell, instantly, where 99% of the pieces go. If you're looking for a really challenging puzzle, this is not for you, but my family enjoyed it quite a bit." —Dustin Farahnak