Zen Blocks

by Family Pastimes

Product Features

• Our cube game for thinking and intuitive players
• Easy games for the young to try and tough games for teens and adults
• For 1 to 13 players
• For ages 6 through adult
• Made in Canada using recycled boards and papers, soy-based inks, water based glues and safe paints

Product Details

• Item Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00000IUIC
• Item model number: ZB
• Our recommended age: 6 years and up
• Manufacturer recommended age: 6 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,630 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Contemplative and calming, Zen Blocks have a place everywhere. How about in a desk drawer at work to pull out and play with after a stressful meeting? Or, how about in a backpack for friends during school lunch break? This symbol-matching game engages both intuition and logic and can be played in many variations--some simple enough for beginners, others challenging enough for Zen masters! Fourteen wooden blocks are decorated with symbols: heaven, earth, sun, rain, lion, lamb, and yin-yang. Match symbols to build your Zen cube. Zen Blocks can be played alone or in a team. Team players build cooperatively and "link their fates." Win as a team or lose as a team! Zen Blocks come with a felt play pad, and the Zen cube is 3.5 inches tall, wide, and deep. --Wendy Slotboom

Product Description

Our cube game for thinking and intuitive players.

Symbols on the blocks are matched to form a cube, like dominoes in 3-D. Easy games for the young to try, and tough games for teens and adults. Not a one solution puzzle, but a genuine game that unfolds differently each time. Excellent for family play, in schools as a logic game, by groups assessing co-operative skills or just as a gift for that clever person. Can you bring together the opposites to form a complete whole? Full explanations of the meanings of the symbols are given.

Includes: 28 clear finish silk-screened blocks, play pad, illustrated rules. © 1972, 1997

• Recommended Ages: 6 years & Up

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great alone or with a crowd, August 5, 2008

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S. Gardner (Lincoln, Nebraska, United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Zen Blocks (Toy)

This is a very engrossing game. If you like to organize things, just so, this is the activity for you. You can really puzzle over how to match the blocks both internally and externally, or you can just focus on the external organization. Or, if you have really little kids (like, under age 3), you can use the blocks for building imaginary things, like the Great Wall of China. You can use these blocks as a one-person game or with a bunch of people, and there are no winners or losers. It's just a good be-together or be-alone activity. Truly "Zen" blocks. I love this toy and have used it for ten years now. Highly recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars tough for groups, great for one, August 11, 2008

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E. Roush - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Zen Blocks (Toy)

I bought this game to encourage interactive play. It's very hard to keep more than 1-2 people actively involved, but it's a great quiet game for 1 or 2