Customer Reviews

Cirkis

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(9)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This is a really cool game that I found at my local game store. I thought it would be like Blokus but it's different. What I like best is the scoring track is right on the board and the shapes are really unique. I've never seen shapes like this before and they fit together really well. You score points by making circles and stars. It looks really easy but it requires some careful planning. It's a great balance of luck and strategy. Everything is well made and the box is really eye-catching. This is a great family game!

Played this at a friend's house and will order my own copy of it from amazon. It's superficially similar to Blokus, but it's really its own thing. Pieces fit together well and it looks reasonably durable.

Game play? It's easy to get up and running with the game in just a couple of minutes. But the strategy to be good at the game is quite intensive. We found it to be quite addictive as new ideas for new strategies percolated. Friendly and playable by both kids and adults. The game recommendation of age eight to adult seems reasonable to me. I'm sure my ten year old daughters will be interested in this game.

Time will tell if this game really catches on, I think it's new for the holiday season of 2009. But it has great potential for being a classic game. Easy to learn but hard to master as the box says.

With 4 players- this is a lot of fun. Myself (36), wife, and kids- 10 and 5 play together. The 5 year old needs a bit of help- but can make it through a game. When you drop below 4 players- much of the strategy is lost.

Our family loves games like Blokus - and according to early reviews of this game it seemed like it would be equally engaging. Not so. The limitation of having to "follow the leader" when you place your pieces as well as the truly complicated scoring system (I have to keep referring to the directions) makes this game a dud in our opinion.

The concept of having the scoring on the gameboard is decent, but I know the 4 small pegs will get lost quickly. It is also difficult to see all the shaped pieces while they are in the tray. You basically have no idea what shapes you have until you pick them up.

My 8 year old enjoys chess & blokus but this game after being played just once was a total bore. Which is a bummer because this was a gift from a Santa who tries to do a lot of research before choosing games. I'd pass on this one. It's going on the shelf for a long while. :(

"It's so easy, anyone can play...but can you win?" is the caption that reads on the box. It claims to be "the captivating game of circles and stars." Suggested age was 8 so I purchased it for my 11 year old who loves strategy games. Big Mistake and definite waste of money. My son was not amused and most certainly did not enjoy playing.

Opening the box, you find cheap plastic pieces and a plastic board (negative) but it is easily stowed back in the box (positive). There is one very simple sheet of instructions that takes but a moment to read and then you are ready to play. That's where the simplicity ends and the difficulty begins. This is not a game for your average child or adult. It definitely is for those who enjoy games like Chess and other slow-moving strategy games to a certain extent. Each player is allowed 15 minutes for their turn and, not surprisingly, most will need every moment of that 15 minutes to make a move. The game pieces are hard to make out when trying to find a "fit" for the board. They come in all sorts of wacky shapes and sizes and will take a lot of your patience as you try to learn how they work with the board. The object of the game is to be the one to complete a circle or star to earn your points. The players became very frustrated and felt limited on moves they could make. There was much arguing on whether or not pieces truly had to be "touching" as some of the pieces fit the board perfectly next to another piece but did not come in contact with the neighboring piece. With the frustration levels running high, the game was stowed away after a few pieces were placed on the board by each player. It will end up stowed away in our attic until we find someone who is remotely interested in playing the game. I would recommend stopping at a game store to "try-out" the game before you attempt to purchase it. I wish I had.

I am not good at chess or other "thinking" and strategy games, so I am easily frustrated by them. CirKis, however, is different. The play itself is simple, and the strategy is unfolding itself as I play. I played this with my adult sisters and my 13-year-old niece. The game encourages thought and planning, and yet is full of surprises and twists. Different players take different strategies, and it's fun to see how one player differs from another. The game is short enough to keep everyone engaged, yet not over so fast that there's no sense of play. I really like this game!

Got a few of these games, don't have time to mess with it. It looks o.k.. Gave one to 16 yr. old grandson, haven't heard from him on it.

This is such a fun game. My husband and I bought this after playing Blockus with a friends. We came to Amazon to order Blockus and found Cirkis. This is a really great game for a game party. We put out several board game stations and friends rotate between tables, playing different games. This game has very simple rules and is quick to learn, making it ideal for such a set up.

I got this for my younger cousins for Christmas last year because they also love the game Blokus, which is very similar. Cirkis is the same type of strategy but a different board and pieces. While lit is essentially the same game as Blokus, it's fun to change it up. My cousins are 7 and 11 and they both enjoy this game and have no problem playing it.

I am a huge Blockus fan and bought this because it was on clearance. I thought it would be more like blockus, but with different shapes. It's just not nearly as fun or strategic. I was disapointed.