Muggins & Knock-Out Wooden Math Games

by Old Fashioned Products

Product Features

• Wooden game board

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001HTBOSK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,283 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Product Description

Muggins math board games and manipulatives are not only educational but make learning FUN! Built the old fashioned way with wooden boards and marbles, the games are great for family game night as well as for the classroom and after school programs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Forget the Price - Muggins is The BEST Math Game for Kids!, March 23, 2011

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G. Sims "Husker" (Nebraska, Home of the Huskers) - 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 

This review is from: Muggins & Knock-Out Wooden Math Games (Toy)

I've been using Muggins in my 4th grade Classroom all year AND I've also been using it at home with my 3rd grade and Kindergarten boys. Everyone LOVES it. While they know it is a math game, no one cares. Over the course of a game, students are doing hundreds of 'Mental Math' flash cards in their heads. In a nutshell, the way you play is that the board displays the numbers from 1-36 and each player takes turns rolling 3 regular dice. The player takes the three numbers that come up and tries to find an open space on the board to play their marble. Players may +/-/x/ or divide the numbers to come up with a play. For example, if I roll a 3, 4, and 2.... I could add them up to get 9, or I could do something like 3 x 4 = 12 and 12 / 2 = 6 to get 6.

The real fun begins when the board starts to fill up. For example, once the numbers 6 and 9 are taken, you can't play your marble on them and have to think of a different way to combine the numbers. Also - a big part of the game comes in the scoring. Each player gets a point for every marble they have on the board at the end of the game. However, each player earns bonus points for how many marbles they have in a run (or row).

Ignore the high price (because you get an equally fun game, Knockout, on the back side of the board) and the lame name (but remember that this game was created well before Harry Potter / Muggles terminology was) and buy this game for your family or class.

The game also comes with 3 12-Sided Dice and I use those when we play with my Kindergartener. When we play with him, we modify the rules so you can only add and subtract. He often will figure out ways to beat me and his older brother.

I have also been told that an independent study was run using this game in two 5th grade classrooms that had equal math abilities at the beginning of the year. One used the game in class throughout the year and one did not. At the end of the year, the 5th grade class that used Muggins throughout the year had improved their math scores tremendously compared to the class that did not.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Educationally Fun., April 8, 2010

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Jazter "bookworm" (VIRGINIA) - See all my reviews

= 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: Muggins & Knock-Out Wooden Math Games (Toy)

Only one of my kids knew how to play the game. She taught us in a matter of minutes and the whole family now plays. We have played almost daily since receiving it and it has helped my 3rd grader with his multiplication and division skills. All I can say is fun, fun, fun. We have enjoyed the game a lot and I know it'll be the families favorite long after the kids move out and come back to visit.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality toy--great math practice!, November 4, 2008

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Caring Mom - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Muggins & Knock-Out Wooden Math Games (Toy)

This quality wooden game will last for your grandchildren. Really good math fun and practice!