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ThinkFun Visual Brainstorms

Price: $6.97

This set of 100 cards, each of which includes a humorous, full-color drawing, promises “the world’s best brainteaser questions.” The characters in the questions often have amusing names or faces or dilemmas to solve. The answers and explanations are on the back of each card, along with a correlated bonus question. Many of the puzzles involve math concepts, spatial reasoning, logic, or sequential thought, but some can be solved with plain common sense. Children who like word sports meeting, logic puzzles, secret codes, mazes, and math mysteries will stretch their mental muscles with Visual intellect Storms.

ThinkFun Visual Brainstorms Features

1. Includes logic puzzlers, twisted mazes, coded messages, 3D Befuddlers, and brain conundrums
2. Teaches logic, deductive reasoning, and abstract thinking
3. Bonus question on each card
4. Hundred puzzle card with rich illustrations

Customer Review for ThinkFun Visual Brainstorms at Amazon

I use these cards in my language school in Brazil. I keep the cards on the lobby so our students can
have fun trying to solve the puzzles while waiting for their classes. After a year they're just like new,the pictures are both entertaing and educative and the puzzles are definetely challenging.
-- Addictive card

10 & 13 daughters got for x-mas- they love it. provides lots of thinking fun. -- puzzle

Again we bought this to use in our therapy programs, we have only used this a few times, but the kids seem to like it. I feel it works best with the older children. They seem to enjoy it more. -- games

I love these cards! My single complaint is that their quality could be better. The card stock is too light and the plastic coating is barely noticeable. That aside, these are very challenging and entertaining mind puzzels. All of the cards have an added bonus to remember a specific detail about the picture on the card or some type of associated question. The cards can be played solo, head to head, or in group settings. Each card also has a symbol on them which identifies it's difficulty level as easy, hard, or extra hard. The packaging has some very clever ideas in how to "use" the cards like; play "one-a-day", add one card to a note or letter to someone, give them out to quests as "exit gifts", pass a hard one to a teacher or superior when everyone is looking, or just hand them out when the moment seems right! It would have been nice to have included a small sleeve or box for the cards because the box they come in is twice the size of the cards. I think these cards would make a terrific gift for any hard to buy for person, kid (ages 10 and up per box), senior, or recuperating person. They would also be outstanding for camping, car trips, or time fillers for kids and adults. There is a great variety of topics in the 100 card deck! -- Awesome find!

The game Visual Brainstorms is well worth the money, especially if you like brainteasers. Lots of fun for the whole family. -- Excellent learning tool for kids and adults