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

Our customers say: "I keep it on the coffee table and it always fascinates guests." - Kentucky, USA

Play as friends, not as enemies! Our games foster the spirit of co-operation. Players help each other climb a mountain, make a community, bring in the harvest, complete a space exploration... They are never against each other.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75462 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Family Pastimes
• Model: ZB
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 5.00" h x 1.00" w x 9.24" l, 1.00 pounds

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 paint

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

About the Inventor/Designer
This game is the invention of Jim Deacove. Jim first made a few co-operative games for his own family and was encouraged by friends to make more. The Deacove family was and is no different from others. Sharing toys, helping mom and dad, being kind to others, finding non-violent ways to solve problems are values taught in all homes. To find games which help to reinforce such sharing attitudes, however, is very difficult. Thus, Jim and Ruth felt they had to create some. The hobby became a small business in their home 28 years ago (1972). The games are now sold almost everywhere in the world. They are made in small quantities as a labor of love. The format is kept simple but attractive.

Customer Reviews

Great alone or with a crowd
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.

tough for groups, great for one
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