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Brain Games Publishing BGP5489 Ice Cool 2, Mixed Colours

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If you want the penguin to move in a straight line, put your finger in front of it and make a push on the very center - it will move in a straight line. Ice Cool is entertaining because of the player interaction. Playing almost feels like a sport where the penguins are an extension of the players. There's a sense of achievement to difficult manoeuvres. Curving arcs through doorways, or jumping walls to catch your friends. Players come together sharing those moments, often with a cry of "Did you see that?!". Yes, the ThinkFun Zingo Bingo Award Winning Preschool Game comes with an instruction booklet describing the rules and strategies of the game. Given how competitive some of us are (sibling rivalries, anyone?), you can imagine how ICE COOL can – and will – become the smash hit of the evening at your games night.

ICECOOL2 is an expansion – but also standalone game – to its predecessor, ICECOOL. If you say the name out loud it sounds a bit like ‘Ice School’, which is exactly where this game takes place. In a school, filled with ice. A school for penguins, that are skipping class and trying to skid around the halls to collect fish… This Icecool2 edition comes with Plastic Penguins and English, French and Spanish rules, as well as new opportunities for creative play. You can combine it with Icecool1 for even more intense strategic play and up to 8 players! Plus, with BRAIN GAMES, Icecool2 covers much more than just the basic gameplay; it encourages critical thinking, creativity, problem solving and interpersonal communication. Whether you’re playing with your kids or a group of adults, this innovative game will keep everybody entertained and active for 30 minutes of frenetic fun. It depends on the game. Some games are designed to be played multiple times, and can offer a different experience each time. Other games may not have much replay value, and are only meant to be played once. Are there any strategy elements involved in the game? Even the box is a work of genius. Brian Gomez and Brain Games have designed a ‘boxes-within-boxes’ creation – the various rooms that help construct the icy arena all sit snug within each other in the main box. Each one is a few millimetres narrower than its predecessor, so they sit like Russian dolls. Rooms are clipped together on your table with wooden fish pegs, which is a neat touch. It quite literally is a big game in a modest-sized box (and it can be combined with ICE COOL 2 to make a humongous layout). We had one game where the catcher actually jumped two walls and caught me on the other side of the board. To be honest, I wasn’t even mad, that was an amazing shot. It’s moments like this which make Ice Cool so much fun. Ice Cool is going to be one of those games where there will be cheers or cries of anguish as people make particularly difficult or impressive shots.In 2016, Brain Games released Ice Cool at the UK Games Expo. It was our first year at the expo and we were quite surprised that any games were being released there, let alone one of them going on to win the Kinder Spiel des Jahres (the biggest award for children’s game of the year) one year later. Ice Cool is an innovative dexterity game, with a fantastic pun in its title, about a group of penguins trying to skip class in high school. Let us tell you how it plays. Ice Cool Gameplay Develops critical skills – Perfect for pre readers and early readers, builds language and matching skills in preschool kids through fun, fast paced play. Every time a penguin goes through certain doorways they’ll get a fish (and take a fish card, worth varying points). Every time the hall monitor player bumps into a naughty penguin, they’ll ‘confiscate’ their hall pass, and also earn a fish card for their snitching.

Created by Brain Games, Ice Cool 2 is a standalone game. It also acts as an expansion to the award-winning Ice Cool. The different levels of difficulty vary based on the type of activity or task being performed. Generally speaking, there are five levels of difficulty: easy, medium, hard, very hard, and extreme. Easy tasks are those that require little to no effort and do not take much time to complete. Medium difficulty tasks require some effort and may take some time to complete. Hard tasks are those that require significant effort and are time-consuming to complete. Very hard tasks are those that require a lot of effort and are very time-consuming to complete. Extreme tasks are those that require an incredibly high level of effort and take a very long time to complete. Does the game have any replay value? It’s always good to have different games to the people you often play with, so Amy suggested that we buy a copy of Ice Cool and it has hit the table a few times in the last couple of weeks and sits happily among our heavy games like Terraforming Mars and A Feast for Odin. The components in Ice Cool are nothing short of fantastic. The biggest draw of the game has to be Brain Game’s “box in a box” system. The game board is made up of 5 boxes that link together to form the penguin school-house. The great thing about these is that the boxes nest when not in use, so the whole game fits into one normal sized game box.

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Final Score: 4.5 Stars – A fantastic dexterity game that’s both unique and an absolute blast to play. The new race mode introduces a team element. Players pair up with two penguins to pelt around the school. The aim is to be the first team to grab all their fish and make it to the designated finish room. Working together heightens the fist-pumping joy of success. And the wide-eyed, hand-over-mouth calamity of fumbles! This mode works with a single version of the game, but the racing dynamic is a lot more satisfying over a larger area. The game won the title of “Kinderspiel des Jahres” in 2017 – a very prestigious award, selecting the best children’s game of the year. Its popularity isn’t confined to just kids either – adults of all ages are raving about it, thanks to its clever mechanics, beautiful design, and alluring theme.

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