Brain Games Publishing BGP5489 Ice Cool 2, Mixed Colours

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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?!”. Double the rooms mean more variety of size and configuration. The instructions for IceCool2 include suggested layouts for different games. Some even use unsecured rooms in the middle that can slide into different positions. And some result in open exits, which can be another source of amusement. Alternatively, you can use the box lids to seal them off.

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… Develops critical skills – Perfect for pre readers and early readers, builds language and matching skills in preschool kids through fun, fast paced play. Ice Cool is a stupid amount of fun. Not since Coconuts has there been a dexterity game that blew our expectations out of the water. We played this game a ton of times at Gen Con 2016 and the amount of cheering and laughter that erupted while playing this game was unreal. We always seemed to be drawing a crowd of onlookers as people walked by. Created by Brain Games, Ice Cool 2 is a standalone game. It also acts as an expansion to the award-winning Ice Cool.Another interesting change is the two-fish-move-fish rule. When players draw a two-point card they can move any fish from one doorway to another. This can make the game easier for one player or harder for another. A small change that can make a big difference for struggling penguins. 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).

Final Score: 4.5 Stars – A fantastic dexterity game that’s both unique and an absolute blast to play. Social Skills: Playing board games allows people to practice important social skills such as taking turns, working together as a team, and being respectful of other people’s opinions or strategies. If the Catcher at any point during his turn touches one or more Runners, he takes away their ID cards.

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Not only does Best Ice Cool offer hours of fast-paced fun but it also brings many other beneficial elements too: 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. The good-natured hilarity of failed shots is constant. This, along with the risk of getting caught, keeps players focused and engaged. The energetic gameplay adapts to a variety of group sizes. Combining with Ice Cool 2 caters for up to eight penguins. The result is more moments of tension and relief, catastrophe and victory. And more people to share those with. Brain games are an incredibly fun and engaging way to challenge your brain with activities that stimulate your cognitive skills. And there’s no better example of this than ICECOOL, a fast-paced and strategic board game featuring adorable penguins. 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