We got Triominoes for Christmas and it's been a great family game to play. Initially when you open it up you see a box of plastic triangles with numbers on and a sheet of rules. It almost looks too basic to be fun, but we have really enjoyed playing it, several times now too!
Every game seems to be different as it depends on the initial luck of the hand you pick. The game can turn around really quickly too just by laying one triominoe. You can go from losing to winning in a few turns. For this reason it seems to keep childrens interest.
It combines a lot of luck and also a little bit of skill, or strategy and it gets the children you are playing with using numbers. Also to work out whether your number combination will fit requires use of spatial awareness too. Playing this game, children will naturally be using maths: numbers, patterns of numbers, addition etc.
Tri-ominoes is a great game from aged 5 or 6 upwards, depending on attention span and grasp of numbers, but at this age it is good as a family game with a mix of adults and children. Mainly so the larger addition and subtraction of scores has an adult around to assist. However it's not just a child's game, it's a game that will appeal to all ages, as older children and adults will enjoy playing it too.
Overall a thumbs up for tri-ominoes as a great family game, good value and good fun.
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