"Creating stable compounds and gases is the goal in Ion: a compound building game. Up to seven players pick and pass cards representing cations, anions, and noble gases to assemble chemical bonds. Players must balance their interest in grabbing lucrative cards against disrupting opponents' plans. Skillful timing and optimal choices score greater rewards. After three rounds, the player with the most points wins!"--

Q-bitz offers three types of visual challenges - making it the perfect game for multiple playing styles. Round one of this popular MindWare game is all about speed as players race to manipulate their cubes to copy the pattern on the Q-bitz pattern card. In round two, players roll all of their cubes on the table like dice. Using the cubes as rolled (face up) players place as many cubes as possible in their tray to recreate the pattern shown on the...

Siblings Shen, Shondra, and Shontoya arrive at Ludum Omega Summer Camp with a passion for games, and Professor Zephyr is excited to teach this year's students all about the art and science of game design! What makes a game fun? What kinds of games are out there? How can designers turn an okay game into a great one?

"Kids will have a blast with this game set, playing rock bingo, mineral memory, gem-tac-toe, trivia, and have a full deck of playing cards that can be used as flash cards. STEM has never been this fun! Kids will also receive 25 rock specimens and over 150 rock, mineral, and gemstone specimens!"