Why not take on some tough challenges that aren’t so easily solved? There are plenty of unique games that build your thinking skills, like palindrome quizzes and “UMIGAME no Soup” (lateral-thinking riddles).
They help sharpen logical thinking, spark new ideas, and boost communication skills, so you can grow while having fun with friends.
Stimulate your curiosity with quizzes and debate showdowns, and discover something new! From kids to adults, we’ll guide you through a world of brain-teasing games, complete with hints to help you crack the puzzles.
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Build your logical thinking! A collection of game ideas to develop thinking skills (1–10)
tic-tac-toe
https://www.tiktok.com/@haco_asobi_edu/video/7550645060535127304The game where you draw circles and crosses in a 3×3 grid has simple rules, but it’s said to help develop thinking skills.
It’s usually played on a single grid, but increasing the number to nine makes it even more exciting.
The next player writes an O or X in the 3×3 grid located in the same position as the cell the previous player marked.
Try to outmaneuver your opponent and keep them from winning as you play.
With multiple 3×3 grids, it becomes a strategy game that offers a different kind of fun compared to the usual tic-tac-toe.
Sorting Game
https://www.tiktok.com/@haco_asobi_edu/video/7548231806328311048Line up colorful marbles and develop logical thinking.
Take randomly placed red and blue marbles and arrange them so that marbles of the same color form a single row.
By arranging them in specific orders or shapes, you can train your logical thinking.
Swap the vertical or horizontal positions of adjacent marbles to align the same colors in the same row.
You can make it more fun by timing how long it takes until all colors are aligned and competing, or by having someone else specify the positions of the colors to arrange.
Besides logical thinking, this activity also helps improve concentration and color perception.
Avalon
Abalone is a game that exercises your mind while you have fun, played with black and white marbles.
Your goal is to push your opponent’s marbles off the board.
Marbles attack and defend in ways unique to this game, using both linear and lateral movements.
By the way, pushing your opponent’s marbles is called “sumito.” As the game progresses, what looks simple becomes deep and strategic—you might find that attacking opens you up to being attacked.
Think through your tactics and be the first to push 6 of your opponent’s marbles off the board.
Algo Basic
Argo Basic is a game where you deduce your opponent’s number cards starting from a single number card.
There are some slightly complex parts, like arranging and flipping cards according to the basic rules.
However, once you get the hang of it, it helps you develop skills such as focusing, thinking things through, and analyzing the numbers on the cards from your opponent’s answers, strengthening your logical thinking.
It’s also appealing that people of a wide range of ages can play, making it great fun at home.
In addition, a collection of Tsume Argo problems—puzzle-style challenges that let you enjoy Argo like tsume shogi—has been included.
Mitsukaruta
It’s a fun game where your vocabulary decides who wins.
Prepare stacks by placing seven cards, each with one hiragana character, and layering more cards on top to form piles.
Everyone playing draws one card from any of the seven piles, and the game begins.
Use three or more of the visible letters on the piles to come up with a word and say your answer.
It’s also okay to use words that include letters not currently visible on the piles.
You get to keep the cards for the letters you used.
There’s no set turn order—first come, first served.
Keep calling out all the words you know!
Logical Choice
It’s a game where even young children can have fun while developing logical thinking skills.
Logical thinking is useful in conversation and communication, and it’s considered important for helping others correctly understand your ideas.
Because it’s the ability to think things through step by step, it’s something you’ll want to cultivate in childhood when thinking about the future.
Logical Choice is a game where you look at various illustrations presented as four-choice options and solve problems.
Since the problems consist only of illustrations, you consider what’s being asked and make judgments accordingly.
By repeatedly working through the problems, it’s said that children can gradually build their thinking skills.
Puzzle game
Block-based puzzles and ones with pictures or illustrations have an irresistible charm that makes you focus and try your hardest.
Puzzle games where you fit differently shaped blocks together have a different kind of fun, too.
In these puzzles, when you try to fit block pieces into a rectangular frame, there’s always one piece left over.
It might make you think, “Finishing it is impossible,” but there is actually a way to fit all the blocks into the frame and complete the puzzle.
When you try various ways to combine the pieces and finally get that last piece to fit perfectly, you can’t help but feel a rush of joy.