Polyominoes
Published by Kevin Gong

Age Group: Age 4 to 8, Age 8 and Up
Type: Board/Card Games
License: free to try, $8 to register
 



Description:

POLYOMINOES is an addicting game based on polyominoes. A polyomino is a piece made up entirely of squares connected edge-to-edge. For example, a domino is a polyomino with 2 squares. In Polyominoes, you can use pentominoes, tetrominoes, trominoes, hexominoes, or create a set of your own pieces using the Piece Editor.

Polyominoes is really three games in one. Game mode is a strategy game in which the objective is to put the last piece on the board. The pieces can be flipped or rotated in any manner. Use any of the 90 different boards, or create one using the Board Editor. In puzzle mode, try to place all the pieces on any of the boards. In spanning puzzle mode, try to "span" the board with the fewest number of pieces. The program keeps track of all of your best efforts!

Game mode can be played against the computer or with a friend - try a friend as the computer is hard to beat! There is detailed online help and 5 levels of difficulty from beginner to master.

This struck me as a cross between Tetris and Dominoes - lots of variety and fun for all ages!

Ages 6 up

Download Details

Requires:
Color Mac

Filename: poly70.hqx

Filesize: 978 K

Download Sites:

US : For PPC Mac

US : For PPC Mac

US : For 68 K Mac

US : For 68 K Mac

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