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Family Pastimes / Max – A Co-operative Game
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| Manufacturer Family Pastimes Ltd. |
Recommended Age 4 – 7 years |
Brand Family Pastimes |
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Features
- Players work together to get the creatures safely home before Max the cat gets them
- Children learn to use logic, consultation and cooperative decision making in an exciting way
- Awarded the Canadian Toy Testing Top Rating
- For 1 to 8 players ages 4 through 7 years
- Made in Canada using recycled boards and papers, soy-based inks, water based glues and safe paints
Description
We must help get the little creatures safely home before Max, the tomcat, catches them. In an exciting way, children learn logic, consultation and decision making. An important issue to discuss is also raised: we don't like Max catching those little ones, yet we recognize that he is a natural hunter. How do we resolve this in our minds and hearts? Let's talk it over. Includes: 12 x 12″ board, special dice, 4 movers, 4 cat treats.
Our customers say: “Our kids play Max over and over again!” – Tennessee
Play as friends, not as enemies! Family Pastimes games foster the spirit of cooperation. Players help each other climb a mountain, make a community, complete a space exploration… They never play against each other. After all, the initial impulse to play a game is social; that is, we bring out a game because we want to do something together. How ironic then that in most games, we spend all our efforts trying to bankrupt someone, destroy their armies – in other words, to get rid of one another!
At Family Pastimes we believe that people of different ages and abilities should be able to play side by side, each making their best contribution. We are all there together when we finish the game to take joy in our successes and wonder how we might work together even better the next time we play. Thus, Family Pastimes games will prove to be a friendly form of fun. Socialization, entertainment, academic learning, character growth, etc. – whatever your objectives, we invite you to realize them by cooperative means. We hope you enjoy playing and learning together!
Editorial Review
This board game doesn't pit players against each other in competition. Instead, all players work cooperatively to get a bird, a chipmunk, and a mouse (collectively known as Little Creatures) safely home before Max the Tomcat catches them and, presumably, eats them! The dice have single spots–either black or green–on each face. Black spots move Max, green spots move the Little Creatures. Players roll the dice and, in consultation with each other, decide which pieces to move in a game-long effort to foil Max. A refreshing twist on more traditional board games, this is a win/win situation for the players. They will undoubtedly always be able to save at least some of the Little Creatures from Max! Children might need help from an adult in separating the cardboard game pieces. The full-color game board is 12 inches square. –Wendy Slotboom
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