For those of you who aren't familiar, Don't Break the Ice is a game for kids where plastic white cubes are placed inside a plastic blue frame and the only thing that keeps the whole thing from collapsing is the pressure of each piece pushing against the others. The point of the game is to use a small plastic hammer to strategically knock out the proper blocks to not cause the platform to collapse on your turn but on that of your opponent. It's a bit like Jenga, but you don't but the blocks back on top. And you don't work together. OK, It's nothing like Jenga.
The problem is that kids don't understand the concept of strategically plotting your opponents downfall. They don't even get the idea that you should try to keep the blocks standing as long as possible. All they see is an opportunity to knock something apart in about 5 seconds. Did I mention it takes about 8 minutes to reset everything?
We had a great time, but they should really change the age rating to 12+.
5 comments:
Ugh. This is one of Jack's faves.
Yes, it takes 8 minutes to reset it, but you didn't mention that it takes a LIFETIME to figure out how to get everything back into the box so that it will shut.
I completely agree with Sara-I had to put it back in it's box earlier today...and let's just say, the box isn't closed yet!
Maybe it should stay at Grandma's house!
I've not had a problem putting it back in the box, but i'm also pretty good at folding maps back into their original state
Yeah, I'm pretty good at that too!! :)
Is this about map folding or game re-boxing? Or something else?
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