Tag Archives: brain teasers

24Apr

Game Design Contest Winner

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Congratulations to our Game Design Contest winner Dan Bavernik (& family) for the game Marble Groove. The Bavernik family received $2000, and will get to see their game produced by us to sell in our stores and online. The Barvernik Read More >

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21Feb

BrainSessions- Which Brain Are You?

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People love our stores and our website because of all of the brainy fun products we offer.  We know our customers are excited to get the latest and best games and puzzles for their families, friends and themselves. But we Read More >

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6Jul

Riddle Me This #2

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Do You Know? What is black when you get it, red when you use it, and grey when you’re through with it? The answer is not this picture.     9-Minute Rule You have 2 sand-filled hourglasses. One is  a Read More >

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30Sep

Launching New Website

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Welcome to our BRAND NEW SITE! I hope you enjoy it – it was a nine month process revamping everything about our website and we are very proud to have it up and running. What we were trying to do on our site is to make it more like our well loved in-store Read More >

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1Mar

Brain Games for Teen to Adult

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Most of my favorite games are geared towards the 12+ crowd. For instance, I am a big fan of Insight, Art Dealer, Quarto, and Snatch It. The following brain games/books and software are great fits for teens to adults, although Read More >

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18Jan

Brain Fitness on the Go: iPhone Apps

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I am a busy person, as I am sure you all are, so I find it handy to have things I can accomplish while on the subway, waiting for coffee, or walking home. After a Twitter followerer (@adeyemiking) suggested I Read More >

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9Aug

More classic brain teasers

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The Marbles team has been working hard all week to get our Lincoln Square store ready to open. We hope to see you at our Grand Opening at 4745 N. Lincoln Avenue this Wednesday night from 5:30-7:30pm! In addition to Read More >

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28Jul

What makes the Rubik’s cube stand the test of time?

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Yesterday was the 29th anniversary of the invention of the Rubik’s cube, one of the world’s most famous brain teasers. Created by Erno Rubik, a Hungarian architect, designer and university professor, Rubik’s entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 1982. According Read More >

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