Laser Chess vs River Crossing

Released by the company ThinkFun, Laser Chess is a two-player abstract strategy game that utilizes an actual Class 1 laser beam. Players take turns moving and rotating mirrored pieces on a gridded board, aiming to bounce the laser around obstacles and strike their opponent's Pharaoh piece while defending their own. The game teaches spatial reasoning and optics, as the laser will reflect, absorb, o...

River Crossing is a single-player spatial reasoning puzzle originally published by ThinkFun. The player arranges wooden or plastic planks of specified lengths between tree stumps so that a hiker can cross from one side of a river to the other without stepping into the water. Its challenge cards progressively restrict the available plank placements, making it a hands-on logic game for children, fam...