Assorted Thinking Games

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Description
GridWorks, Xactika and Five Crowns.
GridWorks is a pattern matching game which requires logical deduction. The object is to place nine colored tokens on a grid based on the clues given with each of sixty challenges which range in difficulty from beginner to expert. GridWorks is designed for one player or a group working together, ages 8 and up.
Five Crowns is an original card game which uses skills acquired from other games like rummy, hearts, and spades. The double deck contains five suits, hence five crowns, but no aces or twos. The cards are colorful and beautiful to look at. Each game consists of eleven rounds and takes 30-45 minutes to play for two to seven players, ages 8 and up. Five Crowns can even be played as a solitaire game.
Xactika
is a bidding card game which uses a deck of 81 cards each of which has a unique combination of balls, cones, stars and cubes which total the number on the card. The object is to have the highest number of points after eight rounds. Points are obtained by taking the exact number of tricks bid at the beginning of each round. The game is played by two to ten players, ages 12 and up.