Induction

Zendo

Tabletop Tuesdays: Puzzle Making Trainer

Submitted by sebastian sohn on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 23:08.

Type:

Tabletop

System Requirements:

Tabletop and Literacy

Developer:

Kory Heath

Game's Page

Board Game Geek Entry

Zendo-San (Windows)

Zendo is an inductive reasoning game by Kory Heath. Heath reworked Eluesis, a game designed to play with a standard 52-card deck by Robert Abott. Eluesis was first published in Scientific American, June 1959, but has been published several times since in card game rulebooks. Heath created a complete boxed set with colorful transparent pyramids, guessing tokens, sample puzzles, rules and a new Buddhist theme rather than the original Judeo-Christian theme. Zendo is more colorful and tactile because it uses 3D pyramids rather than standard cards.

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