Smart Games has some amazing brain game puzzles that are fun for both children and adults. At this year's NYTF my husband fell absolutely in love with the Three Little Pig puzzle that has only recently been released. This high quality set comes with three little pigs, one wolf, and three pieces that have one house on each of them. The pieces interlock on the square base as do the characters. Besides the puzzle itself, the set includes a puzzle book with guides to set up the puzzle from easy to expert (which also has the answer key) as well as a beautifully illustrated three little pig book.
There are varying goals of the puzzle play. Sometimes you are trying to have the little pigs stay out of the houses so they can play, and other times you have to get them in their houses so the big bad wolf cannot get them! In some puzzles you will use all four of the characters and in others maybe only one or two.
My husband and I are big fans of puzzles or brain teasers. We may not be great at them, but my goodness do we love to do them. What made me love this particular title was the reaction of not my son but rather my husband when we were introduced to it at NYTF15. The combination of the age old story and the way the puzzle was created, with the pigs actually going into the houses, struck a cord with our childhood memories and a fun new way to interact with them once again. He was so excited that we were getting a sample to test out with our little X Man that he kept checking the mail himself to see when it would arrive.
