REVIEW: Jishaku Game

We recently got the chance to play a new strategy game called Jishaku. The pieces are a little out of the ordinary in this game as they MOVE on you.  They can actually jump towards another piece. You're probably asking yourself, "How do they do that?"

The game pieces are actually magnets. Life all magnets, they have a south and north poles... a negative and a positive pole... but the poles are not marked. 

You strategically place the pieces or stones as the game calls them (aka the magnets) into the foam playing field.  You want to put your stone so that they repel your other stones that you may place and attract your opponents pieces when they place theirs on the board, thus making them have to gather up your stones making them theirs to play with to get rid of before you get rid of yours.

The game is for ages 8 and up with it geared for 2 or more players.

It's a fun game to teach children the workings of a magnet and even exercise their minds on placing the magnets on the board just so.  

My husband and I played it once together.  He didn't care for it. He prefers more strategic games such as chess. Which he beats me at every time we play. 

I also played this with our oldest daughter and she thought it was fun but not something she would want to play with a lot. I have to agree with her.  I'll stick with trying to outwit hubby in chess.

The game though was a hit with our 8 year old and 9 year old sons.  They thought it was fun to watch their magnets catch the others then try to get rid of them all again. So I'm sure they'll want to play it again some more.

The other children are not at an appropriate age to play this game yet and the pieces (aka magnets) are rather small and could cause a choking hazard in the two youngest.

If you would like to see this game in action, visit the website at Play Jishaku. You can also get strategy tips there to help you give the element of surprise to your opponents.

 

Disclaimer:  The video does show some very scantily clad individuals so please be aware of that before watching the video. 

The game retails for $19.95 and you can purchase it at the Play Jishaku as well as other fine retailers.

 

 

Thank you to Parent Reviewers and Play Jishaku for the opportunity to review this game.