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2018 Ranked #11,388

Cortex + Challenge

Puzzle challenge game has contestants test memory, cognition, and sensory perception to win brain-puzzle pieces. Texture cards add tactile challenges, and completing the three-dimensional brain before rivals secures victory.

Card Game Educational Pattern Recognition

Players

2-6

Play time

10-15 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.33/5

Rating

6.38

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Cortex + Challenge tests up to 2-6 players’ memory, cognition, and sensory perception. It even includes texture cards that are used during "touch challenges" in which players must guess what they are feeling, adding a unique element that is often neglected in games.

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Cortex + Challenge tests up to 2-6 players’ memory, cognition, and sensory perception. It even includes texture cards that are used during "touch challenges" in which players must guess what they are feeling, adding a unique element that is often neglected in games. Winning challenges allows players to add pieces to their brain 3D puzzle which they must complete before their opponents in order to win the game. This game contains 170 new cards, including 9 new challenges and can be mixed with cortex 1, cortex 2, and/ cortex 3

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–6
Play time
10–15 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Johan Benvenuto Nicolas Bourgoin

Artists

1
Sébastien Lopez

Publishers

1
Captain Macaque

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