ThinkFun's Rush Hour - Puzzle Fun for the Family

Oh no! The little red car (or maybe ice cream van) is stuck in a rush hour traffic jam. Think you can get him out?

I use this game all the time in my work Think Fun's Rush Hour - the junior version, that is - and it's quite a challenge. Set up the board according to pattern given on one of the 40 cards, then move the pieces one by one (obeying the traffic laws!) until the red car is able to escape the rush hour traffic jam.

Think it's just a game? It won a national award from Mensa and is even used occasionally in a variety of educational classes. There are four levels of puzzles - intermediate, advanced, expert and grand master. The easier puzzles take around 20 moves to solve while grand master can take as many as 50!

I use Rush Hour in my work with children particularly when teaching Anger management, conflict resolution, problem solving, cognitive reframing etc. The children all love this game and learn so much from it as well as having fun. I've used with children from age around 6 years right through to 14 years or so. I've also played it with my step daughters who absolutely loved it.

I've even taken it on holiday and sat and played while sunning myself on a Greek beach!