Petits Magiciens

Petits Magiciens is a Haba memory game about little wizards and magnets.  I adore this game but basically it is really only available second hand as I haven't seen it published in a while.  However Haba have a lot of memory games and they are really all good, so owning one is enough and you can find others like this but perhaps without the gears and magnets.


This is a really simple game for 3 and up though even I find it hard as the gears spin and the items you need to remember can move!




Game Play

Game play is incredibly simple, you roll the die and move the wizard that many on the picture track. Then whatever item you land on you try to find under the wizard hats using a magnetic wand. Each hat is lovely and has a mini magnet in and well made.  If you succeed in finding the item you get a star, most stars at the end of the game wins.

If the die is rolled an it lands on the plant symbol the gears move one quarter turn to make it harder for everyone to remember where stuff is!

A thought out aspect of this game is that there are three wizard hat colours so if the gears spin you can still try to remember where things are, for example on the blue gear under the red hat is the bat etc.


Review

As with all Haba items I have come across this is beautifully made and thought out. I love everything they make really and basically if you find something in their range that sounds fun you will most definitely enjoy it.  The only thing I don't love about this game is that the gears stick a little and so for very young children it can be frustrating.  However like I said this isn't really available to find anymore so if you look at other Haba memory games they don't have gears as often and so you will probably be fine with those.

Sorry I am reviewing a game you can't get easily - we just love it here too much not to include it!