Lego Games

Lego Games is a product range of the construction toy Lego, which focuses on a series of playable games of different types, all of which use Lego bricks, and use the Lego concept of building to encourage players to change adapt the rules of the games. 

The Lego Games sets are board games created by designer Cephas Howard, with consultants Bernie DeKoven and Reiner Knizia, that incorporate Lego pieces as components for the game. Most use original themes and settings, though a small number have been based on existing Lego themes, such as Harry Potter Hogwarts which is based on the Lego Harry Potter theme, and Ninjago: The Board Game, based on Ninjago. The Ramses characters represent a mini-theme within the Games line, comprising three of the sets so far: Ramses Pyramid, Orient Bazaar, and Ramses Return. A more promoted subtheme is the Role-playing game based Heroica, with boards that can be connected to one another. All of the sets make use of the distinctive Lego Dice - a solid plastic, Lego-compatible cube with soft rubber rimming on each edge to give the die a particularly strong bounce. Depending on the game, the die can be built with different Lego tiles on its faces which will affect gameplay in different ways. The age recommendations range from five and up to eight and up.
The first Lego Games sets were released on July 2, 2009 in the United Kingdom. These ten sets varied in size from around 100 to 350 pieces. Four of the sets - Lava Dragon, Pirate Code, Minotarus, and Creationary - were later released in the United States in March 2010. In March 2010 four new sets were released in the United Kingdom, ranging in size from around 90 pieces to 120. In the United States five of the original ten games were released in June 2010, with only Lunar Command not getting released. This delay between European and American releases has repeated with each subsequent wave of new games. As part of a promotion for the American release, a tour of 13 different parts of the United States was undertaken from July 2 to September 19, 2010.
In July 2010 another four new sets were released in the United Kingdom. At around the same time, Shave a Sheep and Harry Potter Hogwarts were released in the United States, with the former game being renamed "Wild Wool," with Magma Monster and Orient Bazaar following in August and Atlantis Treasure in October. Christmas 2010 saw the distribution of the special set 2010: Happy Holidays - The Christmas Game, a gift to LEGO staff and partners. A further five sets are scheduled for general UK release in early 2011.

Set No.	Set	Release	Pieces
3835	Robo Champ	July 2, 2009	118
3836	Magikus	July 2, 2009	108
3837	Monster 4	July 2, 2009	141
3838	Lava Dragon	July 2, 2009	131
3839	Race 3000	July 2, 2009	166
3840	Pirate Code	July 2, 2009	268
3841	Minotaurus	July 2, 2009	211
3842	Lunar Command	July 2, 2009	271
3843	Ramses Pyramid	July 2, 2009	217
3844	Creationary	July 2, 2009	338
3845	Shave a Sheep (known as Wild Wool in the US)	March 3, 2010	118
3846	UFO Attack	March 3, 2010	88
3847	Magma Monster	March 3, 2010	95
3848	Pirate Plank	March 3, 2010	122
3849	Orient Bazaar	July 4, 2010	204
3850	Meteor Strike	July 3, 2010	185
3851	Atlantis Treasure	July 3, 2010	280
3862	Harry Potter Hogwarts	July 3, 2010	333
2010	Happy Holidays - The Christmas Game	December 25, 2010	215
3852	Sunblock	December 28, 2010	80
3853	Banana Balance	December 28, 2010	49
3854	Frog Rush	December 28, 2010	107
3855	Ramses Return	December 28, 2010	99
3856	Ninjago: The Board Game	December 28, 2010	245

Awards

• Ramses Pyramid

• 2009 Goldenes Schaukelpferd, Spielzeug des Jahres
• 2009 Toy Innovation Award
• 2009 Österreichischer Spielepreis
• 2010 Australian Game of the Year

• Minotaurus

• 2010 Guldbrikken Award for Best Family Game.

• Shave a Sheep

• 2010 UK Right Start award

 

A buildable and fun twist on a memory game for 2 to 4 players. The game is all about finding the missing Dwarves who have gotten lost in Hobbiton, using hints left by Gandalf the Grey and some Hobbits to help you search. If you are up to the challenge you can transform the board during the game, testing your memory skills to the max. Once the board is built it is easy to store and quick to take out to play again.