Kalide by Imagination review

I recently received a game that I have not come across before.  Kalide from Imagination is a game of skill that requires 2 players and an ability to flick your fingers.

Winning is all about how well you can flick, slide and score points with your magnetic 'pucks'  This game reminds me of those air hockey tables but on a smaller, magnetic scale you can easier set up and play at home.

The game includes a magnetic play mat, 12 magnetic pucks and an instruction leaflet.  To start playing just unroll the mat and share out the pucks - simple!

Mat simply unrolls for gameplay.

The object is the game is to score more points than your opponent and points are scored by flicking your pucks across the mat and aiming for the black circles containing a point value.  However as the pucks are magnetic this may not be as easy as it sounds as there is a 'dead zone' in the middle of the mat and any pucks that go into this or go off the mat are not counted.

Flicking fingers at the ready!

The pucks can also affect other pucks as they can knock (repel) or magnetically push another puck into or out of a points circle or even off the mat which is great if it is one of your opponents pucks.

Players flick their pucks from different sides and the player flicking from the red side can only score in the red section of the mat and the opposite for the yellow player.

Red players aim for red section of  board to score

The game is scored over three rounds with the player with the highest score winning.  I found the game simple to get the hang of and played against my pre-teen daughter but quickly it became quite 'samey' and we ended up adding obstacles to the mat to give a twist to the game.  I really liked the fact that the playmat was able to be rolled up and that the pucks were so easy to pack away and couldn't be lost as they just attached themselves to each other magnetically - no more lost game pieces.

Although the game is aimed at players of 8 years + I do think younger players could get the hang of it as long as they were careful as flying pucks could break things and adequate playing space is suggested because of this.

Kalide is a simple to understand game of skill that would brighten up a rainy afternoon.

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