Archimedes Game Balancing Strategy Puzzle for Kids and Adults Ages 8+

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1. Rita MacLean Verified Buyer – 22 March 2024

   It’s not super difficult to learn or play, so anyone could manage the strategy. Finding a more difficult way to play would be more entertaining. The pieces are nicely carved and sanded, and the game has a good weight to it. Very lovely, even if it is just meant to sit on a shelf.
   

2. Oma-Inge Verified Buyer – 15 October 2024

   Beautifully made. Interesting concept. But the play is rather disappointing. The marbles provided are too light in weight. Even with trying to force the play so as to tip the board, it was impossible. You can place all 4 of your marbles in the end zone even with none of your opponent’s marbles in a position to counter balance them. I will be on a hunt for marbles with a more appropriate weight.

   

3. Lecteur 67 Verified Buyer – 7 January 2025

   Bel objet décoratif et jeu de stratégie passionnant basé sur le théorème des moments. Les règles du jeu peuvent être modifiées à souhait.
   

4. MOTORINO Verified Buyer – 4 March 2025

   Simpatico senza troppe pretese
   

5. Anonymous Verified Buyer – 25 March 2025

   My grandson loves this game.
   

6. Katie R. Verified Buyer – 27 March 2025

   I picked this up as a physics activity to talk about moment/torque arms with high schoolers. The concept is there, but it’s just too easy for this age group. The balls are too light to really get the platform moving so you could get your balls into the winning condition (4 balls in the brown zone at the end) with no opposing balls to counter balance you at all (see picture). So it barely matters what you or your opponent does if you have the motor control to not just drop the balls. I happened to have some steel balls around the same size and it made it *much* harder and more strategic where it was a fun challenge even for me as an adult. For context, the plastic balls that came with it are ~15.5mm diameter and weigh 3g. The steel balls I used to make it a challenge for me are 15mm and 14g. Glass marbles of a similar size would probably weigh 5g and would probably be a good medium-light option that would also be affordable. (My steel marbles would probably double the cost of the game and would make it frustrating for kids!)

   

7. Jen Mickelson Verified Buyer – 27 March 2025

   Super fun game for middle schoolers. WE bought two of these for a strategy game table at our Departments STEAM Family Night. Kids really loved playing it. They are kind of pricey but top notch quality. Completely recommend buying, especially if you are a teacher.
   

8. Aoife McCarthy Verified Buyer – 28 March 2025

   Suitable for all ages, this is a firm favourite in our house of now teenagers. Fun, easy to set up, and great to play, this game will occupy players and challenge them to out-smart their opponent. A game can last minutes or hours, depending on one’s ability to pursue one’s own strategy while all the time interrupting the strategy of one’s opponent. It’s a high quality game so gets even nicer to handle over time.

   I highly recommend this game!
   

9. Hovhannes Babayan Verified Buyer – 29 March 2025

   Shipped “marbles” does not seem to be made from real marble, but from plastic. They are light and you can easily balance 5 of them by putting one “marble” on the opposite side of the lever (see attached image). Probably, being made from real marble game would be more interesting, as the board would become more sensitive to player moves. Provided printed instructions are not clear, they mention putting marbles in the middle area, but there are 12 marbles of each color and the the darker area in the middle of the board (as in picture) can hold only 6 marbles. Where “middle area” starts and where it ends is an open question. Game essentially boils down to whoever rolls higher numbers wins. Marbles of opposite color can’t block opponent moves, so even strategy of placing your marbles on the opposite board area to prevent your opponent from reaching to the his board area does not really work. We’ve tried playing with metal balls from Gravitrax instead of provided light “marbles” (Gravitrax balls are almost of the same size), thinking that being heavy board will start to rock and it will be challenging to reach to the end, but the opponent always can do the opposite move and all your attempts to block him does not work. At the end he needs to place only 4 balls from 12 in his area, which gives a lot of freedom and a lot of “free” balls for balancing the board while moving 4 of them to his end. And again, balancing is only needed if you use heavy balls, from metal, or from stone, with provided marbles you don’t need to balance at all. Game looks more than nice decor than the real game. Also “marbles” are blue and white and not black and white as in product picture.

   

10. Sathiya Subramaniam Verified Buyer – 1 April 2025

    Interesting but gets boring after a while
    

11. Meredith Verified Buyer – 15 April 2025

    Recommended by a friend and we love it. Simple but there are ways to make it harder / easier
    

12. HJSt Verified Buyer – 16 April 2025

    Ich war erst skeptisch. Aber meine Enkel waren begeistert. Ich kann es nur empfehlen.
    

13. EGB Verified Buyer – 24 April 2025

    Fun and beautiful Design