Logic Tangram Set with Play Cards Wooden Puzzle Game

Description: Logic Tangram Set with Play Cards Wooden Puzzle Game Product Description: The Tangram (also known as "Seven Boards Of Skill", "7 Tricky Pieces", "7 Clever Pieces", and "Chinese Puzzle") is a dissection puzzleconsisting of 7 flat shapes, called TANS, which are puttogether to form shapes. The objective ofthe puzzle is to form a specific shape (given only an outline or silhouette)using all seven pieces(pieces may notoverlap). It is reputed to havebeen invented inChina during the Song Dynasty (was an era of Chinese history that began in 960 andcontinued until 1279),and then carried over to Europe by trading ships in theearly 19thcentury. It became verypopular in Europe for a time then, and then again during World War I.It is one of the mostpopular dissection puzzles in the world. A Chinese psychologist has termed the Tangram "the earliestpsychological test in the world", albeit one made for entertainment ratherthan for analysis. The Tangram challenges the puzzler to produce a given silhouette using all 7 pieces.This Tangram set includes 2 sets of the 7 wooden pieces Tangram (Total of 14 wood pieces) and 64 glossy silhouette cards. Each card showing on one side the silhouette you can try and build, and the solution on the other side, and will provide different challenges and hours upon hours of quality entertainment and fun for the entire family. Since this game offer 2 sets of the 7 pieces Tangram, there is an option to use it as a 2 player game, when a silhouette card is pulled out, and each of the players try to complete the silhouette first, without looking at the solution. The puzzle comes with wooden box and matching lid, for safe keeping of the pieces and cards. EtymologyThe origin of theword Tangram is unclear. The Tan-' element isvariously conjectured to be Chinese. The '-gram' element is apparently from Greek. HistoryThe Tangram hadalready been around in China for a long time when it was first brought toAmerica by Captain M. Donnaldson, on his ship, Trader, in 1815. When itdocked in Canton, the captain was given a pair of Tangram books (by author Sang-Hsia-kois). They were then broughtwith the ship to Philadelphia, where it docked in February 1816. The first Tangram book to be publishedin America was based on the pair brought by Donnaldson.The puzzle was originally popularized by TheEighth Book Of Tan,a fictitious history of Tangram, which claimed thatthe game was invented 4,000 years prior by a god named Tan. The puzzle eventuallyreached England, where it became very fashionable. The craze quickly spread to other European countries, this was mostly due to apair of British Tangram books, TheFashionable Chinese Puzzle, and the accompanying solution book, Key. Soon, Tangram sets were beingexported in great number from China, made of various materials, from glass, towood, to tortoise shell.Many of these unusual andexquisite Tangram sets made their way to Denmark. Danish interest in Tangrams skyrocketed around1818, when two books on the puzzle were published. The first of these was Mandarinen (About theChinese Game). This was written by a student at Copenhagen University, which was a non-fictionalwork about the history and popularity of Tangrams. The second, Det nye chinesiske Gaadespil (The newChinese Puzzle Game), consisted of 339 puzzles copied from TheEighth Book of Tan,as well as one original.One contributing factorin the popularity of the game in Europe was that although the Catholic Churchforbade many forms ofrecreation on the Sabbath, they made noobjection to puzzle games such as the Tangram. Tangrams werefirst introduced to the German public by industrialist Friedrich Adolf Richter around 1891. Thesets were made out of stone, and marketed under thename "The Anchor Puzzle.More internationally, theFirst World War saw a great resurgence of interest in Tangrams, on the homefront and trenches of bothsides. During this time, it occasionally went under the name of "The Sphinx" an alternative titlefor the "Anchor Puzzle" sets. Great gift for kids and adults of all ages. Ultimate fun game for the entire family. Approximate Diamentions: 7.5" x 4.75" x 1.5" Difficulty Level (1-5): 4 Hard Solution or Instructions comes with the game. Return Policy Merchandise may be returned for a full refund excluding shipping charges. Merchandise must be returned in its original packaging and in unused and sealed condition and packed sufficiently to avoid being damaged in shipping. Please contact us for a Return Authorization number (RMA number)and return instructions, before returning the merchandise. Shipping Policy We can combine items for discounted shipping, please make sure you are purchasing all items on the same cart and send us a request for total, we'll combine the product price and shipping cost. Payment Policy We accept PayPal payment. Orders will be shipped once payment is received.

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