Apr
10
Idol Quest
Designer: N/A
Publisher: Rex Games
Year Published: 2007
Price: $25.00
Playing Time: 30 minutes
Number of Players:
2
3
4
Age Range:
8-up
Family
Game Type:
Race
At the New York Toy Fair in February 2007, I walked every aisle, looking for games in unusual places. In addition to numerous unappealing titles from companies both old and new, I ran across a few games that sounded appealing, although I couldn’t look deeper than the surface since Toy Fair isn’t conducive to playing anything.
One of the intriguing-looking games was Idol Quest from Rex Games. Rex Games is best known for Tangoes, a nice-looking plastic tangrams set with small packs of puzzle cards that’s celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2007. When I worked in a game store in San Francisco back in the early 1990s, I remember selling Tangoes non-stop. The puzzle was always on display on the counter, and once customers started fiddling with the bits, they had to take one home to share with children and friends. Idol Quest is a departure for Rex …
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