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Braintopia

Win mini brain challenges, from symbol matching to blind texture guessing, to complete your own brain puzzle first.

Braintopia is a pile of tiny brain tests played at speed. In the box that Esdevium Games also published as Cortex Challenge, each round throws a challenge at the table: be first to match symbols, memorize every object on a card, find the way out of a maze, or, the odd one out, close your eyes and guess what a texture card feels like. Whoever wins a challenge adds a piece to their own brain puzzle, and the first player to finish theirs takes the game. Think of the reflex fun of Dobble or Jungle Speed, but with more variety in what is being tested. Two to six players, about fifteen minutes, and the youngest often beats the grown-ups.

Symbol matching, memory and maze challengesTexture cards you identify only by touchBuild your brain puzzle piece by piece

Who it's for

You like Dobble or Jungle Speed and want more variety, with kids and adults competing on nearly equal terms.

Not for you if…

You want strategy or long-term planning. Every round is a quick reflex test, and there is nothing to optimize in advance.

Vibe's take

Loud, quick and a little silly. The challenges rotate so fast that nobody stays the best at everything, and the touch rounds produce the most laughter.

#5,554 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2016 · 10 years ago

older than 59% of games

In 3,674 collections

collected more than 47% of games

2–6 players · ages 8+

Best with 4

about 15 min

shorter than 93% of games · typical 30–90 min

Complexity: light

Explained in 5 minutes · 1.1 out of 5 · lighter than 93%

Opinions: usual spread

A normal range of ratings

Language: little text

A few terms, easy to look up

Play style: competitive