Filed Under: Games for two players, Spears Games, Vintage Games Tagged With: spears games, Superpuzzle, vintage games Vintage MB Games – Super 3 You can still buy new versions of the original Master Mind from toy shops and online. Some versions use the name Master Mind (or sometimes MasterMind) whilst others have very similar names for what is effectively the same game. What is obvious though is the absence of Invicta’s strong iconic brand.

The original game features a code of four pegs which are selected from six different colours. This means that there are a total of 1296 different codes that can be generated by the code maker (assuming they can use duplicate colours in their code).

The ninja master is trying to stop him by slapping his hand away. Hence the name, Slap Ninja. The master squeezes a trigger to make the ninja slap the student and if they successfully stop him from pressing the coin they score a point instead. The easy bit is the code maker setting a code and arranging their five pegs behind the included little plastic screen so that their opponent can’t see them.

Slap Ninja is designed for children age 4 years and over but definetly appeals to older children and adults. How to Play Slap Ninja. Player 1 is the Ninja Master who uses the Huge Karate Chop SLAP to defend the precious coin from the sneaky thieving opponent. Super 3 is actually a fantastic game to play one on one with a child. It worked brilliantly for my 6 year old son. Complicated enough that he didn’t get bored, but not so complicated that he found it hard and gave up. It requires a bit of strategic though and to understand the rules about when you can place a peg where, but it’s a brilliant game for practicing adding up the totals on two dice too. Inside the box you’re again faced with a familiar looking plastic game board and an array of coloured pegs of two different sizes. Whoever defeats the other by winning three times (coins or slaps) WINS. What Did The Kids Think Of The Slap Ninja GameThe Aim of the game is for the student to hit the coin button without receiving a slap from the master! Do this 3 times and you win – and the master must feel the buzz of shame (don’t worry, it doesn’t hurt at all. Unlike the ache from your dented ego when a small child beats you at Slap Ninja…) As an exhausted mom to 3 beautiful boys aged 5-11, Keep Up With the Jones Family began as a family blog and turned into my passion.

With the white pegs though there is no doubt that you don’t tell them which colours are the right ones, but just in the wrong position. Instead you just tell them how many of them there are.Filed Under: Games for two players, Toy Review Tagged With: game review, ninja, review, slap ninja, toy review, Two player game Spear’s Games Superpuzzle With the strapline “A second to learn… a lifetime to master” I can happily confirm that Slap Ninja is an incredibly easy game to learn to play. Mastering it however is a totally different story. Slap Ninja comes in a front open cardboard box attached at the with a couple plastic style ties, easily cut with sissors, a small plastic ties at the bottom. If you’re interested in vintage board games then why not head over to Facebook and join our new vintage board games group. It was perfect timing therefore to tell the kids about the invisible ink story (although Master C is now convinced that he can do no homework and just tell his teachers that he used invisible ink every time!) and also let them have a go at being ninjas themselves by helping me to review the game Slap Ninja from JAKKS Pacific.

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But, before we move on to deluxe Master Mind, let’s start with the original game. The History of Master Mind The student’s aim is to press the red coin without getting a karate chop, AKA MASSIVE SLAP (it doesn’t hurt – I’m just being dramatic) from the master to win a point! You see, as an incurably hopeless, wish-upon-a-star daydreamer, when my first baby boy came into my life, I swiftly realised that being the parent you thought you would be, and creating family memories to treasure in the way you imagined before your baby was born [and keeping you awake all night] is a real challenge.