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Khet: The Laser Game from Innovention Toys
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Minimum Age: 9 years
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Our Editorial Review
Product Description High tech, high action and trulyunique! Deflexion combines lasers with classic strategy for cool, smart...Zap! "Gotcha!" Satisfaction. Strategy at the Speed of Light... Each player begins with 12 Egyptian-themed pieces and a laser built into the board. The goal is to arrange your pieces so that the laser's beam bounces off their mirrored sides with the goal of illuminating opponent's pieces to eliminate them from the game. Players alternate turns moving the mirrored pieces around the playing field after which they fire their low powered laser diode in attempts to hit the opponent's Pharaoh. Deflexion is fun and easy to learn. Developed by mechanical engineering students and similar to chess, the challenge is in thinking about the playing field as a whole. Because all the pieces move in the same way, you can learn how to play in minutes. The hard part is keeping your pharaoh safe all while trying to zap your opponent and kill him...your opponent's pharaoh, that is. Although the laser does not effect people, we are not suggesting zapping anyone or anything. Deflexion employs two class II lasers which are lower in power than most laser pointers on the market, (usually class III). This means that although you still get the neat effect of firing a laser to bombard your opponent's pieces, you will not get the wow effect of seeing it melt or blow holes through the playing field. Deflexion makes light strategy fun for all ages. According to the experts, product testing shows that players of all ages and groups find Deflexion easy to learn and fun to play. In fact "geeks" was the only group to give a 9 out of 10 on overall enjoyment, instead of the usual 10 out of 10 from all other groups, including swimsuit supermodels. Deflexion has received the following accolades: Wired Magazine's Super Cool Toys for 2005 Popular Science named Deflexion "A Must Have Product" American Mensa Select Winner Featured in Business Week and Tulane University Magazine
Customer Reviews
Great Game - Quality luck of the draw Posted 08 April 2008
This is a favorite game to play with my 7 year old. Game is easy to learn yet is challenging at the same time. Great strategy game with the average length of play well within my son's attention span when playing best out of three.
Game would rate 5 stars if it wasn't for the lack of quality control. We did not have alignment issues but every mirror was filthy and had to be cleaned before attempting to play. Some pieces had to have the rough edges smoothed to fit properly in the board squares.
That said, I would purchase again and find the $40 price tag well worth it for such an innovative game.
alignment problems Posted 19 January 2008
I have had alignment problems as well, noticable after only five reflections. From what I can tell, it stems from lax tolerances not with the laser, but with the reflective surfaces. The pyramid pieces in particular seem to be built with more angular variation than the others. I plan on calling the manufacturer to see if they have looked into tighter tolerances, or even to see if I could get a couple of replacement pyramids that are dead on. We'll see.
Other than that minor frustration, the game is quite fun, and the alignment issues sort of add a little extra fun for us nerd types. I like to try to find which unit is misaligned. But I don't recommend letting your kids do that, because this laser is a class II and can be injurious if stared at.
If you haven't noticed any alignment problems, go ahead and get the beam splitters, too. They add to the variety of the game.
I feel really sorry for those with misaligned lasers; that would be a game breaker.
Great toy for all ages! Posted 08 January 2008
I gave this gift to my husband and the whole family ended up playing it. It's a great strategy game that doesn't require hours of learning the game. I enjoyed the game even though I don't generally like strategy games. It's fun that you can start the pieces in different positions for variety. Relativity straight forward moves. This is a game that the whole family will enjoy. In fact I bought another one for my niece who enjoyed that more than her computer games.
Video Alternative Posted 07 January 2008
I purchased this game for my grandsons for Xmas as an alternative to video games and hopefully to technologically lead them back to chess.
They are 13 and 11 and they say, "Two Thumbs UP!" They like it and it has provided an alternate gaming choice which pleases their Mom!
IT'S A WIN WIN!
Khet Posted 02 January 2008
This is a great change from checkers or chess. My son loves chess, but I am not the type to grasp all the moves, etc. This game requires a lot of thought without so many options for the pieces to move. There are often surprises as you think you've just planned a good move, only to find there was an unexpected light deflection. Probably the most popular toy among my 4 children this Christmas.
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