Stats:
No. of players: 1-4
Amount of time to play: 30 min
Age requirements: 8+
Set-up time: about 5 min

Dimension is a puzzle game that requires quick thinking and can help you with your spatial relation skills.

Dimension Rules Description:

You start Dimension with three balls in five colors and ten points. Each round you have 60 seconds to stack the balls following the rules on the task cards. The game ends after six rounds.

The balls are stacked in a pyramid with seven on the base level, three on the second level and one on top. The task cards limit what color balls may be stacked on others, how many of a certain color (or colors) you may use or which colors must (or cannot) touch one another.

Once time is up you get one point for every ball in your pyramid. Then you check and confirm with the other players which tasks you did not complete. For each task you failed you lose two points. If you used at least one of all five colored balls you gain a bonus chip.

After six rounds you total your points and gain or lose points based on the number of bonus chips you got. The player with the most points wins.

Quick Review of Dimension:

Dimension is a fun puzzle game that is super easy to teach and very accessible. Young and old alike can enjoy this and both gamers and non-gamers can too.

The components for the game are great. The balls are solid and the chits and player boards are durable too. The rules are simple and easy to follow with good examples and clarifications.

I really like how much you can adjust this game to fit the people you’re playing with. The box says ages eight and up, but my five-year old was able to enjoy this game. You can increase difficulty by adding more tasks. Or make things easier by putting out fewer tasks and not using the timer. It really allows you to set the bar for how competitive you want the game to be.

This game is also good for helping young players develop their spatial skills and logic. They need to think and look at how the balls are sitting in their pyramid and if the tasks match their placement.

This game is never the same. The task cards keep things different and changing. You can play this solo and just keep trying to score more and more. Both of these factors add to the replay value of Dimension.

It can be annoying to draw two contradictory tasks. You can just discard one. But this circumstance is where you’ll need to think the most. So your group might enjoy this.

One weak part of the game is the bonus tokens. They don’t really add much and you don’t really need them. The nice thing is you can just pay without them.

If you re looking for a fun game you can play with most anyone, try out Dimension. It is great for families, plays quick and makes you think just enough.

Score and synopsis: (Click here for an explanation of these review categories.)
Strategy 3 out of 6
Luck 2 out of 6
Player Interaction 1 out of 6
Replay Value 5 out of 6
Complexity 3 out of 6
Fun 4 out of 6
Overall 4 out of 6