More Brain Games

Continuing to our last post, here are some more games that 'hit your brain hard' with mental challenges with a small review. Wikipedia has a long list of games as well that you can check out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Game

1.     Chess

Played recreationally and competitively for centuries now, Chess is a popular strategy board game played by two players on a checkered game board with 64 grids arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. This game enhances brain power through improved strategic thinking, decision making, ability to memorize and the ability to recognize patterns. Also, it enhances self-gratification, the basis for problem solving and creative thinking.

2.     Sudoku

Sudoku is a logic based game wherein the player is required to fill out  a 9 x9 grid with numbers in each column and row, and in each sub-grid without repeating the numbers from 1-9. It has been gaining its popularity in improving and maintaining cognitive function and has been played both competitively and recreationally  such as in newspapers. It enhances the individual’s decision making skills, critical thinking and strategy, and helps you maintain your focus and attention.   

3.     Rubik’s Cube

Also called as the Magic Cube, Rubik’s Cube is being played today by people of all ages. It has been considered as the world’s top selling puzzle game and the world’s best-selling toy and a lot of variations have already been made today. Rubik’s Cube aims to improve mastery, critical thinking, and strategy.

4.     Checkers

Also called draughts, Checkers is a popular strategy board game played by two players and involves diagonal moves and mandatory captures by jumping over the opponent’s pieces. This game improves critical thinking, decision making, and helps you boost your focus and attention.

5.     Crossword Puzzle

Crossword Puzzles have been so popular for ages now and have been imprinted on newspapers, magazines, and books as a recreational game as well as in improving our brain power. It doesn’t only improve our vocabulary but also enhances our working memory, processing speed, focus, and attention.

Moreover, a wide variety of online games aimed to increase brain power and critical thinking are now readily available. So if you are hesitant in trying some of the board games mentioned above, you may try these games available in the internet in a fast and easy way. Examples of these games include Text Twist, Bookworm, Hangman, and Minesweeper. Additionally merge these classic games with some simple supplements, such as Alpha GPC and Piracetam, the simplest of the simplest stacks and watch your friends wonder how in the world you have become so great at winning all the time :)  You can buy alpha gpc online and piracetam as well, however I strongly advise that you learn how it works before you go on to using such mind altering chemicals.

Please leave a comment with any other tips you may have about games that can help increase your brain power or cognition or any brain supplement list that works well together. Cheers.

It's Not All About Brain Supplements

Today I want to also talk about how Nootropic Games or Cognitive Enhancing games can be push the upper limits of our neurology or Neuroplasticity.

In this article, some examples of games that increase brain power are being cited along with their specific benefits to our overall brain function. This includes the following:

1.     Uno

This is a card game for 2 or more players that can be aged up or down and is not only excellent for pre-schoolers but also to the general population as well. It specifically teaches the player on paying attention and maintaining focus. It can also build up logic, reasoning, and strategy.

2.     Bingo

Bingo has been a popular game for centuries now and is being played by people of all ages. Moreover, it can be of great benefit for young children who do not know their letters or numbers yet. This game enhances listening and memory skills.

3.     Dominoes

Today, Dominoes are not only played for recreational activities but also, it is now played at a competitive level similar to poker. The use of dominoes in a domino show has been gaining its popularity at present time. With this game, it helps you develop critical thinking and strategy.

4.     Monopoly

Monopoly is a popular board game that has been played by many generations now. It originated from the United States in 1903 and was developed to demonstrate that an economy that rewards wealth creation is better than one in which monopolists work under a few constraints. This game utilizes cards, dice, small figures of properties and infrastructures, money, and tokens. In general, monopoly helps you practice saving, budgeting, financial planning, and helps you adapt to sudden changes.

5.     Scrabble

Scrabble, a popular board game invented in 1938 by an American architect Alfred Musher Butts, is played by two to four players. Each player should compose a word in every turn and letters should be connected from one word to another. This game aims to enhance the individual’s reading, vocabulary, spelling, math, and  problem-solving strategy. Also, it boosts attention span and long term memory.

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