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Company: Tumbleweed
Game: Fantastic Flag Puzzles
Country: Japan 🇯🇵
Language: English
Type of Game: Puzzles By Mail 📬
Genre: History
Date Played: December 2, 2021 in English (March 14, 2019 in Japanese)
Difficulty (based on 1 player): 6/10
Size of Team: Unlimited (1-2 Players)
Time: Unlimited (Approx. 1-2 Hrs.)
Price: 1650¥
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Do you love national or regional flags? If you do, this is the ultimate puzzle for you. The game has no story. It is simply to enjoy some fun puzzles created by the colorful flags from all over the world!
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These puzzles come in a booklet form. The last page of the booklet is sealed, and you can open it once you are instructed to do so during the game. It also comes with a translucent sheet and a sticker sheet.
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You start solving puzzles of the first mission on the booklet. Once you figure out the answer to the first mission, you submit it to the site specified in the booklet. To solve the puzzles, you only need to use the flags and their respective names on the front and back cover of the booklet. No outside knowledge is required, though you can save some time if you are familiar with those. If you are stuck at some puzzles, you can access the hint page to look at a hint. Due to the nature of the game, this may not be suitable for color blind people.
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The puzzles of the first missions are straightforward. Some maze puzzles look similar, but their rules are different each time (though it is purposely designed that way). You may want to read the instruction each time carefully when you solve those puzzles. After the first mission, the puzzles shift to more intuitive ones. You may have more aha moments as you move on. The characteristics of some flags are nicely captured to create some exciting puzzles, especially in the second half of this game.
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"Fantastic Flag Puzzles" is the perfect game for those who are into national flags or
vexillology. And, even if you do not care much about flags, the puzzles are still enjoyable to solve. It may be interesting to do some extra research on those flags and countries where you would like to visit. If you play this game with children, it may be a fun introductory educational tool. (Although this one is not included in the game, one of my favorite flags is Gibraltar’s flag!)
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