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Chessman FX Elite
Welcome to the Chessman FX Elite! A Superb example of mixing a traditional game with the wonders of technology today.
The Chessman FX Elite comes with everything you will ever need for a great game of chess in the 21st century. Its revolutionary design encompasses all of Lexibooks knowledge and experience which spans over 14 years. With its unique visual and audio experience with 40 special effects it certainly makes this chess board a cut above the rest.
The Chessman FX Elite is very much made with both the beginner and the more experience chess player in mind. This great chess game comes with 64 levels and with 20 out of the 64 levels designed for beginners, you have no excuse not to try and master this wonderful game. This particular chess board comes with a learning mode as well which indicates if the played move is optimal.
Also The Chessman FX Elite has functions specially adapted for experts such as the speed challenge where the ELO 1800 (artificial intelligence) challenges you to make quick decisions. If that wasnt enough the Chessman has smart game help functions such as hint, take back, move, verify, set up and multimove (to referee a game between two players).
Oh and we forgot to mention, if you have no one to play against why not pit your wits against the computer!? Because of the ELO 1800 (artificial intelligence) you can play all 64 levels against the computer to hone in on your skills and beat all your family and friends!
And to cap it all off it even has a storage compartment for all pieces.
So to conclude, it is the ultimate in chess entertainment and can do everything but cook your breakfast....... and do the dishes, polish, wash the car, read a bedtime story, take the dog for a walk, take the children to school..........
Features:
Illuminated electronic chess game with touch sensitive game board.
Unique light and sound effects to enhance the game play:
- Full mode: The player experiences the complete set of light effects and sounds.
- Basic mode: Only a minimum of light and sound is used.
Speed chess challenges the player to make quick decisions.
The software integrates the 50 moves rule, stalemate and draw, the promotion of pawns and the passing capture.
Various functions: Hint, Take Back, Move, Verify, Set Up and Multimove.
Storage compartment for all pieces.
ELO 1800 artificial intelligence
Specifications:
Requires 4 x AA batteries(not included)
Warranty: 2 years
£49.95
John Jaques Leaque Dynaglaze Football Table
Splendid design, brought to you courtesy of Jaques of London - The oldest sports and games manufacturer in the world.
Very strong full size wooden table with stove enamelled square section tubular steel legs, Dynaglaze superfast playing surface and easyglide chrome steel player bars.
Complete with inbuilt scorers and balls.
Simple final assembly required.
Dimensions:
Width & Length - 58 X 30.
Height - 34.
£375.00
The Lost Board Game
You survived the crash of Oceanic Flight 815... Can you survive the island?
The Lost Board Game is filled with discovery, conflict, mystery and intrigue. To survive, youll need to work together, but to WIN youll need to take control and lead. Do you have what it takes?
Based on the hugely popular hit TV series and developed in conjunction with the series producer, the official Lost Board Game will keep all fans entertained with key themes taken from the show.
The lost Board Game comes in its own storage tin decorated with some of the stars from the show. This is a game you will want to return to again and again, and with the shows popularity its likely youll have a few friends willing to get hooked with you.
Players:
2 to 8
Age Suitability:
Ages 13 +
Game Contents:
75 x Location tiles
10 x Hex starting location tiles
2 x Dice
1 x Lost Board Game coin
17 Character game pieces
8 x plastic holders
158 x Fate cards
1 x Rules
Dimensions:
Length - 7cm
Width - 26.8cm
Height - 26.8cm
£19.95
3D Snakes and Ladders
In this exciting and original new version, the fun of Snakes & Ladders is brought even more to life, courtesy of 3-D.
The game is the same... land on a square with a snake and slide down to looser-ville, land on a square with a ladder and climb to the dizzy heights of.... a few squares up! Genius, simple, classic and despite its age (over 100 years old) remains one of the most popular games around with children! One of the games appeals is of course that you need absolutely no skill to win! Pure luck rules!
It is possible the game was invented by John Jaques of Jaques of London! One of our very own suppliers! This time you really get to climb up the ladders and those nasty snakes - well theyre waiting to trap you and you really want to avoid them if you can. Snakes & Ladders really is now a game of ups-and-downs and you could be slithering back down towards the start quicker than you can say Hisss!.
Join in the fun and race to the finish - but beware of where you step!
Please note: 3D snakes and ladders requires simple construction so some adult supervision is required.
Contents:
1 x Multi level playing boards
6 x Playing pieces
2 x Dice
1 x rules booklet
Players:
2-6
Age Suitability:
Ages 4+
Dimensions (constructed):
Height - 22cm
Width - 38cm
Depth - 38cm
£12.95
Mightmast Striker Commercial Table Football Game
Stylish and sturdy, the STRIKER is perfect for all types of commercial or domestic sites, especially where there is a need for unsupervised play.
A toughened shatterproof glass top ensures the balls are kept contained within the table. Available with coin (at extra cost) or freeplay options and fitted with telescopic poles as standard (through poles available on request).
The precision coin mechanism can be adapted to accept most worldwide currencies and can take more than one coin or tokens if necessary. Use it as a giant money box and save as you play!
A full-size glass pitch, scratch resistant legs and an attractive exterior finish make this the ultimate in commercial tables. Top-of-the-range Italian styling and quality at its best!
Available in red, blue or black, make your choice in the drop down box below.
Dimensions:
Height = 98cm
Width = 112cm
Length = 170cm
Weight = 105kg
£829.00
The Procrastinator Timewaster
For 71% of your adult life until the age of 65 you have to go to work. Thats a lot of work!!!
Thankfully we have a suitable - nay ingenious - remedy for this near disastrous state of affairs. The Procrastinator.
This little desktop aid is the perfect solution to those moments at work when your mind starts to wander and you enter the state of Zombification!!!
It comes enclosed in a plastic portable case with sliding lid which is easy to hide from your boss or to pass off as a trendy calculator and contains a pencil and an activity pad.
Nothing too ingenious there then you may think. Au contraire!
The Procrastinator contains 1000s of mindless activities on 100s of tear off sheets for you and your work mates to complete whilst your bosses back is turned.
Priceless gems ranging from sociological debates such as A finger of fudge is just enough - discuss, through to statements such as There was an almighty fracas at a society wedding today when the best man was found... are presented with enough space to add your suitable comment, answer or recommendation.
These great topics of debate go on and on are complemented by a plethora of great pen and paper activities including drawings, doodling, sods laws, and your top 5 today lists.
So go, design the perfect tie, decide who requires the biggest slap in the office and generally waste as much time as possible with this great gift.
Dimensions:
16.5cms
11.5cms
£9.95
Bananagrams
Bananagrams is a FAST and FUN word game that requires NO pencil, paper or board. All you need is a table.
One hand can be played in as little as 5 minutes making Bananagrams a great family fun as well as being educational! Bananagrams portability makes it perfect for travel. The whole game is contained within a fun yellow banana shaped pouch thats just the right size to throw in your handbag.... So just grab the pouch and go!
The rules are pretty straight forward. Depending on how many players you have, put all the tiles face down and take a certain number of letter for yourself from the bunch. One player shouts Split and everyone turns their tiles over. Then its up to you to try and connect all your letter into intersecting words. You can re-arrange them as many times as you like until you have used all your tiles. Then you shout Peel. This means all players have to take one more tile from the centre bunch. This continues until all the tiles are gone. The player to connect the last tile is the winner. If you are the lucky one you shout Bananas and the game is over... But be careful, a single spelling mistake will make you a Rotten Banana!
Your instructions also feature 4 great alternative games to try.
Age Suitability:
7+
Players:
Between 2 and 8
Contents:
1 x Bananagrams pouch
144 x Ivory-like letter tiles
1 x Instructions
Dimensions (in pouch):
Length - 23cm
Width - 9cm
£14.95
John Jaques Shuffleboard
Shuffleboard - or to use its original name - Sjoelbak due to its Northern European origins, is one of those highly addictive games which is oh so simple and is oh so much fun.
The rules to the game are simple. Each player has 3 turns to slide the 30 disks one at a time through the gates at the end of the board. Each gate is numbered 1 to 4. The Discs that have gone through the scoring gate into the compartment are worth the value on the gate, whilst complete sets of 1 disk in each of the 4 compartments are worth double.
Alternatively however there are any number of games you can play/invent with this fantastic family game.
Dimensions:
Length: 151cm.
Height: 6.5cm.
Width: 38cm.
Weight: 5 kilos.
Contents:
1 x Shuffleboard.
30 x Disks.
£69.00
Mightymast Vortex Air Hockey Table
Quite simply, this is the coolest Air Hockey table on earth! If it was a car it would be an Aston Martin DB9, if it was a pop star it would be Beyonce! Its just the daddy of all Air Hockey Tables! Just look at it - its fantastic! Not only that, its absolutely top quality as well!
Air Hockey is one of the finest indoor games known to man. Its official! For most people, the only way to play this great game is to venture down to the local arcade or bowling alley armed with a pocketful of £1 coins! You and your best mate can then do battle for hours to see who is king of the table! If you can get on it that is!
Thankfully such worries are no more, as you can now buy an arcade quality table to use in your own home! Recent times have seen the introduction of some great Air Hockey Tables - including the mighty fine Hurricane Air Hockey Table. A fine table this may be, but it doesnt look as good as the Vortex and doesnt have an electronic scoreboard! This will, of course, lead to argument after argument about who is winning, especially if the scoring is close!
This is no longer the problem with the introduction of the Vortex Air Hockey Table!
This stylish full-size 7ft x 4ft air hockey table is beautifully finished in matt black with chrome effect corners and piping. Suitable for 2-4 players, it includes 6 pucks, 4 strikers and an electronic scoreboard.
It has a powerful electric motor for fast, smooth puck action (please note that this requires a mains connection).
It doesnt accept coins, so youll just have to leave your money on the side. Hooray!
Fantastic fun for both the home and office, the Vortex will bring hours of enjoyment for all ages.
Dimensions:
Length - 213cm / 7
Width - 122cm / 4
Height - 81cm / 28
Weight - 96kg
£489.00
Zeugo Table Football Game
He shoots, he scores!!!
All lads over the age of 25 will remember the halcian days of playing classic table games such as Graham Goochs Cricket, Crossbows & Catapults and Risk.
None however could surpass the excellence of the mighty Subbuteo. After youd picked your favourite team, ironed your pitch, and - if you were frightfully spoilt and frightfully rich - erected your stadium, you and your buddies would merrily spend hours flicking your little men to your hearts content against your favourite opposition.
True, it was devastating when you decapitated a man (taking him off at the knee caps bought a whole new meaning to the Footballing World) and lets face it, nobody actually knew the rules, but this mattered not a jot. There was not a better way to spend an afternoon. Its official.
Then disaster struck. Clever old Mr Sinclair and Mr Commodore got together, developed those nasty little things called computers and before you knew it kids were spending their time waggling their joy sticks on the incantations we can only refer to Sensible Soccer, and Kick off 2 - and good old Subbuteo was resigned to the cupboard in a dusty old biscuit tin!
Well fear not fellow football flicking fellas. Table footy is back in a new incantation - Zeugo.
Now, its not strictly Subbuteo, but it contains all of the necessary components to allow you to relive yesteryear - namely 2 teams of 11, 2 balls (1 to play with, one for when the official match ball gets stuck behind the cooker) 2 goals and a pitch. And yes, the pitch does still need ironing.
The rules of the game are simple. Set up the pitch, kick off and then try and score as many goals as possible. Obviously the rules are a little more complicated, but fear not, theres an instruction booklet detailing everything from fouls, to throw ins and corners, but to be honest you can make the rules up as you go along - thats part of the fun.
Contents:
2 x team of 12 players (including 1 substitute and and a stick goalkeeper)
2 x goals
2 x balls
1 x pitch (which needs ironing)
Dimensions
Pitch length - 145cm
Pitch width - 105cm
Please note: replacement players/balls and goals are available from most major department stores.
£29.95