Animations

One of my favorite puzzle games when I just need to relax for a bit is a 4-peg codebreaking game, often called Mastermind.  You, the player, need to guess the correct sequence of colored pegs in a finite number of guesses.  After each guess, you get feedback: a white peg for each peg that is the correct color but in the wrong order, and a black peg for each peg that is in the correct sequence.  It’s a great game for working on logical reasoning skills and developing strategy, if you’re creating your own, you can start simple with only a handful of colors, or create something more complex for a higher degree of difficulty.  One of my favorite traditional versions of the game is at: http://www.web-games-online.com/mastermind/, but check out this adaptation for girls using fashion design and espionage instead of colored pegs: http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/fashion-spy-dress-for-danger.jsp.  Enjoy!