It takes less than 5 minutes to learn and it's very fun, I love the idea of flicking pieces to other grounds and competing with other players and knocking out their buildings. I never seen another game with this gaming concept in real life! I play with my cousins every Sunday when they come over, also the dynamic with the power up cards adds a big difference and unexpected turn to the game. No missing pieces, and the quality is awesome, definitely worth the money! I would reccomend it

I played against my 10 year old grandson. He really liked that you get to flick the pieces to knock over the opponent’s pieces. It only took a few games to get the hang of aiming and controlling the speed. We both had quite a bit of fun. I think we each had 2 wins so it won’t necessarily be one sided if an adult plays a child. The instructions were easy to understand. The pieces and board seem to be of good quality.

Played with my grandma and we both loved it! Super fun!

Pixel Forts is a much better game than my husband and I ever expected. We got it for the kids, but they've yet to play it. Meanwhile, we have pieces flying all over the house while we're laughing. Go figure! Everything with the game is high-quality in construction and materials—from the board to the box to the pieces to the cards—and fully earns its $49.99 price tag. The board is two-sided, giving two or three players a more manageable playing field, and the rules are easy to learn. The mechanics, though, are another matter. It’s flicking. We’ve been pros at doing that since we were kids, but somehow, these pieces aren’t as easy to maneuver as they look. We missed more of our targets than we hit and often launched the pieces into the air when we thought they’d travel across the board. It’s a challenge, but it’s not a frustrating one; it simply makes the game more interesting. Will this be a family game we’ll all thoroughly enjoy? Most definitely. Will we play it often? Without a doubt. Do we intend to introduce our friends to it and make it a party game? No one will escape it. Seriously, this game is a blast. I can’t imagine a single kid will dislike it, and I’m certain most adults will enjoy feeling like kids again. We certainly did.

We are a big board gaming family and sometimes like to bring out the dexterity games just because they are so much fun. The Uzzle: Pixel Forts game is a fun dexterity game but might not appeal to older, or more serious, gamers. The game comes in a box that contains the instruction manual, two sided game board, a deck of power up cards and pixel sets in four colors. The manual is easy to follow and is only three pages long (with lots of pictures) and the game is easy to learn and teach. Each player has a choice of one of three options on their turn; flick a pixel trying to knock out other players forts; fortify your fort by rearranging pixels or buy and use a power up card. Simple as that! My kids (both older teens) had fun playing and loved the flicking aspect. One thing to know is that your pieces ARE going to be flying everywhere off the table, it's inevitable. The one thing that sets this game apart from many other flicking games is the power up cards. You buy them by using any pixels you have collected from other players. Some let you put your hand up as a wall, drop a pixel from above for an aerial attack, stack pixels up for extra protection and lots more. It takes a plain flick game and adds some nice variety. The components are very nice quality. The board is heavy duty cardboard and the pixels and forts are good quality plastic and feel like they will hold up to flicking easily. The board is double sided with one side for four players and the other for 2 or 3 players. The game is fun, but there are some negatives. The first is that gameplay is pretty basic and might not appeal to hard core gamers. While it's definitely great for younger players, it might have a limited shelf life for older gamers as it's not something that I can see being played over and over at game night. The last is the price. $50 is a pretty average price for modern board games, but most of them involve much more complexity and replayability. While you are paying for quality components, I don't know that they alone make it worth the pricing. All in all, this is a fun game. I would rate it a 3.5 star if half stars were allowed. Since we've had fun with it so far, I am rounding it up to 4. I do think this is a great family game, especially for younger gamers.

So "Pixel Forts" is clearly a game with more of a young-children and family-gaming appeal. It's pretty simple—the rules take up only a few pages of a very thin rulebook that's really more of a rule-leaflet, and the game consists of board, fort-pieces, and a deck of cards. It sells itself on being easy to learn, pick up, and play, so tabletop-gaming enthusiasts who enjoy more complex games should look elsewhere. Having said that, the only thing that really justifies the $50 price point in this case is looking to be the durability of the pieces and the quality of the board. And to be *honest,* I don't think it completely achieves that. I was tempted to dock this a star for that, but admittedly, tabletop gaming prices are all over the place these days and it's difficult to say with confidence that my measure of it is good. So just consider this an asterisk, I suppose. Still, I like the idea of it "Pixel Forts." It's just difficult to recommend a $50 board game like this one to anyone who isn't already sure that they and those they intend to play with are the correct audience. The store page is plenty informative enough about it for people to draw their own conclusions on that, if nothing else. So, thumbs up.

How hard can you flick a piece of plastic across a cardboard play area? Really hard? This game isn't for you. A normal amount? This game is awesome. My wife played the game with my son and it ended with him crying. She flicked too hard and it wasn't fair. I played the game with him, and though I won, my son was ready for a rematch instead of running away screaming. It's possible to get it to work right, just flick like a normal person and don't try to hit your opponents in the face with the pixels . . . . Overall, though, it's a very very fast learning curve, and a cool set of cards and instructions for gameplay. So far, I've only played two player, but I think a four player game would be a whole lot of fun.

This game is easy to learn with minimal instructions and is challenging for both children and adults. The game board and pieces are well made and should last a long time. The game involves logic and skill, and an alternative method of scoring using points prevents any player from being excluded or eliminated from the game. The cost of the game is a bit on the high side, but is justified by the quality of the board and pieces, ease of learning, and challenge for both young and old.