World of Play
Back to all games

Tangram (Qiqiaoban)

Game Night
T
PLAYERS
1+
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Pick a pattern card showing an outline to recreate, such as an animal or a person.

2

Arrange all seven pieces edge to edge, with no gaps or overlaps, until they exactly fill the silhouette.

3

Time yourself, or race a friend solving the same pattern with their own set of pieces.

4

Once printed patterns feel easy, try inventing new original silhouettes of your own.

5

For a group version, one player builds a shape out of sight of the others, who then race to match it from a description.