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Shifting Stones is a competitive brain game where you manipulate a grid of Stone cards to match arrangements on your Pattern cards. The trick is that you have to spend your Pattern cards to swap or flip the Stone cards. It's a game where you have to balance the benefit of changing the grid against the loss of potentially scoringĀ Pattern cards.
Unfortunately, Shifting Stones is not available on Android, Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox X|S or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:
Release Date: 01/01/2020
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 1-5
Genres: Brain Game, Sequencing (Collecting and Push-Your-Luck)
Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )
Components: Cards and Tokens
Developer: Game Wright (@GameWright)
Costs: Purchase cost
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In addition to the similar games listed above, which have been linked to this game specifically in the database, you may find games with a similar theme to Shifting Stones in the following lists: