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Ice Cool (2016), and the follow-up Ice Cool 2, is an action game where you flick plastic Penguins around cardboard school rooms to collect points and avoid the Catcher. Like a cross between Subbuteo and Cluedo, you slide, jump and barrel your penguin through each door to collect fish. It's simple fun that gets more skill-based as you learn how to jump walls and curl around corners.

Each round starts by deciding who will be the Penguins and who will be the Catcher. You take turns to flick a penguin from the starting point. Each door you go through awards you a Fish card for points or special abilities, such as extra goes.

As play progresses, the Catcher takes turns to try and hit the Penguins to eliminate them from the game and to collect fish cards to add to their score. The round ends if a Penguin gets through each door and collects all the fish or the Catcher eliminates all the Penguins. The rounds continue until each player has taken a turn to be the Catcher, whereupon you total up your points to find out who is the winner.

The result is a game about how skilfully you can flick your Penguin. This, combined with the decision of what to spend your hard-earned cards on, makes for an approachable game with some real shout-out-loud moments.

Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Ice Cool 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 14 months ago.
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Play StylePlay Style

This is a Dexterity and Traversal game with Push-Your-Luck elements. You can play with 2 to 4 players in the same room.

 
You can play this game in the following styles:

DurationDuration

Learn to Play: This takes 10 minutes to learn. Ice Cool is a really quick game to learn with simple cat-and-mouse mechanics. The first time you play it we suggest:
  • Let players spend 2 minutes practising how to flick the Penguins: slide, jump, curl and so on.
  • Play a round with one catcher and on Penguin so you can see how the scoring works.
  • Let youngest or beginner players have an extra chance to flick, or redo flicks that went wrong.

Play Time: This game will take between half an hour and 45 minutes to complete.

BenefitsBenefits

Age RatingsAge Ratings

Skill Level

6+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. The simplicity of the flicking action makes it playable for even really young children. Some groups let any player who is a lot younger have two (or even three) chances to flick.

Content Rating

We rate this suitable for 3+ years-olds.

CostsCosts

There are no additional in-game purchases, loot boxes, adverts or subscription costs.
 
You can purchase either Ice Cool or Ice Cool 2 as stand-alone games. If you own both of them it offers more options for the configuration of the rooms. 
 

DetailsGame Details

Release Date: 30/05/2016

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Players: 2-4

Genres: Dexterity, Traversal and Push-Your-Luck

Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )

Components: Board, Cards and Figures

Developer: Brain Games Int (@BrainGames_Int)


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