Two of these games want a steady hand, three want a patient head, and one sits right on the edge between the two. Each card shows a rough feel profile, so you can tell at a glance whether a game is a slow climb or a quick sprint before you step aboard.
First stop01Nine alpine holes seen from above, each with a par and a twin-peak flag. Drag back from the ball, read the dotted guide and let go. Timber walls, bumpers, slopes, sand, water and moving gates all take their turn, and a scorecard keeps every stroke.
Pure logic02Each puzzle hides one of our mountain icons, a gondola cabin, an eagle, a timber elk, a leaping trout. Read the numbers along each row and column, fill squares and cross out the empty ones, and the silhouette emerges. Solve it and the full-colour picture appears.
Twelve walls03Bounce a snowball off your paddle and break through twelve handmade walls, from First Chairs to The Icefield. Glacier ice blocks take two hits. Certain blocks always drop a Wide paddle, Twin snowballs or Slow pace, and your stars depend on how many of three lives you keep.
Small but stubborn04Pick one of eight pictures, from red cabins in the last light to a lodge fire at night, and watch it break into tiles with one gap. Slide them back in a 3x3, 4x4 or 5x5 grid. A move counter, a timer, a number overlay and Peek help along the way.
Blanket required05Eight pictures, from the summit lodge hearth to a fog-wrapped tea terrace, each cut into 12, 24, 48 or 96 real interlocking pieces. Drag a piece near its spot and it clicks in. Edges first, Peek and Shuffle keep a big puzzle friendly from the first piece to the last.
Quickest ride06Steer a trail around the lakeshore grid, picking up spruce cones, the occasional leaping trout and, now and then, a glowing lake compass. Every pickup makes you longer and a little quicker. Classic keeps the walls solid; Garden lets the edges wrap and drops chunks of glacier ice in your way.
