Name: KOANiX, the four-game logic puzzle
Brand: KOANiX
Price: 69.00 CAD

How it works

The same ten pieces.Four ways to fit them.

Each piece has two levels, a bottom and a top, with an axle between them. Depending on the game, the top stays at rest or pivots, and a different judge has the final say. Every challenge has only one way to fit everything.

10pieces
The same in every game, from A to K. Each has its own colour and engraved letter.
4games
Bridges, Pivots, Tunnels, Grand Game. One rule each, one judge each.
480challenges
120 per game, in 5 levels of 24. A single solution to every challenge, checked twice.

10 pieces → 4 gamesVideo coming soon

The judge

The liddecides.

No screen, no answer key to look up. When everything is right, the lid lies flat and the keys come out the other side. Otherwise, it rocks.

ISmooth side

It lies flat if both levels are full and every arm is at rest. Turn a single arm, and it rocks.

Bridges · Tunnels

IITen-peg side

Turn the plate over: it only lies flat if every peg lands on an axle, the circle in the middle of a piece.

Pivots · Grand Game

IIITwo keys

The ▭ key goes through a row on the bottom level, the ◯ key through a column on the top level. Every cube has its own tunnel: you have to line them up.

Tunnels · Grand Game

The four games

One box,four games.

All four read the same way: one rule, one judge, 120 challenges in 5 levels of 24. The higher the level, the fewer pieces you are given.

Game 1 of 4

Bridges

120 challenges · 5 levels of 24

Fill both levels, every arm at rest.

The top of one piece bridges over the bottom of another: this is the bridge game, and the way in.

What decides: The smooth lid lies flat.
The arms: At rest
The guide shows: The given pieces

Starter6pieces

Junior5pieces

Expert4pieces

Master3pieces

Wizard2pieces

24 challenges per level, pieces given at the start. At Wizard level, two given pieces and nothing else.

2,144ways to fill the box with every arm at rest. Each challenge leaves only one.

The rule in three steps

Place the given pieces by following the steps, each with its arm at rest: the two notches on the axle cube line up and the arm clicks. The box's ▲ mark goes in the back left corner.
Fit in the other pieces, arms at rest too. Turn them and flip them: a flipped piece swaps its bottom and its top. The top of one piece can pass over the bottom of another.
The lid decides: put the plate on smooth side down. Does the smooth lid lie flat? You win. Does it rock? A space is empty, or an arm is not at rest.

Game 2 of 4

Pivots

120 challenges · 5 levels of 24

Fold the arms: every axle under a peg.

The arms come free: you fold each piece so that its axle lands right under a peg.

What decides: Free arms: the peg side lies flat.
The arms: Free
The guide shows: The given pieces and the plate's direction

Starter6pieces

Junior5pieces

Expert4pieces

Master3pieces

Wizard2pieces

24 challenges per level, pieces given at the start. At Wizard level, the plate's direction is hidden: it is up to you to find it.

927possible fits for each direction of the plate. Each challenge leaves only one.

The rule in three steps

Place the given pieces by following the steps, with the arm folded as shown on the thumbnail. The box's ▲ mark goes in the back left corner.
Fit in the other pieces. Here the arms are free: leave the top of each piece at rest, or turn it a quarter turn or a half turn, as you like.
Free arms, the peg side lies flat: put the plate on pegs down, its mark in the corner shown. Every peg must land on an axle, the circle in the middle of a piece. Does the plate lie flat? You win. At Wizard level, the plate's direction is not shown: find it.

Game 3 of 4

Tunnels

120 challenges · 5 levels of 24

Open a way for both keys, every arm at rest.

Every cube has a tunnel through it: line them up, and both keys go through the box.

What decides: Both keys go through and the smooth lid lies flat.
The arms: At rest
The guide shows: The given pieces, the ▭ row and the ◯ column

Starter5pieces

Junior4pieces

Expert3pieces

Master2pieces

Wizard3pieces

24 challenges per level, pieces given at the start. At Wizard level, the keys' row and column are hidden.

1,224fits where both keys go through. Each challenge leaves only one.

The rule in three steps

Place the given pieces by following the steps, arms at rest, marks as shown on the thumbnail: the two small lines on each cube show which way its tunnel runs. The box's ▲ mark goes in the back left corner.
Fit in the other pieces, arms at rest. Turn them and flip them: a flipped piece swaps its bottom and its top.
Both keys go through and the smooth lid lies flat: you win. The ▭ key goes in from the left, into the row shown, on the bottom level; the ◯ key from the front, into the column shown, on the top level. At Wizard level, it is up to you to find the row and the column.

Game 4 of 4

Grand Game

120 challenges · 5 levels of 24

All three judges at once: pegs and keys.

Everything at once: free arms, pegs and keys. The experts' game, once the other three are mastered.

What decides: The pegs and both keys.
The arms: Free
The guide shows: The given pieces, the plate's direction, the row and the column

Starter5pieces

Junior4pieces

Expert3pieces

Master2pieces

Wizard2pieces

24 challenges per level, pieces given at the start. At Wizard level, the plate's direction is hidden.

2,602fits across the plate's four directions. Each challenge leaves only one.

The rule in three steps

Place the given pieces by following the steps, with the arm folded as shown on the thumbnail. The box's ▲ mark goes in the back left corner.
Fit in the other pieces, arms free: at rest, a quarter turn or a half turn, as you like. A flipped piece swaps its bottom and its top.
The pegs and both keys: the plate goes on pegs down, its mark in the corner shown, every peg on an axle; the ▭ key goes through the row shown from the left, the ◯ key through the column shown from the front. At Wizard level, the plate's direction is not shown.

Piece H lifted out of the box, its top turned a quarter turn

The pieces

The top of each piece turns.It clicks into its starting position.

01Two levels per piece, joined by an axle: the top turns on the bottom, a quarter turn at a time.
02At rest is the starting position: the two notches line up and a small catch holds it there. In Bridges and Tunnels, every piece stays at rest; in Pivots and the Grand Game, you turn it.
03A tunnel in every cube, and two engraved lines to show which way it runs.
04Four shapes to learn: the cube, the domino, the bar of three, the L. Pieces on a 20 mm pitch, made for the hand.

Where to start

Start with Bridges 1.The guide does the rest.

The guide alternates the four games, level by level: a Bridges challenge, then Pivots, Tunnels and Grand Game, and you move up a notch. Every challenge stays open: nothing stops you from skipping ahead.

Bridges: fill both levels, arms at rest. You learn the pieces.
Pivots: the arms come free. You learn to fold them.
Tunnels: the keys come into play. You learn to line up the tunnels.
Grand Game: everything at once.

The guide

No booklet.The QR code on the box opens the guide.

01The given pieces go in one by one, in 3D, on your phone.
02Then the guide lets you work it out. Need help? It walks you through, step by step, down to the last piece.
03No account, nothing to install. 480 challenges, in English and French.
04The app, to play offlineComing soon

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KOANiX

the four-game logic puzzle

$69Shipping included

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4games: Bridges, Pivots, Tunnels, Grand Game
480challenges, 120 per game
10pieces, the same for all four
1single solution to every challenge

Contents: The two-level box, 10 pieces (A to K), the reversible judge plate (smooth side, 10-peg side), 2 keys, the travel cap engraved KOANiX, and the QR code that opens the guide
Challenges: 480: 4 games of 120 challenges each, in 5 levels, single solution, in the online guide
Size: 112 × 112 × 40.5 mm closed, about 240 g
Age: Ages 9 to 99
Origin: Designed and made in Montreal.
Shipping: Ships from Montreal within 2 business days. Shipping included in Quebec and Ontario.

PLA is a plant-based plastic that softens above 55 °C. Keep out of direct sun and hot cars; clean with lukewarm water.
Warning: small parts. Not for children under 3 years.

KOANiX^TMthe four-game logic puzzle

The same ten pieces.Four ways to fit them.

The liddecides.