Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My daughter adores logic puzzles and has eight of them now, seven of which are made by SmartGames. I recently went on a bit of a buying spree because we had an 18-hour car ride ahead of us (and 18 hrs back) plus her birthday is next month. This review is to address something I didn't see in any of the reviews I read--and granted I was in a bit of a hurry--which is the appropriate age range for the games as they compare to one another, ie if you are deciding between games. IN MY EXPERIENCE, the lower end of the age range is most appropriate. For example, Night and Day is listed as 36mos-6 years but my girl who turns five next month does the puzzles without having even to think about them. In other words, no challenge whatsoever. We just bought it and already it's obsolete. Luckily, inside one of the games was a "US Collection" brochure which lists all SmartGames and their target age. If you are hunting around for a logic game and aren't sure where to start, use this chart. And yes, they really are this age-specific. I can see an obvious progression in required thinking/logic skills between a recommended age 3 game, a recommended age 4 game, and the recommended age 5 games. (And no wonder she's not interested in Anti-Virus--it's for seven-year-olds! Something I failed to notice as I got caught in the "clicking around amazon" rabbit hole.) Anyway, here is the info from the catalog: 3+ Day & Night 3+ Castle Logix 3+ Trucky 3 3+ SmartCar 4+ Camelot Jr (we have gotten hours of play out of this one) 5+ Bill & Betty Bricks 5+ Color Code 5+ Pirates Hide & Seek 5+ the GoGetter games 'Cat & Mouse' and 'Prince & Dragon' (These are exactly the same game just themed differently.) 5+ Magnetic Travel Waterworld 5+ Magnetic Travel Magic Forest 5+ Magnetic Travel Busy Bugs 5+ Magnetic Travel Noah's Ark 6+ IQ Fit 6+ IQ Twist 6+ Aqua Belle 6+ North Pole Camouflage 6+ Penguins on Ice 6+ Chicken Shuffle 7+ bendit 7+ Temple Trap 7+ Anaconda 7+ SmartPhone 7+ Safari Hide & Seek 7+ Road Block 7+ Cannibal Monsters 7+ Anti-Virus 7+ Troy: Outside The Walls 8+ MetroVille 8+ Traffic Control Airport 8+ Titanic As always, I love the learning component, the progression in difficulty of the puzzles, and the quality of the games! And most fit back into the box (Bill & Betty Bricks, Camelot Jr), are self contained in that the board is also the case for the pieces (Color Code, Pirates, Dog & Cat), or come with a little zipping bag (Anti-Virus). Day & Night does not have any kind of container and the box doesn't work as a container, so that is a bit of a bummer.