ClueFinders 3rd Grade Adventures – Mystery of the Mathra
Ages 7-9+

This is the first of the ClueFinders' series and like the entire series, is age appropriate in puzzles and interest. In fact, in this game the gang looks younger and the tokens you must gather are cute – exploding sneezeberries beetle bags. Some thought went into making the navigation graphic and simple to follow. The adventure involves finding out why the animals are disappearing from this pseudo Mayan village. The learning activity includes geography, logical reasoning, language arts, number groups, simple geometry and a bit of science. The Learning Company manages to make the puzzles pretty interesting. There are hours of gameplay and I suggest the game be played over a period of time to avoid frustration.

Editor Review 6/02