Elemento Game - Learn the Periodic Table

My colleague unfortunately procured eight copies of this game to assist in teaching her Chemistry for Elementary Education Majors course. Despite claiming to be completely made in America, the rules read as if they had been translated from German to English via Chinese. There are so many ambiguities in both the instructions and the game play cards that four board game geek PhD chemists were not exactly sure how to play the game. The game mechanics are a combination of boring and frustrating, and there was virtually no educational value. After attempting to play, one of my colleagues said, "I now like chemistry less than I did before." I can't imagine what effect this game would have on a reluctant chemistry student.

I think the game that's received such a poor review must be a different, older version.Our game is the 2008 version from Alchemist Empire, Inc.Ours looks completely different from the one pictured with the white board.

My kids have loved playing this game and it has actually HELPED them learn the periodic table, and to love chemistry.Maybe the 'professionals' are overthinking it?

For someone coming from the other end (not knowing anything about the periodic table) it has been a lot of fun and very useful, and I would highly recommend it for a great introduction to chemistry.

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