Five games using quints. Games included in the instruction book are as follows:
Quintillions
Quintominoes
Squint
Blockout
Quint-Mate
The book also includes classic quint puzzles similar to those included with a Soma cube. The 1994 rule book in current use is the 4th edition, much enlarged from the original 1980 book.
The source of these shapes, also known as pentominoes and pentacubes, and what sparked the growth of a whole genre of polyform puzzles, was Solomon Golomb's 1962 book, Polyominoes, popularized by Martin Gardner in articles in Scientific American magazine. Quintillions was Kadon's first product.
Beautifully handcrafted pentominoes with fiendish 2D and 3D puzzles and challenging games!
Polyominoes, those shapes made from adjoining squares, have become a part of many games in recent years. Here's a list of some that have caught the attention...
