In Katamino the term PENTA refers to a group of Pentaminos which completely covers the space defined by the slider on the game board. The introductory challenges start with a set of three pieces. After you’ve used those pieces to create a 3×5 grid, you’ll add a new, specific piece and move the wooden bar down to the 4 slot. A three-piece puzzle. If you take five identical squares and arrange them in different 2D shapes, you’ll end up with 18 different shapes. Twelve of these look the same regardless as to how you orient them, while six can be flipped over to create a mirror image of themselves. Choose one each of the mirrored image shapes and add them to the twelve others and you’ll have what is known as a set of Pentominoes.

Each row of challenges starts off with a specific set of pentominoes. Set aside the other pentominoes and move the wooden bar from its position to the right of 12 to the number of pieces being used. Ride the slide under the sea in this beautiful Disney Princess Ariel’s Wooden Undersea Grotto playset! For example, a PENTA 4 indicates a challenge for which the slider is placed between numbers 4 and 5 of the game board: 4 Pentaminos must be arranged together to cover the four lines of the game board.A pentamino is a game piece formed by 5 juxtaposed squares with at least one common side. (see exercise 1 and below figures) Position the slider on the board between the numbers 4 and 5 and make as many PENTAS 4 as possible by finding 4 pentaminos among the 12 that can be assembled. The piece must lay flat and completely inside the grid area. The second player then selects a pentamino and does the same. The winner is the last player to place a Pentamino completely on the grid. Once this PENTA is completed, move the slider up one space between numbers 4 and 5, add the Pentamino shown in Column 4 of Line A to the three pieces you just used , and then complete the PENTA 4 with those 4 pieces.

Katamino is a puzzle game with both 2D and 3D challenges of progressive difficulty, and also offers a strategic game challenge for two players. It is extremely popular in education, helping children understand basic geometry. Katamino has received multiple awards worldwide, and its easy to see why! There are 12 polygon pieces included in Katamino. Each of these pieces covers 5 spaces on the board and is called a Pentamino. Broadway Toys LTD, DJ Games, FoxMind Israel, Fundex, Gigamic, Hachette Board Games UK, Jeux PBM, Korea Boardgames co., Ltd., Lautapelit.fi Mud pies are on the menu with this Junior Chef Wooden Mud Kitchen that's perfect for creative outdoor play! Intermediate puzzles start with five pieces and advanced puzzles start with seven or nine pieces. But Is Katamino a Game? Katamino rule book’s board for Golomb’s GameAlong with a large, full color booklet, the star of Katamino is the brightly colored set of wooden pentominoes all set in a wooden frame. The twelve Pentominoes in the Katamino wooden frame.