Mountain Blocks Rules

How to Play Elakai Mountain Blocks

The Puzzle

Arrange the 54 wooden Mountain Blocks to reveal the full puzzle image shown below.

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Tower Game Rules

Use your 54 wooden Giant Mountain Blocks to build and play a classic stacking tower game.

1. Building the Tower

• Choose a player to build the initial tower.
• Create the tower using all 54 blocks.
• Each story of the tower is made by placing three blocks side by side.
• Alternate each story between horizontal and vertical orientation.
• When construction is complete, the tower should be 18 stories tall.

2. Playing the Game

• After the tower is built, players take turns removing one block from anywhere below the highest complete story.
• The removed block is then placed on top of the tower to begin or add to a new story.
• Players must complete a three-block story before starting a new one above it.

3. Hand Rules

• Players may use only one hand to remove and stack blocks.
• Blocks may be gently tested to see how loose or tight they are.
• You do not have to remove the first block you touch.
• If a block is jarred or moved out of place, it must be returned to its original position using the same hand.

4. Turn Timing

• Your turn ends when:
  • The next player touches a block, or
  • 10 seconds have passed after you place your block on top of the tower.

Winning the Game

• The last player to successfully place a block on top of the tower before it falls is the winner.
• The player who knocks over the tower has the honor of setting up the next round.
• The player who originally built the tower takes the first turn, with play continuing clockwise.

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Mountain Blocks Puzzle Mode

Setup

1. Take all 54 pieces out of the bag.
2. Race against the clock to arrange the blocks in the correct order to build the full puzzle image.
3. Compete with friends—the fastest time wins!

Puzzle Hints

Use these hints to help assemble the full puzzle:

• There are 54 total puzzle pieces:
  • 30 pieces have part of the puzzle imagery.
  • 15 pieces are blank, and 6 of those blanks are part of the puzzle image.
  • 9 pieces have the Elakai logo, which are only visible on the opposite side of the puzzle image.
• Use the puzzle diagram below as a reference guide to help place each block.