Mini Picture Games

Matching Pairs Games

• Matching pairs games are a classic type of mini picture puzzle, and can be played either online on a great variety of websites, or with actual picture cards; either way, a number of pictures are arranged face down in a grid formation. The idea of this type of game is that each picture has a duplicate, and players must match the sets of two pictures together. Players can only turn up two pictures at a time, and the challenge is to find all of the pairs as quickly as possible by memorizing the position of each picture.

Mini Island Hopping

• This game is intended for kids of around junior school age, and requires an adult to supervise. "Mini Island Hopping" is played out over a desk, and requires a set of mini pictures to be printed out or otherwise constructed beforehand and attached to pieces of cardboard for durability. Each player is given a set of these cards and play commences when the adult shouts for the game to begin. The players then lift the top card of their pile and must create a sentence which features whatever subject is found in the picture. Once she has made the sentence, the player lays the card down on the desk, starting at the edge nearest to her. Players then repeat this process with the second card in the pile, placing that card next to the first. The game ends when one player reaches the opposite side of the table with her trail of cards.

Mini Picture Quizzes

• Quizzes involving mini pictures are utilized at colleges and other institutions, and can be themed around a variety of subjects, from famous landmarks of the world to top sports stars. The idea is that players are challenged to name the subject found in the picture to score points; sometimes the picture might be blurred or otherwise modified to increase the quiz difficulty. Sheets featuring mini pictures for quizzes are available for download via the Internet.

Sliding Pictures

• This type of game is a common sight on puzzle websites, and involves a grid of mini pictures, all of which are part of a larger picture which has been cut and jumbled up. For example, the "Toyota Sienna Sliding Game" finds players reorganizing a picture of a car. The player is challenged to rearrange each piece so that the overall picture is in the right order by sliding one mini picture at a time; typically, a time limit is placed on the task.