About the Unicorns Spot the Difference Game
Rainbows, sparkles, castles and cupcakes — our unicorn memory game is pure magic. A firm favourite for birthday parties and bedtime wind-downs.
What's on the Unicorns boards
The pictures the two boards are built from — 12 in all: 🦄 Unicorn🌈 Rainbow✨ Sparkles⭐ Star💖 Heart🎀 Bow🧁 Cupcake🍭 Lollipop🌸 Blossom☁️ Cloud🏰 Castle👑 Crown
Study tip: scan the left board in the same order every time — top-left to bottom-right — and check its twin against that order. The difference between unicorn and rainbow is easy to spot; a missing sparkles in the wrong corner is not, unless your scan is systematic.
How to memorise a fantasy board
Fantasy decks want a quest. Cast the board as a story: the dragon guards the crown, the wizard brews the potion, the knight carries the sword. Link each item to the next one until you have a six-beat plot — stories are the oldest memory technology precisely because a chain of causes is easier to hold than a list of objects.
Exploit the archetypes. Fantasy items come in pairs of rivals and partners — sword and shield, wizard and potion, dragon and treasure. Memorise the partnerships instead of the individual cards and half your recall work is done before the board hides.
How to Play
- Press Start. Two boards appear, looking identical.
- Compare them tile by tile — one has been swapped for something different.
- Tap the changed tile, on either board, before the timer runs out.
- Each round adds more tiles and less time. Three misses ends the run.
Fun Facts About Unicorns
- Unicorn myths appear in ancient Greek, Chinese and Persian texts.
- Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.
- Medieval Europeans believed a unicorn's horn could cure poison.
- The narwhal — an Arctic whale with a long spiral tusk — is sometimes called the unicorn of the sea.
Fantasy deck questions
Is the fantasy theme suitable for a six-year-old?
Yes — dragons, castles and magic are the good stuff as far as most kids are concerned. The pictures are storybook-style and there is nothing scary beyond a cartoonish dragon.
What makes fantasy decks harder or easier than others?
They are easy to remember because the items are distinctive and story-friendly, which is why they are a good hard-mode deck: a big fantasy board challenges strategy rather than visual memory for near-identical tiles.