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Quoridor — strategy & planning

💡Benefits

Quoridor is a strategic game of placing walls and finding a path. You must plan your own route and think about how to block the opponent at the same time — this trains forward planning, spatial thinking and executive function (Diamond, 2013). Every move teaches you to calculate several steps ahead.

🎮How to play

The goal is to get your turtle to the opposite edge of the board. On each turn you choose one of two actions: move (one step to a green square) or place a wall (between squares, to slow the robot down). The number of walls is limited. Key rule: a wall may never completely block the path — there must always be a route to the edge left open. The first to reach the edge wins.

📚Scientific sources

  1. Diamond (2013). Executive functions. Annual Review of Psychology, 64, 135–168. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Executive+functions+Diamond+2013+Annual+Review+of+Psychology

❓Frequently asked questions

Yes, Quoridor on MentalMath is free and available without registration.
Placing walls to block the opponent while reaching the far side yourself teaches strategic thinking and anticipating the opponent's moves.
Quoridor requires thinking against an opponent, so it suits children from about 7-8 years.
Walls cannot fully trap the opponent, only lengthen their route, so you must balance advancing your own pawn with blocking the rival.
Yes, it is comfortable on a phone, tablet, or computer; a few games a week is enough to develop strategic thinking.
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