Don't Break the Ice

Don't Break the Ice is a children's tabletop game for two to four players ages 3 and up. Originally marketed by Schaper Toys in 1968, the game is presently manufactured by Hasbro subsidiary Milton Bradley. The game is set up by placing plastic "ice" blocks in a tight-fitting, raised stand with space for 36 blocks arranged in a square. A large 2x2 block is placed in the center, and the remaining space is filled with 32 1x1 blocks, filling the enti... more

Don't Break the Ice is a children's tabletop game for two to four players ages 3 and up. Originally marketed by Schaper Toys in 1968, the game is presently manufactured by Hasbro subsidiary Milton Bradley. The game is set up by placing plastic "ice" blocks in a tight-fitting, raised stand with space for 36 blocks arranged in a square. A large 2x2 block is placed in the center, and the remaining space is filled with 32 1x1 blocks, filling the entire blue plastic frame. The frame has tabs built in to push the blocks together – they are only held in by friction. A red plastic game piece resembling an ice-skating polar bear is placed on the central 2x2 block, and the game begins. Each player takes turns knocking out 1x1 blocks with a thin, green plastic "hammer." Players are not allowed to hit more than one block, and in a given player's turn, the block must fall before it is over. The object of the game is to knock a block out of the structure without causing the bear to fall. In a game... less