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Memory Match

དྲན་ཤེས།

The classic concentration game — flip two cards, find the pair — played with the great landmarks of Tibet. Match them all in as few moves as you can, and learn the places and their names as you go.

Terma Lab · Tibetan heritage PlayAges 4+
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A Memory Match board — face-down cards with a Tibetan design, and revealed landmark cards including a matched pair of Mount Kailash

Why landmarks?

A game that teaches a homeland

A memory game is really a game of seeing — you win by looking closely and remembering. So we asked: what would be worth remembering? Instead of the usual letters or cartoon animals, every card in this deck is a real place in Tibet. Turn a card over enough times to win, and those places quietly settle into memory — the shape of the Potala, the golden roof of the Jokhang, the white dome of Kailash.

For a child growing up far from Tibet, many of these are places they may never have seen. A gentle game is a warm way to meet them — to learn a name, notice a silhouette, and begin to carry a small map of the homeland in the mind.

What you'll meet

Fifteen places, one homeland

The deck draws from fifteen of Tibet's most beloved landmarks — palaces and temples, the great teaching monasteries, and the sacred mountains and lakes that pilgrims still circle today. Each round deals a fresh random mix, so no two games look quite the same.

Palaces & temples
Potala PalaceJokhang TempleYumbulagang
The great monasteries
SamyeDrepungSeraGandenTashilhunpoSakyaTsurphuGyantse KumbumRongbuk
Sacred mountains & lakes
Mount KailashYamdrok LakeLake Namtso

How to play

Flip, match, remember

Turn over any two cards. If they show the same landmark, the pair stays and celebrates; if not, they flip back — so remember where each one was. Clear the board to win. Pick Easy, Medium or Hard for 6, 8 or 12 pairs.

Every win earns a Scorefrom your moves and time, weighted by difficulty — the fewer flips and the faster you finish, the higher it climbs. A simple number to see who's the sharpest in the family.

Play Memory Match

The photographs are of the real landmarks they name. Swapping in your own pictures — family pilgrimage photos, a favourite monastery — is a one-line change, so this board can grow with you.