A colorful children's game in which hedgehogs try to collect the best fruit and avoid spoiled plums. The players occupy the edges of rows onto which fruit tiles are placed. Once a row is filled up, a player occupying it can grab the tiles and collect points; if the series in a row is a particular configuration (e.g. all fruit of the same type or color) it...
This c. 1940s game has an unusual mechanism: competitive jig-saw! The game consists of six similar jig-saw puzzles. The images are the same, but the piece shapes for each puzzle are different. Each of the 36-piece puzzles has a row of frogs, alternately jumping and sitting on lily pads. When completed, they measure 23.5" long by 2.5" wide. As soon as the...
Edwardian game that rewards good jiggling and joggling! The rules (as written inside the box lid): THE FROG RACE “JIGGLE JOGGLE” BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT — — DIRECTIONS Any number of players may engage in this game, the more the better. Place all frogs in a row, the object being to jerk the frogs along the whole length of the cords, the first frog that...
The cat leaders who live in the city decided to use Cat Racing to settle the endless fights on territory, and so they have come to the forest. The mouse henchmen heard rumors of the race, and so they have schemed to use the fights among the cat fellows, who have always tormented them, to make money. Then……the usually quiet forest stadium, where cats’ and...
Jin Li (锦鲤) is the Chinese word for Koi. Koi are friendly fish. They love getting close to other koi, rubbing up against each other, gathering in small groups. In Jin Li the players each control two koi in a pond. They swim their fish through the placid water, maneuvering around or jumping over stones that are dropped into the pond, and score points by...
Jingo covers a whole host of picture bingo games, centered around a litany of topics. The base description on this entry comes from an existing entry for Space Jingo, but all of the Jingo games operate in roughly the same manner. From the introduction for this: "Space J-I-N-G-O! is a special treat that you and your friends/students will enjoy playing again...
A card-driven horse race game in which players secretly bet on either a winner, a second-place horse, or a double of the two. Each of the four horses can be moved by any player. Some of the cards allow specific movement of one horse a number of spaces; the rest of the cards can move any of the horses, but only one that is in a certain position in the race...
Firville is about to change! The mayor of this cosy town has just ordered a new suburban district – Little Firville. The key to the plan is to develop the centre of the new district, which at the moment is full of sad empty parcels. Become a member of one of four animal families and plan the building of the new district. Assign tasks to the residents of...
Flamingók, zebrák, krokodilok, hangyászok és tigrisek idegen területeken bújtak el! Elő tudjátok csalogatni az állatokat a rejtekhelyükről? Joe állatkertje egy vidám memóriajáték állatokkal. Az állatokból kialakítunk egy kört az asztalon, majd az egyik lapra lehelyezzük Joe-t. Dobunk a kockával és a dobott számnyit lépünk a figurával. Állateledel a...