What's going on in the forest? The squirrels' nut storehouse is empty and must be refilled quickly – and before the thieving raccoon David comes along and steals it. In the family game Auf die Nüsse!, players slip into the role of small squirrels, who roll the dice and skillfully place their characters on the board to collect as many nuts as they can and...
In "Auf die Nüsse!", players want to pile up the acorn points as quickly as they can. On a turn, the active player takes five squirrel dice and rolls them. Any dice showing the nutcracker are set aside out of play, while any acorns are worth one point. After each roll, the player can decide to stop and bank the acorn points or roll again. If the player...
This game is being promoted in some interesting ways. The chocolate company Ferrero has produced 250 000 "Auf heißer Spur" mini-games, sold with Kinder Friends Chocolates. These mini-games are a reduced version with simpler mechanisms of the full game, with cardboard dice to build (see picture). Also, the German TV Channel "Super RTL" uses "Auf heißer...
The little devils haven't been naughty enough and are punished: They have to go to heaven! Of course they don't like that idea much. Each player competes with his/her neighbors for an individual step on the ladder to heaven: The loser goes up one step. The decision about who the loser is can be made by simple die rolls, making it a completely random (but...
Objective: be the first to reach the target (field 1) ‘Roll and Move’ game Equipment: board, 6 meeples, 3 dice 1. Start positions are to be filled (use one die by turns – 3 turns max) – ‘1’ allows you to place your meeple onto the board 2. Race: use 3 dice - standard speed 3; gaining a double 6; a triple 9. Per die-roll of a ‘6’ one additional space...
Be the first reaching the target (Stuttgart, space 110); learn more about the black forest. Simple 'Roll & Move' game - moving by turns. Each player has to put money into the cash box getting back play money. Start at Karlsruhe & move forward according die roll. End on a marked space, follow instructions. Learn more about the cities & places of interest of...