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Space Escape

Up the ladder, down the shaft

Once upon a time ... there was a simple game; you rolled a die, moved from case to case and if reached the bottom of a ladder, you climbed up, and if you trod on a snake’s head, you slid downwards again.

In this modern version of the mechanism, snakes have invaded a space station and the mole rats working there must collect their emergency equipment and get to the escape pod.

Instead of rolling dice, you use cards that state movements for both snakes and mole rats, both can only climb up a ladder and only slide down a shaft. The mole rats begin on their starting slots, their First-Aid box sits beside them. In turn, you play a card and move snakes and mole rats accordingly. If a mole rat reaches a piece of emergency equipment, food, toothbrush, map or sticky tape, you pick it up. If you have taken your own mole rat to the emergency pod, you can then move any other mole rat, if the card you played demands moving your own mole rat. When, however, a mole rat must cross a case with a snake or when a snake reaches a mole rat, the mole rat is bitten. In case of a first bite, you discard your first-aid box, go back to your starting slot and continue playing. When a mole rat is bitten for the second time or slides down a shaft into space or a snake climbs a ladder into the escape pod or all movement cards have been used, all players have lost the game together. When all four equipment pieces have been collected and all four mole rats reached the escape pod, all players win together.

Old made new and good - nice, well-working fun for the family or beginners, offering a cute cooperative element.

Players: 2-4

Age: 7+

Time: 20+

Designer: Matt Leacock

Artist: Jim Paillot

Price: ca. 18 Euro

Publisher: Game Factory 2018

Web: www.gamefactory-spiele.com

Genre: Cooperate, move

Users: For families

Version: multi

Rules: de en fr it + cn

In-game text: no

Comments:

Nice topic

Good, pretty components

Simple, familiar mechanism

Compares to:

Snakes & Ladders

Other editions:

GoKids (cn), Peacable Kingdom (en)

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 3

Interaction (brown): 1

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0