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Mimikmonster

Make faces and remember faces

Geschenkwürfel  are a new series of games in the Haba program – a cubic box in a different color for each topic, featuring few components and lots of fun for a very reasonable price.

In Mimikmonster you find 4 dice and 12 cards with monster faces, three faces for each kind of face, which you can use for two different games.

In game 1 you need to recognize faces. All cards are shuffled and stacked face-down. The active player draws a card and looks at it secretly. Then he places the corresponding die for his neighbor and then imitates face and gesture of the monster on the card. The neighbor decides on a face on the die. When the die and the card show the same face, you give the card to your neighbor. When all cards have been given out, you win with most cards.

In game 2 you need to find monsters. All cards are shuffled well, face-down, and then are either spread out loosely on the table or arranged in a 3x4 grid. The active player chooses a die and roll it. He takes a good look at the resulting monster and memorizes the face. Then you turn up a card in the grid. If you did not find the monster, you turn the card back over and your turn passes. If you find the monster, you imitate it and, if you are successful, take the card open-faced. When the monster you rolled is already with a player, you point it out and roll again. Whoever is first to collect one monster of each type, wins.

A game that provides exactly what the intent of the series promised – quick and easy games needing only a few components and little time to explain, but offer lots of fun, an attractive box and are well suited to be brought as a gift.

Players: 2-4

Age: 5+

Time: 10+

Designer: Anna Lena Räckers

Artist: Martina Leykamm

Price: ca. 9 Euro

Publisher: Haba 2015

Web: www.haba.de

Genre: making faces, memorize them

Users: For children

Version: multi

Rules: de en es fr it nl

In-game text: no

Comments:

Attractive package

Lots of fun with few components and easy rules

Nice gift

Compares to:

Grimassimix and other games on making faces

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 1

Memory (orange): 3

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 0

Dexterity (green): 1

Action (dark green): 1