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Sheepzzz

Shepherds count sheep

Shepherds on the mountain slopes are bored and count - yes, sheep, as not to fall asleep! 44 cards are marked - in varying amounts - with numbers 1 to 19, some of them show different numbers of pillows for snoring points. At the start you play clockwise and three cards are laid out to begin three discard stacks. Then you are dealt five cards and the starting player determines if the round is played ascending or descending. The active player must play a card to one of the stacks and then draws a card. If you play in ascending order, the card played must be higher than the top card in the stack or lower by exactly 10. If you play in descending order the card must be lower than the top one ore higher by exactly 10. If you cannot place a card you take one card face-down for snoring points. Some cards have special functions: For #1 and #19 you determine the next player and the stack he needs to use. For #2, 3, 17 and 18 you can change direction of play. Wolf cards can be played anytime for a joker, but do change the direction of play and the stack you used is shuffled and you draw a card from it, face-down. If it is the wolf, you take the stack and from now on there are only two stacks in play.

When the draw-pile is empty, all note their snoring points as soon as someone is out of cards or had to take a stack. However acquires 75 snoring points, ends the game and you win if you have fewest snoring points.

A very nice game that doesn't make you snore at all, on the contrary, it is fun to play, with lots of laughter. Mechanisms are quickly explained and the game is ideal for in-between or newcomers.

Players: 2-5

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Bruno Cathala

Artist: Cyril Bouquet

Price: ca. 9 Euro

Publisher: Hurrican Editions 2014

Web: www.hurricanegames.com

Genre: Card shedding

Users: With friends

Version: multi

Rules: de en fr

In-game text: no

Comments:

Familiar basic mechanisms

Nicely varied

Good for in-between or beginners

Compares to:

All card shedding games

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 1

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0