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Kraterschreck im Mondversteck

A whacky adventure on the moon

The little astronauts land on the moon and to their surprise find little green Alien Ansgar there, who jumps out of craters without warning and frightens them.

The game is set up in the box bottom, four foam buffers in the corner provide the springs for Ansgar’s jumping mechanism. The holes in the craters are covered and all players set their pawns onto the track, as evenly distributed as you can manage. First you roll the white die and move one of your pawns the number of steps that you rolled; you can choose the direction. If the space that you reach with your move is already occupied by one or more pawns you place your pawn on top of the stack. Then you roll the green die and turn the wheel accordingly so that Ansgar moves underneath the craters as many steps as you rolled. If you roll Ansgar you can either turn the wheel for him three times or press the board down on the buffers by pushing down two opposing corners. This makes Ansgar jump out of the crater and he frightens all pawns that sit on spots that are aligned with this crater. They jump out of the box and thus out of the game. In a stack only the pawn at the bottom is frightened. If you the only one with a pawn still on the board you win.

Kraterschreck im Mondversteck basically is a very simple game of roll & move, which gets its allure from Ansgar’s mechanics and its demands for good memory; you must pay close attention to remember where Ansgar currently sits and to either flee in time or to be safe on a stack. Younger children can play without problems; they might need help in turning the wheel for Ansgar’s movements.

Players: 2-4

Age: 6+

Time: 20+

Designer: Tom Espen

Art: Antje Bohnstedt

Price: ca. 15 Euro

Publisher: Kosmos 2011

Web: www.kosmos.de

Genre: Roll & move with memo

Users: For children

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Nicely implemented idea

Foam buffers work very well

Younger children can play, but need help in turning the wheel

Compares to:

All memo games on hidden positions

Other editions:

Currently none

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