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Das magische Museum

Cooperative race against time

As in every other game in the SmartPLAY series, here, too, a smartphone App works as a game master; the necessary App can be downloaded for free. The starter set comes with the tripod for the smartphone; you simply put your phone, prepare the necessary components depending on the chosen version and the number of players and are ready to go: Your dog Fluffy has escaped and wreaked havoc in the Magical Museum. Players must find the treasures from the destroyed showcase, the missing bone of T-Rex and catch Fluffy before the museum opens in the morning or the noise-sensitive T-Rex captures them. In the Master and Expert versions you must also shut off the alarm system.

In each round the Night Watchman tells you where he will move and which passages he will block there with old knight armor; you place the Watchman piece into the named room and lay out armor tiles accordingly. Players confer and place action discs on action spots, within a given time frame - for questioning the Watchman, remove armor, move, search exhibition pieces, find key or disable alarm system. In the action phase the actions are implemented from left to right, the Night Watchman names the active player. Items that turn up are explained by the Watchman and he tells you how you can use them. All win together when all tasks are completed by 8:00 and all have returned to the entrance hall.

 This is a very nice and cute adventure for children, with a thrilling topic and very classy components; the introduction of the smartphone allows for surprising turns in the game and also for individual adaption to age and abilities of players.

Players: 1-4

Age: 8+

Time: 60+

Designer: Inka and Markus Brand

Artist: Nora Nowatzky, Walter Pepperle

Price: ca. 45 Euro

Publisher: Ravensburger 2014

Web: www.ravensburger.de

Genre: Adventure, App

Users: For children

Special: 1 player

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Free download of the App

Four versions to play - Solo, standard, master and expert

Master and expert versions are only unlocked when the previous level was mastered

Compares to:

All other games in the SmartPLAY series

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 1

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 1

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 3

Interaction (brown): 1

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0