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Sau Mau Mau

Which pig moves faster?

A race of pigs, driven by cards played using Mau Mau rules and with bets placed for the winning pig.

You hold four betting cards - one for each pig; the pig of your color begins at the start and your  victory point marker at Zero; the Laurel Wreath marks the finish for the races in relation to the number of players. 39 cards show a pig color and a number from 1 to 6, or a symbol - X or +2; green cards are special cards and can be played on any other card.

As in a standard Mau Mau game you place a correct card on the stack, but then you resolve the resulting action: Number card - you move the pig of that color forward; X - the next player passes his turn; +2 - the next player draws two cards; Green Card Schlappi - the pig in last place advances three steps and the next player must play a card in the demanded color; Green Card Bauer - you name a color that the next player must play. If you cannot or want not to play a card, you draw a card. If you have drawn minimum one card, you place one of your betting cards face-down on the first free betting case; you may swap this card later for the card of another pig.

A pig at the finish ends the race and gives its owner three points. If you play your last card, the race ends, too, and you score five points, the pig in first place is the winner. Then all score points for betting cards of the winning pig color, in relation to the position of the card on the betting cases. After four such races you win with most points.

Cute and fun to play; lots of chance and quite some tactics - well-working family entertainment offering lots of fun and laughter!

Players: 2-5

Age: 8+

Time: 40+

Designer: Klaus Kreowski

Art: Nora Nowatzyk

Price: ca. 23 Euro

Publisher: Ravensburger 2018

Web: www.ravensburger.de

Genre: Race, betting, Mau Mau 

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Cute combination of mechanisms

Easy to play

Lots of chance and also tactics

Compares to:

Card-driven race games

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 1

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0