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Dog Kids

the modern classic game for kids

Dog is the new Mensch Ärgere Dich Nicht/Ludo, here we have the Kid’s version!

All try to be first to get their three dogs into the finish spots. You move dogs by playing color cards. The game features 88 cards, 48 of them are one-color cards, the rest are special cards.

The active player plays a card and moves one of his dogs to the next case of that color - your own and opposing dogs on cases in-between are jumped over - and then you draw a card. An opposing dog on your target spot is sent back to their dog kennel case. If you play the respective special card, you can move to the next but one case of the played color, can select one of the colors on a Doppelschritt card, can swap places for one of your dogs with any opposing dog - unless they sit on a kennel or in the finish - or you can place on of your dogs on the next free kennel. If you cannot use any of your cards or do not want to, you discard all cards and draw three new ones for your turn. You also must play the correct color card for entering one of the finish cases.

In a game of three and four players you can also play the team version - in a game of three there is one team of two players and one solo player; a team wins when it is first to have all its dogs at the finish; you jump over your own dogs, send opposing ones back and push dogs of your partner forward, but are not allowed to talk about your cards.

Dog Kids is a really well-working and well-made junior version of Dogs, as in the „adult“ version the team variant is the most interesting one; but in each variant you need to make clever use of your cards, especially of the special ones.

Players: 2-4

Age: 5+

Time: 20+

Designer: Christian Fiore, Knut Happel

Art: Dennis Lohausen, rayhle Design

Price: ca. 17 Euro

Publisher: Schmidt Spiele 2018

Web: www.schmidtspiele.de

Genre: Move with cards

Users: For children

Version: multi

Rules: de en fr it

In-game text: no

Comments:

Very attractive junior version

Good rules

Already a bit of tactic necessary

Compares to:

Mensch ärgere dich nicht

Other editions:

Currently none

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