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Gregs Tagebuch

Von Idioten umzingelt!

Gregs Tagebuch - Diary of a Wimpy Kid - tells the experiences, aggravations and fears of a teenage boy named Greg at Junior High!

Von Idioten umzingelt is a game based on this book; you try to complete a round on the board with your markers and have them back at their home plate first. Depending on the number of players you play in a team or alone using two colors. For two to four players you make up the board from four parts; in case of five and six players you use six parts for the board.

You place your markers on the corresponding starting area; then you play three rounds. In the first of those rounds you are dealt five cards, in rounds two and three you get four cards. Those three rounds are repeated as often as necessary for someone to win the game. If you have a 1 or a 13 in your cards you can start a marker on the course; then in turn all those who have a marker on the course play cards and resolve them to move the marker, until all cards have been used. All others must wait if they receive a 1 or a 13 in the next round and are able to start. Markers on occupied spots are defeated  - yes, you could say “Don’t get angry, Greg” - and if you have all markers in the finish area you can move the markers of your team mate.

Of course you know the mechanics of the game - it is similar to Ludo/Pachisi/Mensch ärgere dich nicht, but the use of cards, which relate to characters and events in the book makes it into an independent game; actions governed by cards allow some planning, because you know what you hold and what you can do with it. Funny and surely well suited to the targeted user group.

Players: 2-6

Age: 8+

Time: 45+

Designer: not named

Art: not named

Price: ca. 14 Euro

Publisher: University Games 2012

Web: www.universitygames.de

Genre: Movement game based on the book

Users: For children

Version: de

Rules: de nl

In-game text: no

Comments:

Based on the Whimpy kid books

Nicely varied standard mechanisms

Cards instead of dice allow a bit of planning

Compares to:

Movement games with a literary connection

Other editions:

Dutch, University Games

My rating:

Statements:

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 2

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