Was ist das?
SOAP to OWL
Oh, yet another memo game! This somewhat blasé reaction is forgotten very quickly when you take a second look at the images in this memo by Antje Damm. The find the special things in day-to-day things and transform it with her creativity – Antje Damm has succeeded beautifully with this aim in her memo game featuring pairs with two different images. Items from daily life like clothes pegs or an ice cream bar or a sausage are transformed on the second card of the pair into an animal – a crocodile, a penguin or a dachshund. It is fascination and sometimes nearly incredible how a gerbera flower is transformed into a lion, or a sesame-studded roll into a turtle. The colorful chocolate lenses are transformed into enchanting beetles and buttons are the snouts for little pig heads. You play Was ist das? according to the standard rules for memo games. In your turn you turn up two of the face-down tiles. If you have you found a pair you may keep it and turn up another two cards. If two cards that you turn up do not form a pair you put them back face-down and your turn ends. The most important thing is to take a really close look, because the item from daily life is not always easily identified. Those 24 pairs create connections and structural relationships and are an enticement for taking close looks, for creating and using your imagination. They are a fascination collection or marvelous ideas that provide wonderful answers to the title question. The funny, attractive images even make you want to try your hand on drawing yourself or tinker at those items. Simple wonderful and fantastic!
Players: 2-6
Age: 4+
Time: 15+
Designer: Antje Damm
Artist: Antje Damm
Price: ca. 15 Euro
Publisher: MeterMorphosen 2010
Web: www.metermorphosen.de
Genre: Memo game
Users: For families
Special: 2 players
Version: multi
Rules: de en es fr
In-game text: no
Comments:
Simple rules
Creative, phantastic drawings
High learning curve due to recognition of connections and structures
Compares to:
All memo games
Other editions:
Currently none
Chance (pink): 0
Tactic (turquoise): 0
Strategy (blue): 0
Creativity (dark blue): 1
Knowledge (yellow): 0
Memory (orange): 3
Communication (red): 0
Interaction (brown): 1
Dexterity (green): 0
Action (dark green): 0