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Banana Split

Whipped cream and cherries

As the owner of an ice cream parlor you assemble cups for points. You begin with five toppings behind your screen, four cup cards are on display. The active player chooses on of three options: Drawing a topping, beginning a cup or add a topping to a cup. Toppings that you draw are placed behind your screen. There is no limit to the number of toppings that you can collect behind your screen. If you draw a special card it is implemented instantly. A new cup is taken from the display, placed in front of the screen and you need to add at least one topping, in order of topping images on the cup card. If you begin a cup and can complete it in the same turn adding all toppings in sequence, you may draw two toppings. If you begin a new cup and do not complete it, you draw one topping. The toppings used for a completed cup are discarded. The cup card is turned over and you place the corresponding number disc on the card. The special card “Eislöffel” allows you to take an incomplete cup from another player and complete it or just add a topping.

Banana Splits are special cups and worth 20 points; you cannot take them from the display and complete them like other cups. You either take it from the middle and play a joker - this completes the Banana Split - or you play all four toppings and take the Banana Split from the middle. When all cups have been completed, you win with most points.

Banana Split is a really nice family game, just right for you holidays, it has simple rules and a nice design. Eislöffel, Banana Split and Joker provide just the right amount of tactic to keep up the challenge.c

Players: 2-4

Age: 6+

Time: 30+

Designer: Mike Fitzgerald

Artist: Jody Boginski

Price: ca. 13 Euro

Publisher: Amigo Spiele 2014

Web: www.amigo-spiele.de

Genre: Set collecting

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Nice topic

Standard mechanisms

Special cards introduce a bit of tactic and challenge

Good game for holidays or beginners

Compares to:

Set collecting games with special cards

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 1

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 1

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0