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Baaaaa!

Shepherd versus wolf

Chasing up the mountain side! On a 3D mountain with three tiers, sheep begin on one of the four cases in the bottom tier, the wolf starts in the case opposite of the sheep, hut and shepherd sit on the top tier. Action cards SHEEP are spread open-faced, action cards WOLF are stacked face-down.

The active player selects a SHEEP card and resolves it: One sheep is moved one or two cases, up, to the left or to the right, or several sheep move one case up or the shepherd is relocated. Sheep with the shepherd are safe from the wolf, but not from “wolf in disguise” or “lightning”. Then the top WOLF card is resolved: The wolf moves one step as indicated or, as “wolf in disguise”, captures the nearest sheep, or he remains in place as “full-up wolf” or a sheep can flee the Larder to the shepherd. Lighting gives a sheep to the wolf and the Eagle transfers a sheep from Pasture to the wolf. Both cards are out of play until all cards have been used at least once. When a sheep arrives at the hut, sheep captured by the wolf go to his larder. When all sheep are at Pasture or Larder, all win together, wen there are more sheep at Pasture than at the Larder.

In a variant, one player plays the wolf, he can always choose one of two WOLF cards and the shepherd protects sheep against any wolf card.

My first impression: beautiful! Second impression: The game place nicely, the mountain is easily to handle and can be turned without problem to allow all players to view the current situation; the rules are well-written and rather easy, and all the components are just lovely: Overall impression: beautiful, good and fun to play!

Players: 1-6

Age: 5+

Time: 20+

Designer: Michaël Rambeau

Artist: Gaëlle Maisonneuve

Price: ca. 30 Euro

Publisher: Bioviva 2016

Web: www.gamefactory-spiele.com

Genre: cooperation, placement, collect, cards

Users: For children

Special: 1 player

Version: multi

Rules: de en es fr it nl

In-game text: no

Comments:

Lovely components

Easily understood rules

Attractive version with one player guiding the wolf

Compares to:

Yeti and other games featuring a 3D mountain

Other editions:

Sauve MOut5ons, Bioviva (fr)

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 3

Interaction (brown): 1

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0