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Splash!

One choses a block, the other places it

Build towers without having blocks falling into imaginary water.

In turn you take one of 30 building blocks in five shapes and six colors – the rules suggest that you try to get as many different shapes and colors as possible. All players have the same number of blocks, an eventual surplus goes out of play.

Then, again in turn, you hand one of your blocks to your left neighbor, who begins a tower with it or extends the tower. The block that you hand on and which must be placed by your neighbor, must correspond in color or shape to the previously placed block and is only allowed to touch this recent block. If you do not hold a block suitable to hand on, you can select and take a block from any other player. Only if there is no suitable block available, can you hand on any block.  

When the tower tumbles the player who did hand on the block that caused the fall, receives a water crystal and building is continued with the remaining rest of the tower. If after the fall there are only individual blocks, the active player decides which block to use as basis for the new tower. Whoever caused the tumble, takes three of the remaining pieces into his stock and then hands on one block according to the rules. If you are first to hold three water crystals or to be out of blocks, you win. In a team variant you play in two teams, if one player meets the victory condition, all team members win together.

Not really new, but with an interesting irritation component or dilemma– do I play nasty and hand on an impossible piece or do I play more friendly? In any case, motor skills in travel size, handy and nice!

Players: 2-6

Age: 6+

Time: 20+

Designer: Wilfried and Marie Fort

Artist: Natalia Zelenina

Price: ca. 13 Euro

Publisher: Game Factory 2015

Web: www.gamesfactory-spiele.com

Genre: Building, dexterity

Users: For families

Version: multi

Rules: de fr it + 9 more languages

In-game text: no

Comments:

Known mechanism

Choice of block introduces irritation element

Good motor skill training in travel size

Compares to:

Construction games with balance

Other editions:

999 Games (nl), Brain Games (et, lt, lv), dV Giochi (it), Egmont Polska (pl), Kaissa (gr), Lifestyle (ru), Swan Panasia (cn)

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 1

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 3

Action (dark green): 3