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Quizzomat Junior

Cleverer than Ferdi Fuchs?

A new concept for a quiz game, Ferdi Fuchs checks your knowledge! Each player holds eight chips of his color, the quizzomat is set up and the fox chips are set out.

The top card is revealed and the turntable in the quizzomat is turned until the same symbol is visible as that on the top left corner of the card. The game master reads the question and four answers and all players place a chip in the answer slot of the color that they think belongs to the correct answer; there can be several chips in one slot. Should then slots be empty, they are filled with a fox chip. Then you turn the turntable twice, until first the one and then the other of the two symbols on the right-hand edge of the card appears; you need to turn the turntable in the direction depicted by the arrows next to the symbols. Due to those turnings the chips in wrong slots fall into the box, those for correct answer remain. Now all remaining chips are put into the winning slot for players or – should a fox chip be the one to remain –for the fox. When eight questions have been played, the quizzomat is opened. Chips in the big middle compartment are worthless. Chips in the small right compartment are those for correct answers, all players take theirs and count them, and you also count those of the fox. If you have most chips and also more chips than Fox Ferdi, you win. There is also a version with point values on the chips and for a solo game.

Pure fun and a fascinating mechanic for children, the finding of solutions by having chips disappear is innovative and works well, my praise go to the authors for working out the practical side of the mechanism.

Players: 1-4

Age: 4-8

Time: 20+

Designer: Kai Haferkamp, Markus Nikisch

Artist: Nikolai Renger

Price: ca. 14 Euro

Publisher: Haba 2014

Web: www.haba.de

Genre: Quiz

Users: For children

Special: 1 player

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: yes

Comments:

New concept

Imitating answers does not help to win

Game master capable of reading is necessary

Compares to:

First game of its kind

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 3

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 0

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0