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Alle auf Kalle

PUTTY IN THE PAIL

Kalle the Can in the design of Play-Doh cans is happy to be targeted with marbles formed from this Play-Doh. The game unit is assembled, it comprises three catapults and the can with a lid and arms, placed in the middle.

Each player chooses a putty catapult and his can of putty and begins the game by preparing ten lumps of putty in a suitable size, the rules call it “marble-sized”. Kalle is switched on and then - on a starting signal - all try simultaneously to roll their putty lumps into marbles and shoot them with their catapult into Kalle the Can. Kalle is rotating and you have the best chance for a hit if you wait with shooting your marble until you can see Kalle’s eyes - because then the can is wide open and is exactly positioned across from the catapult.

When you have used up the ammunition you prepared you are of course allowed to form additional marbles or to collect the marbles that did not score a hit and shoot them off again. If you are first to sink three marbles beneath Kalle’s lid, you win.

Real game fun from Hasbro as kids know and love it - the putty itself is already a classic part of nurseries and the game very nicely combines some elements, which are familiar from other action games. The first thing children learn very quickly from Kalle is that blind and uncontrolled shooting-ahead at bests results in a random hit and that it is much better to wait and concentrate until Kalle is in the right position. As in all those games it is less important who wins; much more important are the hits themselves. A high replay value comes with a good training for hand-eye coordination and a little patience.

Players: 2-3

Age: 4+

Time: 15+

Designer: not named

Artist: not named

Price: ca. 25 Euro

Publisher: Hasbro 2014

Web: www.hasbro.at

Genre: Dexterity

Users: For children

Special: 2 players

Version: de

Rules: de en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Good training for hand-eye-coordination

Waiting for the best shooting position trains planning and patience

Includes detailed instructions how to clean up the game

Compares to:

Looping Louie, Bravo Traube and other action games

Other editions:

Hasbro USA

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 0

Dexterity (green): 3

Action (dark green): 3