Presentation

Polar Smash

Fish behind ice blocks

Polar Bear Totti sits on top of his Igloo, guarding it, because Penguin Fred and his chums want to steal fish from Totti’s Igloo and are pulling blocks of ice from the Igloo to gain entry, as the door is locked. Players assist the penguins in demolishing the Igloo.

The Igloo is constructed of rows of numbered blocks, 64 in total, with the help of the support dome and is then lifted off the dome on its basic ring; Polar Bear Totti is placed on top of the Igloo. Each player receives a Penguin Pick. Then players take turns to pull a block from the Igloo, using their Penguin Pick. If the block falls off the pick, you collect it and must pull another one from the Igloo. You must also collect any blocks that happen to fall off the Igloo to the outside during your turn. Ice blocks that fall into the Igloo remain there for the time being.

When Totti topples, the player who caused him to topple collects all blocks within the Igloo and then the winner is whoever has collected the fewest amount of ice blocks. In case of a tie, you add the numbers on your blocks and win with the highest total.

For younger players, you can leave the support dome under the Igloo, so that no blocks can fall into the Igloo.

Removing ice blocks without them tumbling off out of control is a favorite topic for dexterity games. In Polar Smash, the topic has been implemented in a cute version, albeit including pinching. The components are of high quality and very user-friendly, the support dome allows children to play on their own, as do the very simple rules; the rule book explains them using a very clear image for every step, too.

Players: 2-4

Age: 5+

Time: 15+

Designer: anoka Designstudio

Art: anoka Designstudio

Price: ca. 18 Euro

Publisher: HCM Kinzel 2017

Web: www.hcm-kinzel.eu

Genre: Dexterity

Users: For children

Version: multi

Rules: de en fr it

In-game text: no

Comments:

High quality components

Simple rules

Instructions with lots of support images

(c) Image Spiel doch mal

Compares to:

Klopf, klopf Hallo Eisbär

Other editions:

Currently none

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