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Flying Kiwis

Boarding by snipping

Kiwis want to go on holiday somewhere other than New Zealand. As they cannot fly, they want to travel in kiwi fruit boxes to reach other destinations. But they also want to sit together in certain formations according to their preferences, preferably in a square.

The box bottom is used to simulate a kiwi fruit box with the help of cardboard strips combined into a grid. Each player takes a ramp and 10 kiwis of a color in the guise of cardboard discs. All play simultaneously and try to snip their kiwis into one of the 16 slots in the grid, using the ramp and the rubber string. Kiwis are allowed to end up in slots that are already occupied and can cover kiwis already in such a slot. Kiwis that land outside the box grid can be taken back and snipped again. Should someone manage to arrange four of his kiwis anywhere on the board in four slots that form a square, this player calls “Flying Kiwi” and wins instantly.

If nobody manages such an arrangement before all kiwis have been snipped into slots, the stacks in slots are scored: Each player counts the kiwi discs in those slots where one of his kiwis is on top. If you have collected most kiwis in this way, you win.

As regards to target age and graphic design the game is clearly intended for children, but the arranging to order of the travel-loving birds turns out to be entertaining fun for the whole family which is usually tried several times. Ramps and kiwis are sturdy and well suited for multiple use. Another try? It must be possible to achieve that square – well, at least I’m hitting the box now and can claim one or the other stack, at long last!

Players: 2-4

Age: 5+

Time: 10+

Designer: Marco Teubner, Frank Bebenroth

Artist: Team HUCH! & friends

Price: ca. 21 Euro

Publisher: HUCH! & friends 2015

Web: www.hutter-trade.com

Genre: Snipping , dexterity

Users: For children

Version: multi

Rules: de en fr nl pt se

In-game text: no

Comments:

Cute topic

Very good, sturdy components

Simple rules

Compares to:

All snipping games with target configuration

Other editions:

Currently none

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Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 3

Action (dark green): 3