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Achterbahn

Four marbles home! Won!

A new series called Jumbo Fun presents itself in real Jumbo-size dimensions: in a very big box you find the parts of a roller coaster track which are fixed onto a flat board which holds the starting areas and the “decider”. Each player chooses a color and places his marbles into his starting area; for each color there is a starting point on one of the roller coaster rings; for green on the orange ring, for orange on the yellow, for yellow on the purple and for purple on the green ring.

You roll the die in turn: With a six you place your first marble onto the starting point, roll again and move the marble forward accordingly. If you roll more Sixes you can either introduce a new marble into the game or move a marble on the track; then you can always roll again. If you have no marble in the track you have two rolls to achieve a Six. When you arrive at a spot holding an opponent’s marble you “defeat” this marble and drop into the sliding track; the marble rolls into the “big decider” and - depending on the result - is placed into the corresponding starting area, goes directly into the finish area or must be placed on the starting point on the track. The finish area spots must be reached with an exact roll result. If you are first to have all for marbles in your finish area you win.

If you are reminded of Mensch ärgere Dich nicht / Ludo / Pachisi you are absolutely correct; this standard mechanism has been varied in Achterbahn very attractively and nicely and with some action; the additional chance element of the „de3cider“ area adds more tension - will the opposing marble I just kicked out end up in the finish area?

Players: 2-4

Age: 5+

Time: 30+

Designer: not named

Art: not named

Price: ca. 20 Euro

Publisher: Jumbo Diset 2012

Web: www.jumbo.eu

Genre: Roll & Move game

Users: For children

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Series Jumbo Fun

Nice version of a standard mechanism

Additional chance element from the sliding track

Attractive 3D board

Compares to:

All versions of Ludo, Pachisi or Mensch ärgere Dich nicht

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 3

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 1