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Kahuna

ISLAND BRIDGES

Two priests of the Kahuna Cult rival for dominance in an island archipelago somewhere in the Southern Seas. The 12 islands on the board are connected by lines. Players receive 25 Kahuna sticks and 20 Kahuna stones each and are dealt 3 out of 24 island cards. Three more cards are displayed face-up. Players alternate their moves. You play any number or none of your island cards, place the sticks as established by the card(s) played and draw a card from the stack or from the open display. There is a limit for cards on your hand of 5 cards. If you cannot play a card may place one or more cards face down under the discard pile. If you achieve a majority of bridges on an island you dominate the island and mark this with one of your Kahuna stones. The bridges of your opponent are removed from the island – this can result in loss of majorities on other islands and thus also to the removal of Kahuna stones.

When the draw pile is empty the islands are scored for dominated islands and the majority of Kahuna stones. In scoring 1 and scoring 2 you are awarded 1 and 2 points respectively for the majority of Kahuna stones on the board, in the final scoring you are awarded the difference between your number of stones and the number of your opponent’s stones. If you now have the highest score, you win the game.

Even after all those years Kahuna still is one of the more fascinating placement games for majorities offering a lot of tactics – and you should pay special attention to the changing mahorities – one removed bridge can result in a beastly chain reaction! One of the highlights in the range of 2-player games!

Spieler         : 2

Alter            : ages 10 and up

Dauer           : ca. 40 min

Autor           : Günter Cornett

Grafik          : Claus Stephan

Titel englisch: ident

Preis            : ca. 20,00 Euro

Verlag          : Kosmos 2010

                     www.kosmos.de

Genre                    : Placement game

Zielgruppe             : With friends

Mechanismen         : Place bridges for majorities

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New edition in the Metal box

Originally published as Arabana Ikibiti at Bambusspiele

First Kosmos edition 1999

Rules unchanged

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