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Uluru

Red next to Green on the Long side

During the night Australian animals fly as dream birds around the Sacred Mountain Uluru. But they have special wishes where and next to whom they want to land. If players cannot fulfill those wishes they score negative points. A round comprises placing of wish cards, placing birds and scoring.

At the start of a round you place a wish card next to each animal on the board. This determines how each animal on the board wants to be positioned as regards to the animal shown on the card – next to each other, face to face or across a corner or within the boomerang group. The timer is turned over and all players try to place their birds accordingly on their personal board before the timer runs out. If you cannot place a bird on time, you immediately receive 1 penalty glass bead. Then each bird is checked for correct placement for each player. Each bird wrongly placed earns the player 1 glass bead. Wish cards come in five degrees of difficulty, if a card in front of a bird has the same color as the bird, the wish is considered to be fulfilled automatically. A correct solution for each bird is not always possible. After six rounds, the player with the fewest glass beads wins. The rules also offer a solitaire version, furthermore the back side of the board offers double rows for card placement, so you can play simultaneously in two levels of difficulties, with wish cards sorted accordingly.

Uluru is an abstract game with a marvelous back ground story, and an ideal training for logical thinking with attractive haptic features.  And don’t imitate your neighbor’s arrangement, as that only repeats his mistakes! Thinking for yourself is better and much more fun!

Players         : 1-5

Age             : 8+

Duration       : 30+

Designer      : Lauge Luchau

Artist           : Harald Lieske, Sensit

Price            : ca. 32 Euro

Publisher      : Kosmos 2011

Web             : www.kosmos.de

Genre          : Placement game

Users           : For Families

Special         : 1 player

Version        : de

Rules           : de

In-game text : nein

Comments    :

Spiele Hit for Families 2011 * Abstract game despite topic * demans logical thinking and fast recognition of relations * attractive components

Compares to :

Other abstract logical arrangement puzzles

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance: 1

Tactic: 0

Strategy: 0

Creativity: 0

Knowledge: 3

Memory: 0

Communication: 0

Interaction: 0

Dexterity: 0

Action: 2