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Autsch!

Moles back down under!

A square plastic unit simulates a meadow; in its corners there are sitting two moles each in player colors of red and green and in the middle sits a mole with a neutral hard hat that can light up, too. The moles look rather cute, the hard hats are funny detail and are very necessary, because as one does not like moles in one’s garden, after all, and so players try to knock the moles back into their holes. But the moles are like yo-yos, the keep returning and award you a hit point only if you hit exactly the right mole.

If you play solitaire or a game of two, the way to play is always the same: you switch on the unit, choose the game mode and the game level, one or two players, easy or more difficult. In a solitaire game you must hit as many moles as possible before the time runs out; you must always hit the mole whose hard hat lights up. The mole in the middle is a joker. If he lights up you must hit it quickly; if you are in time you will be rewarded with a bonus. If you hit a mole whose hard hat is not lit up you lose a point from your score. If you play a game for two you must hit more moles of your color within a given time period than your opponent in his color. The mole in middle is again a joker and you should only hit it when its hat lights up in your own color.

Still funny and still loved by children; the choice of game modes and the components have been reduced in comparison to the Hasbro edition; in this edition only two can play and there are no noises, only the initial announcement. But still, Autsch! offers a nice training for quick reactions and still looks cute.

Players: 1-2

Age: 4+

Time: 10+

Designer: not named

Artist: not named

Price: ca. 22,00 Euro

Publisher: Mattel 2011

Web: www.mattelspiele.de

Genre: Reaction game

Users: For children

Special: 1 or 2 players

Version: de

Rules: de en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Needs batteries

Trains reactions

Only for 1 or 2 players

Compares to:

Autsch, Hasbro

Other editions:

Whack-a-Mole, Mattel USA

Chance (pink): 3

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