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Die Wände haben Ohren
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To lose face, not holding a candle to someone – we all know such proverbs and adages, but very rarely know where they come from, their origin. This memo now offers the opportunity to get acquainted wit 44 such proverbs and adages, albeit only on German language.
One pair in this memo game always comprises a tile with a picture or image to present the proverb and a second tile with the text of the proverb. So, a woman in a pigsty with a necklace in her hand is meant to illustrate „throwing pearls before swine“, a person with fingers on fire is meant to demonstrate „this a burning issue, in German it burns on my nails. The images for a camel in the eye of a needle or a man carrying owls towards an Acropolis (in English it would be coals to Newcastle instead of owls to Athens) are self explaining, but there are several images that are not so easily assigned to their texts, unless you have studied booklet and list of contents closely.
The more often you play the easier the game gets, because you have learned all proverbs, the age group seems a bit low for the mechanism, but is correct, as you need to be able to read!
Explanations for the proverbs and adages are copious and painstakingly researched, you learn a few surprising facts and is often more than surprised about the origin of some familiar daily sayings.
Definitely a nice addition to the range of memo games, packed in a very attractive box in the shape of a house – walls do have ears! Metermorphosen again lives up to their reputation for very unusual versions of well-known game ideas and won’t have their stuffing knocked out. This game can be an ideal training game for German phrases and proverbs!
Players: 2+
Age: 6+
Time: 30+
Designer: not named
Artist: Philipp Waechter
Price: ca. 20 Euro
Publisher: Metermorphosen 2016
Web: www.metermorphosen.de
Genre: Memo
Users: For families
Special: Many players
Version: de
Rules: de
In-game text: yes
Comments:
Very cute images
Knowledge of provers is an advantage
Very detailed explanations
Compares to:
Memo games with non-identical pairs
Other editions:
Currently none
Chance (pink): 1
Tactic (turquoise): 0
Strategy (blue): 0
Creativity (dark blue): 0
Knowledge (yellow): 1
Memory (orange): 3
Communication (red): 0
Interaction (brown): 1
Dexterity (green): 0
Action (dark green): 0