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Schicht im Schacht

Moles dig corridors

Aim of the game: Place cards to complete mole corridors and take those cards for your treasure chamber.

The game comprises 100 cards in five colors, with values 1 to 20. In the core game without silver cards you are dealt 12 cards, two are displayed: If they have the same color, you place them in a row, in ascending order; if they are of different colors, you place them in a column. The remaining cards go out of play.

You select a card; then all are revealed simultaneously and and you place dem in order of decreasing card values, in case of identical values color ranking desides: yellow before red, green and blue. You place cards of a color already present in a row, at one of the ends or within the row on top of a card with the lowest difference to the card’s value. When the card has a new color, you begin a new row and place the card on top or below a card, again choosing the card with the lowest difference to your own card. Four cards of the same color in a row or four cards of different color in a column or any for cards on a stack are a corridor. If you complete a corridor, you take all cards in it; gaps are closed by shifting cards, the fewest possible number over the shortest possible distance. If placing a card results in the formation of several corridors, you take all of them. When all cards have been placed, you win with most cards taken. In the advanced game, you use silver cards for jokers.

This is a really good filler game, which is good fun to play - it is reminiscent of 6 nimmt! or Four in a Row and offers a cleverly dosed surprise effect due to the face-down playing of cards.

Players: 2-6

Age: 8+

Time: 15+

Designer: Anna Oppolzer, Stefan Kloß

Artist: Monika Suska

Price: ca. 9 Euro

Publisher: moses. Verlag 2018

Web: www.moses-verlag.de

Genre: Card placement 

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de en

In-game text: no

Comments:

A very nice filler game

Quickly explained, quickly played

Well-dosed surprise effect

Compares to:

6 nimmt! for taking completed rows

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0