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Schneck Schneck,

Einmal hin und einmal weg

Players need to make their way out of the snail’s shell, and can choose between the slow safe way and the fast risky way. If you are the first to reach the salad at the end of the green path, you win.

At the start of the game you roll two dice and set them on the snail’s antennae. In your turn you roll the third die and then choose between the two possible results of adding one antenna die plus the die you rolled. The dice you chose are set on the antennae, the now surplus one is handed to the next player, and you move your snail forward on the green path or backwards on the red path. In case of a doublet you of course have only one choice for your move, but you get another turn, even if you deliberately choose a doublet, if this is possible. Results that would lead to closed spots cannot be chosen. If you move onto an occupied spot, you place your snail on top of others already there. If you move on, you must take snails on top of your snail along, snails below your snail you leave on the spot. When your turn ends on a spot connected to the other path you must automatically change paths and move along this path in further turns.  

This introduces a choice between safe play and risky play – you can try to deliberately switch paths and move backwards on the red one, hoping for the convenient roll to be able to change back to the green path and so find a shortcut of nearly on turn of the spiral.

Schneck Schneck is an attractive, modern version of the old, well-known Snakes & Ladders mechanism, the spiral introduces a bit of tactic into the prettily made race to the salad, for all the family.

Players: 2-6

Age: 6+

Duration: 30+

Designer: Inon Kohn

Artist: not stated

Price: ca. 13 Euro

Publisher: Noris Spiele

Web: www.noris-spiele.de

Genre: Roll & Move Game

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Very pretty design * simple rules * well-made version of a standard mechanism

Compares to :

All roll & move games based on the Snakes & Ladders mechanism

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance: 3

Tactic: 1

Strategy: 0

Creativity: 0

Knowledge: 0

Memory: 0

Communication: 0

Interaction: 2

Dexterity: 0

Action: 0