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Mutant Meeples

Shortest way to the scene of crime

Meeples are game pieces, and in this game some of them have been changed into super heroes; they are all super fast and each of them has an individual super power. Aim of the game is to assemble a super team of heroes by sending Meeples as quickly as possible to different crime scenes in Metropolis and then appointing them to the team.

For each round you reveal two location markers for alley and road, that is, row and column of the board, and place the crime scene marker accordingly. Now each player by himself considers how to get a Mutant Meeple to this location with fewest moves. For this you can use up to three Meeples and mark them and the total number of steps on your player board and take the corresponding movement marker. You can use up to 10 steps for a Meeple and all in all not more than 24 steps to reach the target. One step covers the straight distance to an obstacle; changing direction begins the next step. Obstacles are walls, the edges of the board and other Meeples. Super powers allow exceptions from those rules. When all are done all show their path by moving the Meeple placeholders, in ascending order of steps announced. Whoever correctly manages the shortest path causes the end of the round and takes the marker of this Meeple off the board; he has joined the team and is no longer available. Your possibilities are reduced with every Meeple that joins your team and you win when six Meeples are in your team.

Mutant Meeples is a witty and well-done advancement of Ricochet Robots, super powers introduce new possibilities and the limitation for the number of steps is a real challenge, too!

Players: 2-6

Age: 8+

Time: 45+

Designer: Ted Alspach

Art: Ted Alspach, Hans-Georg Schneider

Price: ca. 27 Euro

Publisher: Pegasus / Bézier 2012

Web: www.pegasus.de

Genre: Logic game

Users: For families

Version: multi

Rules: de en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Based on an idea by Alex Randolph

Basic rules of Ricochet Robot have been sophisticatedly adapted

Two different boards

Includes side-kick expansion

Compares to:

Ricochet Robot

Other editions:

Currently none

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