Circus Grandioso

The Circus shows the „Great Pyramid of Acrobatic Animals“ today! There are 55 animal cards in decreasing numbers from 10 x Elephant to 1x Seal plus 8 Clown cards.  You lay out one elephant as a starting card, all other cards are shuffled together and each player is dealt seven cards, the rest is draw pile.

In your turn you can choose one of two actions: Exchange a card from your hand for a face-down card or place a fitting card into the pyramid; you take this one from your hand or from the face-down cards on the table or take the top card from the draw-pile: If you cannot place those face-down cards you put them down on the table, again face-down. But if you can place a card and it currently the highest card in the pyramid you take the Show Master token. The rules for the pyramid are: Only one kind of animal and only one clown in each level of the pyramid; the pyramid is laid out in a given order of animals, Elephant at the bottom, then

Rhinos, Camels, Ponies, Tigers, Bears, Lions, Crocodiles, Chimpanzees and the Seal on top. You can only place an animal in a higher level when it is supported by two animals beneath; you cannot place a clown as highest card and you must always place the highest possible card. When someone places his last card into the pyramid or puts the seal on top of the pyramid, the game ends and the winner is the player currently holding the Show Master Token.

Circus Grandioso is a simple placement game, the allure is in the memory component of hidden cards; you can draw some conclusions on animals underneath cards that were discarded because they could not be placed.

Players: 2-4

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Florian Racky

Art: Jonathan Penka, Felix Weihnacht

Price: ca. 10 Euro

Publisher: Racky Spiele 2012

Web: www.racky-spiele.de

Genre: Card placement game

Users: For families

Version: multi

Rules: de en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Basically simple rules

Given sequence of animal

Discarded cards allow conclusions on animals due to placement rules

Compares to:

Pingu-Party

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0