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Benjamin Blümchen
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The Zoo of Neustadt holds a photography competition and Benjamin Blümchen wants to win. To manage this he must take a few more pictures of zoo animals like lions, polar bears, turtles or penguins. But unfortunately the animals hide when attendant Charles is cleaning their compound and Benjamin has some problems with his pictures.
The zoo compounds are laid out in a circle. Benjamin Blümchen begins the game on the polar bear compound and attendant Charles on the lions compound. The photos are taken out of the books and sorted by animals, the shape helps to do this - the lions photos are square, the polar bear photos are round, the penguin photos rectangular and the turtle photos are hexagonal. You stack the photos on the respective compound tiles. Each player is given a photo book and then all roll the die in turn:
If you roll a color you move Benjamin Blümchen to the compound of this color. When attendant Charles is in this particular compound Benjamin cannot take a picture and you move Charles to the neighboring compound. When Charles is not in the compound you can take a photo tile from the compound and put it into your book. When you roll Benjamin Blümchen you may take a photo from any compound, even when Charles is there. The first to have completely filled his photo book with 10 correct pictures, wins.
As all other game featuring role model Benjamin Blümchen this one, too, is very simple and uses standard mechanisms. The allure of the game lies in the characters familiar from other sources and the fun with those simple mechanisms which bring the successes necessary for the target age group.
Players: 2-4
Age: 3+
Time: 10+
Designer: Wolfgang Dirscherl
Art: not named
Price: ca. 6 Euro
Publisher: Schmidt Spiele 2012
Web: www.schmidtspiele.de
Genre: Dice and collecting game
Users: For children
Version: multi
Rules: de fr it
In-game text: no
Comments:
Well-known characters
Simple standard mechanisms
Stable components suitable for the target age
Compares to:
All collecting games using dice results
Other editions:
Currently none
Chance (pink): 3
Tactic (turquoise): 0
Strategy (blue): 0
Creativity (dark blue): 0
Knowledge (yellow): 0
Memory (orange): 0
Communication (red): 0
Interaction (brown): 0
Dexterity (green): 0
Action (dark green): 0