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König Grummelbart

Birthday cake for a smile

It’s König Grummelbart’s birthday and all at court are very upset – the birthday cake for the king is not ready and he is in a grouchy mood. All animals jump from step to step on the staircase to collect cake ingredients to make sure that the cake is ready before the king reaches the Feast Hall. If it is achieved, the king is smiling again!

The staircase is assembled in ingredient and Grummelbart tokens are put into the bag; the king’s track and the table with cake tiers are laid out.

The active player places his piece on the top step of the staircase and snips it; you have three tries to make the piece land on a  step. Other steps can be stepping stones, but only the piece of the active player is scored. If you reach a step, you either draw one or two ingredient tiles from the bag or the king moves one step back, as indicated on the step. Drawn ingredients are put on the cake tiers, first on the big one, then the middle and finally the small one. If you draw a Grummelbart tile, the king advances one step towards the Hall and all ingredients, recently drawn ones and also those on a cake tier, go back into the bag. When three ingredients are on a cake tier, you turn it over and put it on the festive table; the ingredients go back into the bag. When all three tiers have been stacked, the cake is done and all win together, if the king has not yet arrived at the Hall.

Very nice and not that easy – the right strength for snipping needs some practicing, but fortunately, pieces ending up on their flat side or slanted score, too. If you have been successful together, you can bake the cake, following the recipe given in the rules!

Players: 2-4

Age: 5+

Time: 15+

Designer: Kirsten Hiese

Artist: Andreas Besser

Price: ca. 20 Euro

Publisher: Schmidt Spiele 2018

Web: www.schmidtspiele.de

Genre: Cooperation, snipping

Users: For children

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Very attractive design and components

Adult assistance needed for assembling

Snipping needs good hand-eye coordination and dexterity

Compares to:

Snipping games with set targets

Other editions:

Currently none

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Interaction (brown): 0

Dexterity (green): 3

Action (dark green): 3