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Alter                    5

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Capt’n Sharky

CLIMB THE COCONUT TREE!

Capt’n Sharky’s latest adventure, this time his crew is racing each other in climbing the coconut palm to harvest the coconuts. The big palm tree in the middle of the unknown island must be climbed. The palm tree is set up and to prepare a round, three coconuts are fastened to the leaves and two magnetic nuts are stuck onto the trunk of the tree. Each player receives a secret crew card, it shows for which members of the crew he can score in this round. To move the crew members one has four cards which can be used to move any of the members according to the abilities of the card.

You play a card and move one or two crew members accordingly and then draw a card. If you reach a spot for a magnetic coconut you may take it, if one is still available. The first three crew members who reach the top of the tree are taken off the tree with the current top coconut and next to the island. Then the round ends and the nuts next to the island are scored for the crew. A player with one of these men on his crew card scores coconut chips. Then a new round is set up, the magnetic nuts remain with the players.

After three rounds you win if you have the highest total of points including the magnetic nuts. For younger children you can play the game with open crew cards.

This game is a fine combination of topic, components and mechanisms, the components are simply fantastic. The race for the coconuts is fun and the first on top of the tree does not necessarily get the most valuable nut. Some tactics is in order, maybe one step down to snatch a magnetic nut from under an opponent’s nose!

Spieler         : 2-4

Alter            : ab 5 Jahren

Dauer           : approx. 20 min

Autor           : Reiner Knizia

Grafik          : Silvio Neuendorf

Titel englisch          : Ab auf die Palme!

Preis            : approx. 23,00 Euro

Verlag          : Die Spiegelburg 2010

www.spiegelburg.de

Genre                    : Acquisition game

Zielgruppe             : For families

Mechanismen         : Move men with cards, collect coconuts

Kommentar:

Very good family game

Good game for elder children

Well-working combination of topic and mechanisms

Fantasic components

Vergleichbar:

All race games with secret finish positions

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