THE GAMES JOURNAL - Österreichisches Spiele Museum

Sheep race each other on the
dike, Hallbert appears out of nowhere
and frightens the slowest
sheep, and sheep like to push
each other onto slithery ground
and only a safety belt can then
save a sheep from tumbling o�
the dyke.
Each player has a set of cards
with numbers 0-9, a sheep and
safety belt(s), the two boards are
You build railway lines in France
– each connected city enhances
the value of the respective companies
– and try to own as many
shares as possible in successful
companies.
At the start of the game each
company has an engine in Paris;
then each player draws 10, 8,
6, or 5 engines in case of 3, 4, 5
or 6 players out of the bag and
OSTFRIESISCHES SCHAFE SCHUBSEN / PARIS CONNECTION t
OSTFRIESISCHES SCHAFE SCHUBSEN
RACE ON THE DIKE
10�
laid out for a race track.
You play one to three cards and
arrange them into numbers,
cards 1, 6 and 2 laid out for e.g.
162! Then all players reveal their
numbers and score them; with a
clover leaf you can now change
the value and then your sheep
moves the value of the „10“ digit
to the right, and then the value
of the “1” digit upwards. Should
PARIS CONNECTION
TRACK BUILDING IN FRANCE
places them behind his screen.
The remaining engines are
sorted by color and placed on
their respective storage boards.
In your turn you must choose
one of two actions, you cannot
pass a turn: You must either build
track or swap engines. In order
to build track you take between
1 and 5 engines o� the storage
board and place them on the
it leave the board upwards, it enters
again below. Then an angel
and a devil card are handed out
in relation of a player’s movement
to the movement values
of the previous owners of those
cards; they earn you a clover leaf
or cost you a safety belt. Used
cards are set aside, when you
are down to four cards you take
all back in hand. When all sheep
have left the �rst board it is set in
front of the other one for a new
2nd board. When sheep leave
the current 2nd plan or if they
end up on water without owning
a safety belt, they slide o�
and are out of the game. When
only two sheep are left in the
game, the one in second position
wins. And if this all seems
familiar - you are right! Ostfriesisches
Deichwandern became
Ostfriesisches Schafe schubsen, a
good basic idea was ingeniously
transformed from a pen&paper
game into a board game, it is lots
of fun and is therefore presented
here despite being currently sold
out! Maybe there will be a new
edition! �
board. There can only be one
engine in a city and only up to
two engines of di�erent colors
in a square; you cannot place
engines on the Ei�el Tower or
on the starting squares; you
cannot cut o� a color completely
and cannot build across dotted
lines. Then you score for each
newly placed engine according
to the landscape or city square
where it was placed. By swapping
engines you change you
share in companies; you return
an engine from behind your
screen to its board and take 1
or 2 engines of another color;
there is a limit to the maximum
number of engines you can own.
When there are only engines of
one color left or when a track
reaches Marseilles you score for
the engines behind your screen.
If you own more than the allowed
maximum number you
must deduct 20 points for each
surplus engine.
An transition by simple means,
from limited to unlimited, from
SCNF to Paris Connection, from
Winsome to Queen. �
INFORMATION
Designer: Uta Weinkauf et al
Gra�k: M. Menzel, C. Tisch
Price: out of print
Publisher: H@ll 9000 2011
www.hall9000.de
EVALUATION
Race game with cards
For families
Version: de
Rules: de
In-game text: no
PLAYED FOR YOU
Comments:
H@ll 9000 Jubilee Edition
* Currently sold out *
Felicitous transformation of
the play-by-mail game
Compares to:
Ostfriesisches Deichwanden, all race
game with movement governed
by cards
Other editions:
Currently none
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ISSUE 434 / FEBRUARY 2012 33
PLAYERS:
3-8
AGE:
10+
INFORMATION
PLAYERS:
3-6
AGE:
8+
EVALUATION
Railway track laying game
With friends
Version: de
Rules: de
In-game text: nein
TIME:
45+
TIME:
30+
Designer: David V. H. Peters
Gra�k: Oliver Schlemmer
Price: ca. 28 Euro
Publisher: Queen Games 2011
www.queen-games.de
Comments:
Revised edition of SCNF
* Few basic rules * Nice
components
Compares to:
SCNF Winsome Games,
other track building games
Other editions:
SCNF at Winsome Games, sold out