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SIMON FLASH
THINK FAST, REACT FAST!
Simon – an old acquaintance
and yet completely new! The
technology known already
from Boggle Flash – electronically
connected cubes – is here
used to implement the game
mechanics of Simon. The cubes
recognize each other, remember
results and hand out scores.
Simon Flash o�ers four di�erent
games:
TUAREG
THE BLUE PEOPLE
Tuareg load up their camels with
water, gold, rock salt and sorghum
for a trek to the next oasis. If you
show the most valuable goods
there you will make the highest
pro�t, but goods stowed away in
caves or with thieves can change
the outcome.
Each player has two camels;
special cards for donkeys, caves,
thieves and maps are stacked
8�
„Simon Classic“ is the original
game mechanic of the Simon
range of games, you must repeat
color sequences correctly,
and the sequences get longer
and longer. For this game you
place the cubes into the holder,
because you do not rearrange
them, you press them. In a
game for 2 or 5 you choose two
or one color which you must
open-face and separate. Two
goods card are in open display
as a market. In your turn you can
either draw goods cards and store
them in your hand or load camels
with goods from your hand
or acquire goods cards from the
market and load them onto your
camel directly or buy special
cards.
Your storage area are your cards
SIMON FLASH / TUAREG t
press. In the other games you
must rearrange the cubes while
always taking care that the faces
of the cubes touch each other
completely. In „Simon Licht aus
/ Lights O�“ you must arrange
the cubes in order to shut down
all lights; each cube has only one
position in which the light is o�;
if you found it, leave the cube
where it is and rearrange the
others. „Simon Schieben – Simon
Shu�e“ - at the start the cubes
light up in di�erent colors, you
must remember the sequence;
then cubes change color and
you must rearrange them to
achieve the original sequence.
In „Simon Geheimfarbe / Secret
Color“, all cubes must show the
same color. For each game you
have a time frame and for each
solution found in this time frame
you score one point.
If you like abstract logic puzzles
under pressure of time you
picked the right game with Simon
Flash; the four cubes are an
absolute challenge for reaction
speed, memory and logic thinking!
Enlightenment in the true
sense of the word! �
in hand, you draw three cards and
must place one of them into the
market. To load up a camel you
place up to four cards from your
hand next to a camel, a maximum
of two different once and with
only one among them – for instance,
salt-salt-gold-gold is okay,
salt-gold-salt-salt is not! For gold
there is a limit of two and water
can only be loaded onto a camel
alone. Cards from the market are
governed by the same rules, they
must be put on a camel immediately.
To buy special cards you use
goods cards from your hand or
from a camel or a combination of
both; from a camel you can only
take the top card, but one after
the other.
Special cards in�uence the ownership
of goods. When the goods
cards are used up you count your
goods by varieties and score victory
points for majorities.
When all is said and done, Tuareg
is a set collection game with a very
attractive and tricky exchange
mechanism that �ts the topic well.
A special praise is due to the wonderful
graphic design. �
INFORMATION
Designer: not stated
Gra�k: not stated
Price: ca. 32 Euro
Publisher: Hasbro 2011
www.hasbro.de
EVALUATION
Reaction game
For families
Version: de
Rules: de
In-game text: nein
INFORMATION
EVALUATION
Card game
With friends
Version: multi
Rules: de en fr
In-game text: no
Comments:
Very attractive design *
Easy to take along * Simple
basic rules * Special cards
should be bought on time
Compares to:
Other set collection games on
majorities
Other editions:
Currently none
PLAYED FOR YOU
Comments:
Challenging game * Nice
to play alone, but works as
well in a group * Fascinating
technology
Compares to:
Boggle Flash for the technology,
other editions of Simon and Bop it for
the game principle
Other editions:
Simon Flash, Hasbro USA
Designer: Francesco Berardi
Gra�k: Alexander Jung
Price: ca. 8 Euro
Publisher: Adlung Spiele 2011
www.adlung-spiele.de
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ISSUE 434 / FEBRUARY 2012 37
PLAYERS:
1+
PLAYERS:
2-5
AGE:
8+
AGE:
10+
TIME:
var
TIME:
45+