THE GAMES JOURNAL - Österreichisches Spiele Museum

WÜRFELWURST
TWO MORE SAUSAGES
OR ONLY 3 POINTS FOR BUGS! 8�
The game comprises quails,
bugs, wasps, worms, weasel and
raccoon – according to the rules
all of them are not very well liked
– and therefore they do not want
to be the utmost last, the sausage
die or Würfelwurst! But don’t
despise the sausage too much,
because four sausages equal the
jackpot!
Thus the introduction to a sim-
For the Game of the Year 2007
in Germany, Zooloretto, there
is now the dice game based on
the board game; again we must
�ll enclosures with animals by
taking carriers. The carriers are
not physically present, but are
printed on the small board, three
carriers on the side for two and
three players, and four carriers
on the side for four players. In
WÜRFELWURST / ZOOLORETTO WÜRFELSPIEL t
ple, funny dice game! Each of
the four animal dies shows all
six animals, two number dice
show 2-3-4-5-sausage-sausage
and two more dice show
2-3-4-5-5-sausage. Each player
takes a chip for each animal. In
your turn you roll all dice and set
aside any number of dice, but at
least one and you cannot reroll
dice that already were set aside.
ZOOLORETTO
WÜRFELSPIEL - MONKEY OR LION AND
WHERE TO PUT THE CROCO? 7�
your turn you always roll two
dice taken from a total of 6, 8 or
10 dice in case of 2, 3 or 4 players;
then you place the dice into
carriers. You can place both dice
in one carrier or put them into
di�erent carriers. There is room
for three dice in each carrier. Instead
of rolling two dice you can
“take” a carrier. For this you take
the dice from one carrier and
After the last roll you choose one
of the visible animals and multiply
their number by the lowest
number in the throw. You can
score each animal only once and
turn over the chip after scoring. If
the black dice show one, two or
three sausages after the last roll
they have a value of 1 and are the
lowest number, so you only score
the number of animals x 1. But if
the result shows four sausages,
they have a value of 7 for multiplying
the number of animals
chosen. If you have the highest
score after 6 rounds you win.
A pure game of luck, and yet
some tactic is possible with your
selection of what you set aside; I’d
rather set aside the last number,
the 4th Five, and score 2 worms
for a total of 10 instead of setting
aside the 3rd worm and you then
roll a 2 with the last number die
and you have a total of 6 points
for 3 worms. The worm could fall
again in the last roll and then you
would have 15 points. Lots of fun
with few rules! �
mark the symbols on the dice on
your scoring sheet; one cross for
each symbol in the corresponding
row, from left to right, When
the row is full, you must cross
o� the animal in the stable, afterwards
dice with that animal
are void. If you are the �rst to
complete an enclosure you get
the corresponding bonus. The
dice taken are out of the game
for the round, the carrier can be
used again for other dice. When
each player has taken a carrier a
new round begins. When after
taking a carrier a player has only
room in one enclosure the game
ends at the end of the round and
is scored according to the markings;
the player with most points
wins.
An attractive conversion of the
game mechanics from board to
dice, the �air of the original game
was nicely preserved, albeit there
being very little chance to in�uence
something, most often the
choices are obvious. You now
can �ll your enclosures where
ever you like! �
INFORMATION
EVALUATION
Dice game
For families
Version: de
Rules: de
In-game text: no
Comments:
Funny topic * Good short
rules * Plays fast and well *
Some tactic possible
Compares to:
Other dice games on sets
of symbols
Other editions:
Currently none
INFORMATION
EVALUATION
Dice game
For families
Version: de
Rules: de
In-game text: no
Comments:
Practical, small box * Nice
implementation of the
Zooloretto mechanism
* Best with four players *
Short playing time, �air was
kept intact
Compares to:
Zooloretto, Coloretto
Other editions:
Currently none
PLAYED FOR YOU
Designer: Michael Schacht
Gra�k: Design/Main
Price: ca. 11 Euro
Publisher: Abacusspiele 2012
www.abacusspiele.de
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ISSUE 434 / FEBRUARY 2012 39
PLAYERS:
2-4
Designer: Inka + Markus Brand
Gra�k: F. Wittmann, K. Franz
Price: ca. 10 Euro
Publisher: Kosmos 2012
www.kosmos.de
PLAYERS:
2-4
AGE:
8+
AGE:
7+
TIME:
15+
TIME:
20+