Article-no.: 22370

The Golden Apple

An exciting colour recognition game with obstacles!

Age: 3+

Players: 2 to 4

Contents: 4 riders

4 horses

1 wooden playing board

1 dice with colours

Toni, Steve, Franzi und Lucas live in small brightly-coloured cottages in a beautiful idyllic village at the foot of a mountain of gold. A tree which bears a golden apple every day grows on this mountain.

According to the legend in this little village, anyone who eats this golden apple can make a wish and it will be fulfilled.

Apart from that, the golden apple is particularly delicious and the children love the taste of it. Not only the children love these apples, the horses grazing on the gold mountain paddock do too. This is why every child wants to be the first to reach the top of the mountain on his/her horse.

As soon as the children get up in the early morning, the race starts. Toni, Steve, Franzi and Lucas dash out of their cottages and run as quickly as they can to the gold mountain paddock, where their horses are grazing. In a flash, each child jumps up on his/her horse and takes off along the route to the top of the mountain of gold. Even from afar the golden apple can be seen gleaming in the sun.

But it’s a steep and difficult climb to the top and so the horses have to be allowed frequent breaks to take a drink.

Who’ll be the first to make it to the top of the mountain of gold and enjoy the golden apple? And what will (s)he wish for?

Aim of the Game:

The winner is the first to climb the mountain of gold on his/her horse and get the golden apple.

Game Preparation:

Before beginning the game, the horses are placed in the paddock, each rider is put into the cottage of the same colour and the golden

apple is placed on the wood-coloured field on the mountain of gold.

How to Play:

The game can begin now. The youngest player throws the dice. Depending on the colour thrown, (s)he places his/her rider on the next

square of that colour along the route. It is now the next player’s turn.

To leave the path and enter the paddock to go to your horse, you must throw the colour green. If your rider is standing on a red square

for example and the green colour comes up on the dice, you may go directly to your horse in the paddock; however if your rider is

standing on the last square on the path, you may throw the dice 3 times.

On reaching the meadow, the rider mounts the horse of the same colour and sets off on the route to the golden apple. When a horse

reaches a blue square with water or a field with a flower, he takes a short rest and the rider must miss a turn to let his/her horse drink

or eat.

When a rider catches up with another rider and lands on the same square, the rider he has caught up with must go back to the

meadow and begin the climb uphill all over again. The winner is the first to reach the red field with the golden apple.

Have fun with the exciting race for the golden apple!