Item-no.: 22382
Strategic planning, thinking and good powers of
observation help the frogs as they collect the water lilies.
Age: 4+
Number of player:
2-4
Contents: 1 wooden board
48 water lilies
4 frogs
1 dragonfly
1 dice with numbers from 1-6
Game
idea: Kirsten
Hiese
Illustration: Monika Mulzer-Adam
Beautiful water lilies bloom on the pond and not only
the ducks come to marvel at them. The cheeky frogs also love the water lilies
and each frog tries to get hold of as many as possible before the large
dragonfly comes and snatches the remaining blossoms.
Game preparation:
The 48 water lilies are spread out on the fields
provided on the board as follows:
First layer: one off-white water lily per field
Second layer: distribute 8 coloured water lilies (2 of
each colour) and 8 off-white water lilies at random so that there is one lying
on the first layer in each case.
Third layer: distribute the remaining 8 coloured and 8
off-white water lilies in such a way that each stack, consisting of three water
lilies, has only one coloured one.
Each player now chooses a frog and releases him on
whichever off-white water lily he wishes. The dragonfly is put onto her place.
Rules of the game:
The youngest child begins by throwing the dice and he
may move his frog according to the number shown on the dice. The frog may leap
to the right or left and then take the top water lily from the pile reached. It
is important to consider the moves well because if the player arrives on a
coloured water lily in the colour of his own frog, he may take the whole stack.
If the water lily is in one of the other player’s
colours, he may only take that lily but has still deprived the other player of
the chance to take the whole stack.
It is therefore always better to collect a coloured
water lily than an off-white one.
If two or more players land on the same water lily,
the last one to arrive gets the water lily on that field or the top one if there
are more than one and he also gets a water lily from the other players on this
water lily, providing they have already collected one.
It is therefore always a good idea to leap to a water
lily already occupied by another player because then you get an extra water
lily.
As soon as there are only off-white water
lilies left or only 6 water lilies in total on the pond, the dragonfly enters
the game. She collects her water lilies in the middle of the pond and after each
go she may move one frog one field forward in a clockwise direction. If there
are still water lilies on that field, she may take them all. If the dragonfly
lands on the same field as a frog, the frog must give all its water lilies to
her and she also gets any water lilies that might be lying under the frog.
End of the game:
The game is over as soon as all water lilies have been
collected and the winner is the frog that has collected the most water lilies.
Or did the dragonfly manage to collect the most water lilies in the end?
Have a lot of fun at the pond!