https://www.booyakajuice.com/collections/all.atom booyakajuice 2020-07-17T02:38:26-04:00 booyakajuice https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/4614471188531 2020-07-17T02:38:26-04:00 2020-07-17T02:38:26-04:00 Ten (German Import) Board Games Steffen-Spiele

Vendor: Steffen-Spiele
Type: Board Games
Price: 47.95

Designers Madoka Kitao
Steffen Mühlhäuser
Publisher Steffen-Spiele
Players 2
Playing Time 15-20 mins
Suggested Age 8 and up

Note: This game is in German. For a preview, English rule can be found here.

The number 10 is the focus of the game. To score ten, each player has a beautiful set of wooden tiles scoring values from 1 to 3.
The players take alternate turns to place their tiles in the game field. The rows become longer and grow in all directions. Who will be the first player to create a series of personal tiles to score a total of 10?
TEN is a simple, but strategic connection game when players must constantly keep an eye on the opponent’s row of tiles.
Seeing the bigger picture, risk-taking and a little luck are needed to score 10. There are two versions of the rules, so players can test their luck a little more or less.

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Vendor: Foxgames (Poland)
Type: Board Games
Price: 34.95

Designer Hiroki Kaneko
Madoka Kitao
Publisher Foxgames (Poland)
Players 2
Playtime 10 mins
Suggested Age 6 and up

Note: This game is in Polish.  English rules can be found here.

Nanahoshi is a two-player, non-perfect information abstract game. Twelve ladybugs are put face-down on the board, and players take turns either revealing one of the ladybugs (turning it in any direction), turning one of their ladybugs 90 degrees, or moving one step forward. A ladybug moving onto a ladybug of the other color captures it. Different ladybugs are worth different points and have different moving capabilities. The first player to catch 7 points worth of ladybugs wins the game.

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Vendor: Ferti
Type: Board Games
Price: 36.95

Designer
Publisher Ferti
Players 2
Playtime 15 mins
Suggested Age 7 and up
Expansions Yokai No Kems


Note: This game is in French, English rules can be found on this BoardGameGeek Thread.

Yōkaï no Mori contains two simpler versions of Shōgi to introduce the game to new players and youngsters.

In ''Dōbutsu Shōgi, which means "animal shogi", each player has only four pieces – chick, giraffe, elephant and lion – and they're trying to either catch the opponent's lion or move their own lion to the opposite side of the game board. The board is just 3×4 squares, so the game is rather short. As for how to play:

  • The giraffe moves one space orthogonally.
  • The elephant moves one space diagonally.
  • The chick is directly analogous to the pawn/soldier of Shōgi and can be promoted to a full-grown chicken, equivalent to the gold general in Shogi.
  • The lion is analogous to a king in Chess, except that he can win through promotion as long as it doesn't leave him in check.
  • Even on this 3×4 board, you are still able to drop in pieces that you captured from your opponent!
  • Unlike in Shōgi, you can drop a chick for mate or have two chicks in a column.

Goro-Goro Dōbutsu Shōgi has a larger 5×6 game board with each player having eight pieces (3 chicks, 2 giraffes, 2 elephants and 1 lion). The game also adds more rules from the full Shōgi game, in particular:

  • You win only by capturing your opponent's lion, not by reaching the opposite side of the game board.
  • You can't have two of your own chicks in the same column/file.
  • You can't drop a chick for mate.
The Japan Shogi Association created the rules for Goro-Goro Dōbutsu Shōgi in order for players to learn important concepts in Shōgi, such as how to handle the generals effectively, why pawn promotion is so important, and how to mate the opponent's king with successive piece drops. ]]> 2-Players-Only Age 6+ Availability_Out of Stock BGG-Set Category_Abstract Category_Children Children-Games Google-True INV-M-Z INV-Y Players Maximum_2 Players Players Minimum_2 Players Playtime Maximum_15 Minutes Playtime Minimum_15 Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20230112_Full_Restock Restock-20240526-Long Year Published_2010s https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/309734809 Default Title 36.95 738855145 1397