Beppo the goat

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Beppo the goat
Game data
author Peter Schackert , Klaus Zoch
graphic designers contor
publishing company Upper Swabian magnetic games / HUCH! & friends
Publishing year 2007
Art Board game
Teammates 2 to 4
Duration 15 minutes
Age from 5 years

Awards

Children's game of the year 2007

Beppo der Bock is a game for children and a skill game by the game authors Peter Schackert and Klaus Zoch . The competition game for two to four players, ages five and up, lasts around 15 minutes per round. It is in 2007 at the publishing house Oberschwäbische Magnetspiele in cooperation with HUCH! & friends and won the children's game of the year critics award in the same year .

Theme and equipment

The game is about a couple of children who have to cross a pasture on the way home where the billy goat Beppo lives. If this is disturbed, it becomes wild and runs over the children.

In addition to the instructions, the contents of the game box consist of:

  • a game board with a small magnetic field, on it is the path of the children and five landscapes: a yellow grain field, blue water, a red-brown mountains, a dark green forest and a light green meadow.
  • 4 pawns
  • 1 billy goat "Beppo"
  • 1 target channel
  • 1 token with a clover leaf
  • 1 steel ball

Style of play

At the beginning of the game, the game board is set up in the game box and the target channel is placed. Then each player chooses a pawn and places it on the starting field. The token with the clover is placed on the second water space on the path.

The starting player receives the ball and the Beppo pawn and turns the box so that he can aim at the target channel. He places Beppo on or near the magnet in the light green meadow and sets up the target channel so that it points to Beppo. Then the steel ball is placed in the gutter and released; if the ball hits the billy goat, he jumps across the board. If Beppo hits one or more figures and knocks them over, they must be returned to the starting field. Then the player moves his own pawn on the way to the next free space in the landscape on which Beppo has stopped and if he touches several landscapes, the player can choose a landscape type. Only one figure can be placed on each space; occupied spaces are skipped. If Beppo stays on the bright green meadow, he jumps back there or out of the box, then the turn ends and your own pawn may not be moved.

The game piece with the shamrock starts on the second water space. The first player to reach it may place his own piece on the clover leaf and move on with it. The cloverleaf protects the figure, as it usually does not fall over if Beppo hits it. If the pawn falls over in spite of the cloverleaf, it has to go back onto the starting field. If a player succeeds in shooting the clover under a pawn, he can use it himself and place it under his own pawn.

The game ends when a player reaches the target field on the fence, he is the winner of the round.

In addition to these basic rules, the game also describes advanced rules. If you play after this, any fallen pieces are not put back on the starting field, but are placed behind the next following piece. If Beppo remains lying on several fields, the color may not be freely chosen in this version, but is determined by Beppo's front hooves. The overall winner in this version is the one who has won two rounds first.

reception

The game Beppo der Bock was developed by Peter Schackert and Klaus Zoch . In 2007 it won the Children's Game of the Year award . In the assessment, the jury sums up: "The game is fast, is quickly explained - and really knocks you out!"

According to a game review by Dagmar Weiss on spieletest.at, the children are fascinated by magnetism , “which means there is a need for explanation here. The children consciously learn to use the magnet. ”According to their assessment, Beppo der Bock is “ a competition game in which you also have to prove your skills. The children love the "Bock spring cube variant". "

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e game instructions Beppo the goat
  2. ↑ a b Beppo der Bock on the website of the jury for children's game of the year ; accessed on December 13, 2016
  3. ↑ Dagmar Weiss: Beppo der Bock on the website spieletest.at; accessed on December 13, 2016

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