Moose Festival

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Moose Festival
Components of the 2-player skill game Elkfest
Components of the 2-player skill game Elkfest
Game data
author Hermann Huber
graphic Franz Vohwinkel
publishing company Cosmos Games ,
Mayfair Games ,
Tilsit Éditions
Publishing year 1999
Art Skill game
Teammates 2
Duration 15 minutes
Age from 8 years

Elchfest is a game of skill by the game designer Hermann Huber for two people from 1999. The game was published by Kosmos Spiele in the series Games for Two and in the same year by the French publisher Tilsit Éditions under the name Caribooh . In 2006, Mayfair Games published an English version Version as Elk Fest .

Theme and equipment

The game is a simple game of skill in which the two players have to try to place stepping stones by snapping them so that their respective elk can pass a ditch. The winner is the player who brings his elk to the opposite bank first.

The game material is made entirely of wood and, in addition to the instructions, consists of:

  • two moose in two colors,
  • two pieces of shore in two colors with rubber feet and
  • six pieces of gray rock.

Style of play

During the game, the two moose must pass each other and reach the other side of the bank.
The game ends when an elk can get off a rock with its front hooves onto the opposing bank.

At the beginning of the game, the playing field is set up. To do this, the two pieces of the bank are placed on a smooth table top at a distance of about 50 centimeters, three of the rock pieces are placed next to them. The corresponding moose is placed on each bank and both players choose a color.

Starting with a starting player, the two players take turns taking turns. In the first turn, both players may snap the three pieces of rock on their side into the playing field, in the following turns they only snap any two pieces of rock. These must be placed by flicking in such a way that they enable your elk to gradually get closer to the other bank. At any time during their turn, the players can move their moose from one rock to the next, as long as it does not touch the table top. If an elk falls over or is snapped on and touches the table top, it is set up again as before and the turn of the respective player ends. This also happens when a rock is flicked past the tabletop. In this case, the rock is placed next to the bank of the offending player and thus brought back into play.

The game ends when an elk can get off a rock with its front hooves onto the opposing bank and has thus successfully bridged the gap. The player who does this wins. If several games are to be played in a row, the second player can play until he also reaches the other bank; the additional number of snippers is noted as a point value.

Elk Fest: Log Jam!

In 2013, Myfair Games released the mini-expansion Elk Fest: Log Jam! to the game, which consists of four double-sided printed tiles, the Log Tiles (pieces of wood). At the beginning of the game with this expansion, the four parts are placed in the middle of the game, with a piece of shore serving as a spacer during assembly. The chips can be snapped on with the help of the rocks and, like these, serve as stepping stones if they remain within reach of the moose. Before a moose steps on a log tile, however, these are revealed, with three options:

symbol rule number
Piece of wood The elk is allowed to step onto the piece of wood, but at the same time has to come with its front legs on a rock in order not to get wet. He is not allowed to go back on the rock from which he came. 2
wobbly rock The elk can use the chip like a rock. If he goes off the rock, it comes loose and is removed from the game. 1
bear The elk is not allowed to enter the chip, it acts as a barrier. The bear remains in the game and can be snapped like a rock in a row. 1

The remaining rules correspond to the basic game.

Development and reception

The game Elchfest was developed by the Austrian game author and mathematician Hermann Huber and published in 1999 by Kosmos Spiele in the series Games for Two for the International Game Days in Essen. In the same year it was published by the French publisher Tilsit Éditions under the name Caribooh and in 2006 Mayfair Games published an English version as Elk Fest .

Mayfair Games also released the mini-expansion Elk Fest: Log Jam! In 2013 as part of a promotional set . .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e f game instructions Elkfest
  2. ↑ a b c Elk Fest: Log Jam! in the board game database BoardGameGeek (English); accessed on September 9, 2017.
  3. ↑ versions of Elchfest in the game database BoardGameGeek (English); accessed on September 9, 2017.

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