Stack ravens

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Ravens stack
with beak green
Game data
author Paul Kappler
graphic Johann Rüttinger
publishing company Three rabbits in the evening sun
Publishing year 2014
Art Skill game
Teammates 1 to 4
Duration 15 to 20 minutes
Age from 3 years

Awards
  • Austrian Games
    Award 2014: Special award for toddler games for the game of games

Stacking ravens with Schnabelgrün is a children's game and children's toy by the German game authors Paul Kappler and Johann Rüttinger , which was published in 2014 by their game publisher Drei Hasen im Abendsonne . In the same year it was awarded the special prize for toddler games for the game of games of the Austrian Games Prize. The game can be played in different variants and takes about 15 to 20 minutes per round, it is designed for one to four players, ages four and up, and can also be used for free play with the game material.

Theme and equipment

The game is a game of skill in which wooden figures of various types are to be stacked without the resulting structure collapsing. It is similar in principle other Speilen such as the Bausack by Klaus Zoch . Unlike this one, which is aimed at older children and families, the Raven Stack contains fewer different shapes that are designed for younger children. There are 7 raven figures representing the raven "Schnabelgrün", 6 four- and five-pointed stars and 6 wooden discs as well as a six-sided colored cube. All components of the game are made of colored lacquered wood. The game also includes a set of rules with four games that can be played with the material. These are partly designed for cooperative and shared play and partly for competitive play.

Style of play

Stacking ravens can be played in different ways. The building blocks themselves invite you to play freely , in which they can be built up like classic building blocks to form towers and other structures. There are also instructions for the game that provide the regulated game in four variants:

Colorful tower of colors

All stars and discs as well as the color die are required for this game variant. The building blocks are placed in the Tischmitt and leave space for a tower. The other players in turn roll the dice, starting with a starting player (according to the rules, the youngest player). You each take a star or a disc of the color you rolled and use them to build a tower of building blocks in the middle of the table. If the player rolls a color of which no part is left, he may repeat the roll twice and if he still cannot take a stone, he suspends the current round and passes the die on.

The tower is built until all parts are used up. If it falls over, it starts again. As soon as the tower is completed, all players have won together.

Six color tower

For this variant, too, only the colored stars and discs are required, the raven figures are placed next to them. The other players also roll the dice in turn and each take a star or a disc of the corresponding color. However, they place these in front of them as the foundation stone of their own tower and they now try to build a tower in front of them with one building block of each of the six colors. If a player rolls a color that he already has in his tower, he may repeat the roll twice and must then pass the die on.

If a player has completed his tower with six colors, he must throw “green” again and may then place one of the ravens on the tower. The first player to do this wins the game.

Rainbow tower

All building blocks are used for the rainbow tower and placed accordingly in the middle of the table. It is rolled in turn starting with a starting player. A tower should be built in front of each player, which has the color sequence of a rainbow - in relation to the building blocks this means the sequence:

Blue - pink - red - orange - yellow - green - blue - ...

Each player can roll the dice three times and place up to three stars or discs on the tower if the color rolled matches the given order. The first component can have any color, all following must have the following color. If a player does not roll a matching color with three throws, he must pass the die on.

If a player succeeds in stacking a tower with six matching consecutive colors, he receives a raven and returns the building blocks to the center of the table. The first player to build three towers and thus win three ravens wins the game.

Rabelino-Stapelino

Rabelino-Stapelino is aimed at older children and families. In this game variant, a stack of ravens, stars and discs should be built from all the building blocks. At the beginning one player, usually the youngest, chooses four building blocks with closed eyes, which should form the foundation for the stack. They are set up standing next to each other and remain the only building blocks that are allowed to touch the table. The players each roll once and choose a building block of the color rolled, which they have to build into the stack while standing. If you roll a color that also occurs in ravens (green, red and yellow), you may take a raven figure instead of a single-colored building block and build it in. If a player rolls a color that is no longer available, he must pass the die on.

The game ends when the pile collapses, in which case the player who caused this has lost. If the pile remains standing and all building blocks have been used, all players have won together.

Publication and reception

The game Rabenstapeln mit Schnabelgrün was developed by Paul Kappler together with his father Johann Rüttinger and was published for the Nuremberg Toy Fair 2014 in his game publisher Drei Hasen in der Abendsonne . It appeared in the series "... with Schnabelgrün", in which three more titles have been published by the publisher since 2012 with the gossip memo , Bereren klau'n and The crazy scarecrow .

In the year of publication 2014, the game was awarded the special prize for the game of games of the Austrian Games Prize.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Game instructions Raven stacking with Schnabelgrün , Three hares in the evening sun 2014
  2. ↑ Ravens stack with Schnabelgrün , versions at BoardGameGeek. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
  3. ^ The winning games 2014. In: spielepreis.at. Vienna Games Academy, June 30, 2014, accessed on September 29, 2019 .

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