Ringel Rangel

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Ringel Rangel
Game data
author Geni Wyss
graphic Stephan Kreuzer
publishing company Haba
Publishing year 1993
Art Child's play
Teammates 2 to 4
Duration 20 minutes
Age from 4 years

Awards

Ringel Rangel is a children's game and skill game by the Swiss game designer Geni Wyss . The game for two to four players, ages four and up, takes about 20 minutes per round. It was published by Haba in 1993 and in the same year won the special children's game award as part of the game of the year .

Theme and equipment

The game is a game of skill in which the players try to move their pieces in the form of wooden turtles into the colored fields on the game board and to push as few obstacles as possible off the field. In addition to the instructions, the content of the game box consists of a game board, three branches, 24 playing figures and 20 balls. The game board is made of wood and shows a piece of garden with six colored rings. The three branches can be inserted into prefabricated holes and the wooden figures are based on turtles. The balls are round wooden discs with different colored prints.

Style of play

At the beginning of the game, each player decides on a ball color. All balls are shuffled face down, distributed evenly on the game board and revealed. Then the turtles are shuffled and placed in two stacks next to the game board. Optionally, the three branches can also be introduced when setting up the game, making the game more difficult.

Starting with a starting player, the other players play in turn. The active player chooses one of the two turtles from the stacks, which he places on the edge of the field on the starting place of the same color. Then he carefully pushes them with one finger up to the ring of the same color and tries not to push any balls or turtles off the playing field. When the turtle has reached its destination, the turn ends and it is the next player's turn. If balls or turtles fall from the board, the player must take them, if balls are in one of the opposing colors, he must also take a turtle of the same color from the field. If a player succeeds in pushing his turtle into the ring without errors, he may put a ball back on the playing field at the end of his turn.

The game ends when all 24 turtles have left the piles on the playing field. Then all players count their penalty points, with each turtle and each foreign ball counting one penalty point. The winner of the game is the player with the fewest penalty points.

Expenses and reception

The game Ringel Rangel was developed by Geni Wyss and was published by Haba in 1993 . In the same year it was awarded the special children's game prize as part of the game of the year .

The jury justified the award as follows:

“With the game, the Habermaaß company broke new ground in 1993: There were no games of skill for children on the market at all, apart from FLOHSPIEL and MIKADO. Playfully and completely without the pedagogical index finger, something is done here for the fine motor skills of the little ones. The very special thing about RINGEL RANGEL is that parents who play along are also challenged and do not have to condescend to play with their children. The children’s joy in playing is quickly transferred to the older generation, so that many adult groups have enthusiastically populated the playing area with turtles. An all-round successful and excellently equipped children's and family game. "

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d Description of the game , review on spielphase.de; accessed on December 9, 2019
  2. ^ Versions of Ringel Rangel in the board game database BoardGameGeek (English); accessed on December 9, 2019
  3. ↑ a b Ringel Rangel on the website of the jury for children's game of the year ; accessed on December 9, 2019

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