Check the smart one

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Board game
Game data
author Perry Grant
publishing company Parker Brothers
Publishing year 1970
Art Board game
Teammates 2
Duration 30-40 minutes
Age from 8 years

Chess the Clever is a chess- like board game for two players by Parker , which was first published in 1972, today Hasbro is the owner of the rights. The goal is to beat the opposing brains. The figures indicate how far and the fields in which directions you can move.

content

  • 1 game board
  • 7 red and 7 blue fools
  • 4 red and 4 blue slit ears
  • 1 red and 1 blue smart head
  • 1 set of instructions

Game board

The game board consists of eight by seven fields, each with one to eight arrows. The starting fields of the figures are marked with the names of the figures. There is a brief explanation of the characters on the edge.

regulate

  • You lose when your own brains are beaten.
  • The game ends in a draw if only the clever minds are left.
  • You beat by placing your own piece on an opposing occupied space.
  • The players take turns moving one piece at a time.
  • You have to make a move when it's your turn.
  • The fields of the game board each show one to eight arrows, which indicate the direction of move for the pieces, the arrows of the fields passed during the move are ignored.
  • Figures cannot be skipped.
  • Fools and brains only move one square at a time.
  • Slit ears stretch as far as you want.
  • If a fool moves onto the starting field of an opposing rascal, he is exchanged for one of his own rascals that has already been beaten.

variants

The game was released under different names:

  • Smess: the Ninnys Chess (American version from 1970)
  • Take the Brain (English version from 1970)
  • Chess the Clever Head (German version from 1972)
  • All the Kings men (medieval version with king, knights and archers from 1979)
  • Aiséchec - les échecs des niaiseux (French variant)
  • Les fous du Roi (French variant with king, knights and archers)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Robert Moyer on examiner.com about the game ( Memento from December 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Jörg Henrichs on Luding.org
  3. ↑ a b entry on boardgamegeek.com