tricky ways
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| author | Johannes Guischard |
| graphic | Matthias Etter, Johannes Guischard |
| publishing company |
 Switzerland : Cuboro
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| Publishing year | 2013 |
| Art | Board game |
| Teammates | 2-4 |
| Duration | about 30 minutes |
| Age | from age 6 |
Tricky Ways or Cuboro Tricky Ways is an abstract game by Johannes Guischard for two to four players that was published in 2013 by the Swiss marble run manufacturer Cuboro . It is based on the marble run building block system developed by Matthias Etter as an educational toy . The game consists of several ball track elements , each of which must be put together by the players to a functioning ball track. The elements were made from wood and later from the wood-polymer material "Fasal" from the company of the same name in Austria.
Equipment and theme
The tricky ways game consists of a set of 8 three-dimensional ball track elements, each with a channel on the surface and a tunnel in the lower area. There is also a slightly higher element (starting tower) with a throw-in for the balls and also a tunnel in the lower area. Two of the elements also have a connection between the superficial channel and the deeper tunnel. All elements have a square base area of 5 × 5 centimeters and are set in a wooden frame with a starting grid sheet. In addition to the setting area with 12 target fields on the edge of the setting area, the frame consists of a point counting bar made of holes on the frame. Four colored wooden pegs that are inserted into the holes serve as counting stones. In addition, the game material consists of four boxes, a total of 12 glass marbles , 2 blue and one red for each player.
The game mechanism of tricky ways is to create long paths by rearranging the elements in order to direct balls from the starting tower into an empty target area. The more track elements are used, the more points are collected.
Style of play
To prepare for the game, the eight ball track elements are placed in the wooden frame according to the specifications on the starting grid sheet, the space for the starting tower remains empty. Each player chooses a player color and receives the corresponding marker, which is placed on the starting field of the scoring track in the frame. In addition, each player receives a box with two blue and one red glass ball.
The game can be played in two game versions, the difference being that in the first version only the surface channels of the building blocks and in the second version the tunnel bores are also used to build the marble run.
Version 1
Beginning with a starting player, the individual players proceed one after the other in clockwise direction. The active player tries to make three changes to the current line-up of the track elements as long as possible for the ball from the empty spot where the starting tower will later be placed to one of the empty target fields. There are three types of change available to him:
- Push: An adjacent element can be pushed into the empty field without rotating.
- Rotate: A die may be rotated in its current position on the field.
- Jump: A cube can jump from any position into an empty field and be rotated in the process.
The player may choose any mix of the options or make the same change three times, but only one die may be moved each time. As soon as the three changes are made, the starting tower is set and the player throws one of his blue balls into it, sending it on its way. By using the red joker ball, the player can also make a fourth change; he can use the joker at any time during his turn without notice.
When the inserted ball reaches the starting field, the player receives one point for each building block whose channel is involved in the course. In this way he can reach between one point (if the ball falls directly from the starting tower into the target field) and ten points if all elements are involved. The player moves his point marker forward by the corresponding points on the scoring track.
The game ends when the last target field is covered with a ball. The winner is the player who has achieved the most points; there can also be several equal winners.
Version 2
The second version corresponds to the first with the exception that, in addition to the channels, the bores and tunnels can also be used to build the marble run. The setup is carried out according to "Starting grid 2".
The possibilities of movement differ only in the case of rotating the cubes, where the building blocks can also be completely turned over. Lifting the cubes is allowed to see the direction of the tunnels. Here, too, the player receives one point for each building block used if the ball runs on the channel to the target area. In addition, he receives two points for each module whose tunnel is used, whereby the change of level is evaluated as a tunnel. In this case, the lowest number of points is still one point, the maximum possible number of points is 22 points if seven tunnels are used in addition to the starting tower and seven channels.
Development and reception
Cuboro tricky ways was developed by Johannes Guischard and is based on the marble run building block system developed by Matthias Etter as an educational toy for the Swiss company Cuboro and was presented at the international game days in Essen in October 2013. The Cuboro building block system was originally developed in the 1970s for children with motor weaknesses who put the elements together to form a marble run. In the first version, the building blocks of tricky ways were made of beech wood and the frame of maple wood . 2014 appeared with tricky ways Fasal from the wood-polymer material "Fasal" of the company of the same name in Austria.
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c d e f g instructions for tricky ways , cuboro 2013
- ^ A b Wilfried Just: Cuboro tricky ways. Review on ratgeberspiel.de, March 9, 2014; accessed on September 12, 2018.
- ↑ tricky ways , versions at BoardGameGeek. Retrieved September 12, 2018 .
- ^ Tricky Ways Board Game on the Fasal website; accessed on September 12, 2018.
Web links
- How to play tricky ways , cuboro 2013
- Tricky Ways on the cuboro website
- Cuboro tricky ways in the board game database BoardGameGeek (English)
- tricky ways in the Luding games database