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2005 Ranked #11,579

Up And Down

Memory matching game has players remember mole colors, pull the correct pairs, and collect task cards for shovels. The moles repeatedly appear and disappear, so attention turns each search into a recall test.

Children's Animals Children's Game Animals: Moles Theme: Anthropomorphic Animals

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

5+

Complexity

1.79/5

Rating

6.20

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.9/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The exciting mole search. Where are the cheeky moles hiding?

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The exciting mole search. Where are the cheeky moles hiding? In pairs, they dig hither and yon through the grass, peek out of their holes and then disappear again. To pull the right moles out of their holes, the players carefully note the different mole colors. Then they can collect many task cards and collect the most shovels. Thematically similar to The Mole in the Hole.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–5
Play time
20 min
Age
5+
Complexity
1.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Gunter Baars

Artists

1
Walter Pepperle

Publishers

2
Ravensburger VAKKO

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