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2008 Ranked #17,253

Herkules Ameise

A cooperative path-building game where ants gather twigs and complete an anthill before an anteater arrives. Reaching each twig requires an unbroken line of ants, so the group must coordinate every route and delivery.

Children's Action / Dexterity Children's Game Hand Management Cooperative Game

Players

1-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

6+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

6.46

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The players are ants building an anthill. They have to finish the anthill before Anthony the anteater reaches them, because only then the ants are safe from Anthony's long trunk.

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The players are ants building an anthill. They have to finish the anthill before Anthony the anteater reaches them, because only then the ants are safe from Anthony's long trunk. To build the anthill, the players have to find twigs on the back of the path cards. These twigs have to be collected and brought to the anthill, but this only works if a continuous line of ants leads up to them. It's a cooperative game, but the rulebook contains a competition variation as well.

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Play and group

Players
1–4
Best with
2
Play time
20 min
Age
6+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Hermann Huber Michael Huber

Artists

1
Ina Hattenhauer

Publishers

1
HABA

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