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Hula Hippos

Players

2-4

Time

?-?

Age

5+

Weight

1.02

Rating

6.12

Fit

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 3.9

High replayability

Interaction 3.3

Low interaction

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.5

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate interaction with a mix of direct and strategic confrontation, requiring frequent attention to other players' actions. Limited emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

Hula Hippos has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, strategic depth, and scalability. The presence of expansions adds to the replay value. The game offers a good balance between easiness to learn and depth of gameplay. The player interaction score is average.

Luck profile

Hula Hippos has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements like dice rolls or card draws have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. While there is some room for players to mitigate the effects of randomness through strategic decisions, luck still plays a significant role. The game has a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with neither element dominating the outcome.

Overview

In Maus nach Haus, the members of a mice family race to jump into the mouse hole before the other families can – but they're stymied in their efforts by a mouse hole that never stands still! Each round, one player spins a wooden ring, making it rotate on the table; before the ring slows and falls to the table, players simultaneously flick their mice tokens with their fingers to try to place them inside the "mouse hole" when it lands. Any mouse in the ring is removed from the game, and the first player to bring all his mice home wins. Hula Hippos features the same game play as Maus nach Haus, but this time players have circus hippos that they're encouraging to leap through the hoop. The first player to be hippoless wins.

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Credits

Designers

1
Heinz Meister

Artists

2
Monika Broeske Dave Clegg

Publishers

2
Gamewright HABA

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