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Insel Der Schmuggler box art
2004 Ranked #19,355

Insel Der Schmuggler

This smuggling race has players move boats between islands and deliver goods worth seven points first. A lighthouse beam can catch a boat and force its cargo into the water, making each route a gamble.

Children's Game Dice Roll / Spin and Move Dice Rolling

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

6+

Complexity

1.17/5

Rating

5.89

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The players are trying to smuggle various goods, from one island to another. Who will be the first to smuggle goods, with a value of seven or more points?

Core mechanisms

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Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Roll-and-Move

Roll dice or spin a dial to determine how far a piece moves.
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The players are trying to smuggle various goods, from one island to another. Who will be the first to smuggle goods, with a value of seven or more points? The players roll the yellow die to move the light beam of the lighthouse and the white to move their own boat. They try to move the boat to the island, which is indicated on the hidden back side of the good. But when the lighthouse beam falls on the smuggler's boat, the good must be thrown into the water ...

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Category

2
Children's Game Dice

Mechanism

2
Dice Rolling Roll / Spin and Move

Family

1
Theme: Smuggling

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
15 min
Age
6+
Complexity
1.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Anja Wrede

Artists

1
Helge Nyncke

Publishers

1
HABA

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