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2012 Ranked #20,241

Jack Bananas

This dice-racing game has pilots secretly choose speed to cross six islands and win the Cup of Bananas. Too little speed prevents progress, but too much can crash a flying machine, making every launch a calculated risk.

Bluffing Dice Betting and Bluffing Dice Rolling

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

9+

Complexity

3.33/5

Rating

5.91

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 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Object of the game is to get your name in history by winning the amazing race of Isla Bananas. The winner will receive the prestigious Cup of Bananas.

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Object of the game is to get your name in history by winning the amazing race of Isla Bananas. The winner will receive the prestigious Cup of Bananas. The race takes place across six islands. To reach each island, players fly at a certain speed and it will be determined by the sum of the dice that players secretly launched away from their dice cups. If the speed is less then demanded player can't reach another island. If the speed is more the player risk to crash with his flying machine.

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Game and edition data

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–6
Play time
45 min
Age
9+
Complexity
3.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Cédric Herkel Pascal Notredame

Artists

1
Sophie Gerl

Publishers

1
Petit Joueur

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