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1983 Ranked #21,347

Rette Sich, Wer Kann!

A roll-and-move elimination game has players guide two Smurfs toward houses once Gargamel appears, trying to keep at least one in play. There is always one fewer house than remaining Smurfs, so someone is eliminated each scramble.

Abstract Adventure Children's Game Area Movement Player Elimination

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

5+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

5.58

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 3.9/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Each player gets two smurfs and places them somewhere on the circular boards. The player rolls the dice and move one of their smurfs.

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Each player gets two smurfs and places them somewhere on the circular boards. The player rolls the dice and move one of their smurfs. Once Gargamel (the bad guy from the cartoon) shows up, the smurfs must get into a house as quickly as possible and lock themselves into it. The trick is, a house can hold only one smurf and there is always one house less than there are smurfs left. The poor smurf who couldn't find a house is taken out of the game. Winner is the last player to have at least one smurf. The game feels like "musical chair" on a board.

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Play and group

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

Credits

Designers

1
Wolfgang Kramer

Artists

2
R. Albrecht Peyo

Publishers

2
Joker Otto Maier Verlag

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