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1930 Ranked #22,532

Wahoo

Players race marbles home in a partnership board game, trying to move their team’s pieces in before opponents do. Variant rules and board layouts change the tactics, but cooperation and blocking remain central to the contest.

Abstract Abstract Strategy Dice Roll / Spin and Move Team-Based Game

Players

4-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

1.2/5

Rating

5.43

Overview

How it plays

How does it play?

WARNING: This game is considered offensive by many and is part of the BGG database for completeness Intense classic game in which players team up to be the first to move their marbles home.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Team-Based Game

Players compete in fixed teams and coordinate toward a shared team result.
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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WARNING: This game is considered offensive by many and is part of the BGG database for completeness Intense classic game in which players team up to be the first to move their marbles home. Wahoo was a popular American Southwest game in the early to mid-1900's, and is still played today. A simplified version was commercially marketed as Aggravation, with rules similar to Pachisi. A similar version, finally under the Wahoo name, was copyrighted in the 1990's by Traditional Game & Toy Company. However, there are as many variant rule sets and board configurations of Wahoo as there are families playing, many of the variants involving partnerships and deeper strategy.

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Type

1
Abstract

Category

2
Abstract Strategy Dice

Mechanism

3
Dice Rolling Roll / Spin and Move Team-Based Game

Family

2
Components: Marbles Traditional Games: Pachisi / Ludo

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All specifications (4)

Play and group

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

Credits

Designers

1
(Uncredited)

Publishers

3
Creative Designs Pressman Toy Corp. Traditional Game & Toy Company

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