Animal Upon Animal: The Card Game
Animal Upon Animal: The Card Game Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
1 crocodile 40 animal kid cards 16 animal mother cards Set of game instructions
Game #1: Piling animals
Who will be especially skillful and pile his cards first on the crocodile thus winning the game?
Preparation of the Game
Place the crocodile in the center of the table. Sort the cards according to the color on the back. Each player gets dealt the 14 cards of one color. Shuffle the cards and place them face-down in a pile in front of you. Remaining cards are returned to the game box.
How to Play
Play in a clockwise direction. The best climber starts. If you cannot agree, the youngest player starts and takes the card from the top of his pile.
The card shows:
- An animal kid?
Carefully place the card on the crocodile or on top of any cards that have been put there already. If in doing so, your card or any other cards fall off you must pick them up and slide them under your pile - however not more than three at one time. If more than three cards fall off, the remaining cards are taken out of the game.
- An animal mother?
Choose another player who will have to try to gently pile this card on the crocodile or the cards that are there already. If cards fall off, this player then has to take up to three cards (as is described above).
Then it's the turn of the next player.
End of the Game
The game ends as soon as a player is left without cards thus winning the game.
Game #2: Professional piling
The player who is the first to successfully pull three animal "kid" cards that match his animal "mother" cards off of the pile of cards stacked on top of the crocodile, will win this tricky game of skill for experts.
Preparation of the Game
Place the crocodile in the center of the table. Sort the cards according to the color on the back. Each player takes the 14 cards of one color. Remaining cards are returned to the game box.
Each player chooses any animal mother card from his pile. Then shuffle the remaining 13 cards and pile them up facedown in front of you. To finish, slide the selected animal mother card under the pile.
How to Play
Play in a clockwise direction. The player with the shakiest hands starts. If you can not agree the youngest player starts and takes the card from the top of his pile.
The card shows:
- An animal kid:
Carefully place the card on the crocodile or on top of any cards that are there already. The side showing the animal has to face up. If your card or any other cards fall off, you have to take all the cards and slide them under your pile.
- An animal mother:
Now things get thrilling! Look and see if there is a corresponding animal kid already piled on the crocodile. To do so you are allowed to carefully nudge the cards on the crocodile with one finger.
➛ There is no matching animal kid? Pity! Slide the animal mother card under your pile.
➛ You have found a matching animal kid? Well done! Try to pull this card carefully out of the pile. To do so you can gently nudge the other cards.
If you manage, place the animal mother and kid cards face-up in front of you.
If one or more cards fall off the crocodile your turn is immediately over. You have to take all the cards that have fallen off and slide them under your pile, including the animal mother card as the last one.
Then it's the turn of the next player.
End of the Game
The game ends as soon as a player has four animal mothers and animal kids face-up in front of him thus winning the game.