Bobby Sitter Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Object of the Game
• Set Up
• Play
• Elimination of a Player
• Victory
• Playing with a Handicap

Contents

• 56 cards
• Tokens (x25)
• SHEEP counter (x1)
• BOBBY counters (x5)

Object of the Game

To be the first to get 5 tokens.

Set Up

Each player begins the game with 2 tokens.

The remaining tokens form the STOCK. Shuffle the cards.

Place the 3 following elements in the centre of the table:

1. The pile of cards face down, which will be called the STACK (*).
2. The SHEEP counter.
3. As many BOBBY counters as there are players, less one.

Example: For 4 players, you need 3 BOBBY counters.

(*) The players can also choose to divide the cards between them, so that each player will have his or her own STACK.

Play

The play goes clockwise. The youngest player goes first: he quickly flips the top card of the STACK and puts it face up near the STACK, so that it's visible to all the players. Depending on the picture on the card, the players must act or not:

• If the wolf appears, they must grab a BOBBY counter.

The player left without a BOBBY counter loses a token, which is returned to the STOCK.

• If there are one or more sheep and no wolf, they must grab the SHEEP counter.

The player who grabs it gets a counter from the STOCK.

• In the following cases the players must not react: no sheep OR at least one sheep and an hidden wolf.

In these cases the players who touch or grab a BOBBY counter or a SHEEP counter lose a token, which is put back in the STOCK.

The game continues with the next player, who flips the next card, and so on with the other players. When the STACK is empty, shuffle the cards and make a new STACK.

Elimination of a Player

If a player loses all his tokens he is eliminated, and one BOBBY counter is removed from the table before the game goes on.

Victory

The first player to get 5 tokens wins the game. To make the game longer, you can raise the number of tokens necessary to win the game.

Playing with a Handicap

In order to compensate for an age difference, players can start the game with different numbers of tokens.

Example: Thomas et Chloe play with their children Lucas and Lea, aged 5 and 6. The parents begin the game with 2 tokens each, while their children start with 3 tokens.