Der Maulwurf und sein Versteck-Spiel Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Before the First Game
• Let's Go!
• Special Cards
• End of the Game
• Winning

Contents

• 16 die-cut mole cards (including 2 special cards)
• 16 picture cards

Before the First Game

Before the very first game, punch the 16 mole cards and the 16 picture cards out of the punch-out sheets. The game is played in the box, so place the box in the middle of the table where everyone can reach it. The mole cards go into the slots provided for them.

So that the mole cards stand well and do not tip over, first place the green punch-out sheet at the very bottom of the box:

1. Punch out the pre-cut slots, take the folded cardboard tray out of the box, and place the green punch-out sheet at the very bottom of the box, on the bottom of the box.
2. Now put the cardboard tray back on top (fold its side edges down). Make sure that the slots of the green punch-out sheet and of the cardboard tray line up exactly on top of each other.

Now insert the mole cards into the slots. Place the picture cards as a stack, picture side facing down, next to the box.

Let's Go!

The youngest player begins the search. Then play continues clockwise.

On your turn, turn over the top picture card of the stack. The card shows one of the friends of the little mole. Your task is to find this friend again under the mole hills. To do so, pull one of the mole cards out of the box and look whether the sought friend is under this hill. Also show the card to your fellow players before you put it back into its slot in the box.

There are then 2 possibilities:

• The mole card shows the friend who is also pictured on the picture card? Then you may keep the picture card and immediately turn over the next card from the stack to continue your search.
• The mole card does not show the friend who is pictured on the picture card? In this case the picture card stays face up on the stack, and the search continues in turn order until the matching mole card has been found.

Special Cards

Two of the mole cards carry a special marking:

• Left marking: If your mole card bears this marking, you may turn the box 180° (a half turn) after you have put the mole card back into the box.
• Right marking: If the mole card bears this marking, you may swap any two mole cards with each other.

(The two markings are shown as icons in the instructions. The left icon is a box-like shape and the right icon a headphone-like shape; the scan is too low-resolution to be certain of the exact artwork, so the markings are identified here by position.)

End of the Game

The game ends when all picture cards have been taken from the stack and you have found all the friends.

Winning

The player with the most picture cards collected wins.