Der Weg zum Erfolg
Der Weg zum Erfolg Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components
The game contains: a game board, 8 LORIOT figures, 24 random cards, 8 success cards, 7 stones, 1 die, and this rules sheet.
(Only two to four players are still missing.)
Object of the Game
Each player tries to bring his two figures (one gentleman and one lady) to the top. Along the way he must be prepared for the many surprises that life brings. He may also clear obstacles out of the way, which he can, depending on mood, place in front of others. The winner is whoever first brings both of their protégés to the target space at the foot of the Success Man.
Setup
Each of two to four players receives one lady and one gentleman of the same colour and sets the pair together on one of the start spaces at the bottom edge of the board. The seven red obstacle stones are placed on the spaces marked with small white dots. The 24 random cards and the 8 success cards are shuffled and placed face down, next to each other, outside the board.
Each player rolls the die once. The player with the highest roll begins.
Course of Play
Players roll in turn and move one of their two figures of choice. Movement may be forward or backward. Moving is in principle compulsory. It can happen that a player cannot move because the red obstacle stones block both of his figures. In that case he must skip his turn.
Hitting
Figures, including the two figures of a married couple, may not stand on the same space.
If a player ends his move on a space occupied by another player's figure, he hits it. Hit figures must return to their start space and begin the climb up again from there.
The Random Cards
When a figure reaches a space with a white star, the player takes the top random card, reads it aloud, follows its instruction, and puts the card back at the bottom of the pile.
It can happen that the player cannot follow a random card's instruction because a red obstacle stone blocks the way. In that case the player keeps the random card and carries out the instruction as soon as possible. He must always do so with the same figure with which the random card was drawn.
The Kränzchen
The space in the middle, above the ball tree, is called the Kränzchen. It may only be occupied on the instruction of a random card. A player who lands on the Kränzchen without an instruction is very naughty: he must apologise to the other players and move back three spaces.
The Red Obstacle Stones
These stones may not be jumped over. Only a player who rolls the exact number needed to reach a stone may remove it and place it on any space he likes (for example in front of an opponent's figure, out of spite!). However, a stone may not be placed on the target space or on the Kränzchen space. Random cards also do not help a player get past the obstacles.
By the way: this game element is taken from the MALEFIZ game and is used in agreement with the Otto Maier Verlag.
The Target Space
The target space at the foot of the Success Man must be reached by an exact roll. (Printed as "anwurzeln". This is a typo for "anwürfeln" (to roll for), as in the stone rule above; the translation follows the intended meaning.) A figure on the target space can no longer be hit.
A player who first reaches the target space with both of his figures has almost won. But there is still something to come....
The Success Cards
Whenever a figure reaches the target space, a success card must be drawn. (Shuffle the cards again after every draw!) Seven of the 8 cards cannot harm your success. Only one of them does... so if you're unlucky... but that's just how it is in life!