Kissenschlacht
Kissenschlacht Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Game Idea
In the game you try to fling your pillows into the bed with your seesaw. For every one of your pillows that lands in the bed, you may place one of your figures on a bedpost. But be careful: the bedposts quickly make you a target for the other players! If you are the first to get all of your pillows into the bed, you win and may be celebrated as the best pillow thrower.
Components
- 16 pillows, 4 in each colour
- 12 figures, 3 in each colour
- 4 seesaws
- 4 bedposts
- 4 platforms for the bedposts
- 1 bed (the bottom part of the box)
Setup
The bottom part of the box is the bed. Push one round platform onto each bedpost. Then insert the bedposts into the four corners of the bed (see illustration). Place the bed in the middle of the table so that everyone can reach it easily.
Illustration: example of the game setup with four players.
Choose a colour and take the four pillows and the three figures in that colour. You also receive a seesaw. Set aside any components you do not need.
Lay your figures and pillows out in front of you and position your seesaw in front of the bed.
Gameplay
The youngest player begins. Play then continues clockwise. On your turn, place one of your pillows on your seesaw and try to fling it into the bed.
If the pillow lands in the bed, you may place one of your figures on any bedpost.
Example: Teddy has managed to fling his pillow into the bed, so he places one of his figures on a bedpost.
If your second or third pillow lands in the bed, place your second or third figure on a bedpost accordingly.
More than one figure may stand on the same bedpost, including several figures belonging to the same player.
Example: Teddy has two pillows in the bed and therefore has two figures on the bedposts. Schweinchen already has three pillows in the bed and therefore has three figures on the bedposts.
If your pillow does not land in the bed, take it back. You may then not place a figure on a bedpost.
You only get one attempt. After that, the next player takes their turn.
Direct Hit!
It can happen that your pillow hits a figure on a bedpost so that it falls down. The owner of the figure takes it back and must also take one of their pillows out of the bed and place it in front of them.
Example: Mausi hits two figures with the red pillow and knocks them off the bedposts. Schweinchen and Teddy each take their fallen figures back and each take one pillow out of the bed.
End of the Game
If you manage to fling your fourth pillow into the bed without knocking any of your figures off a bedpost, the game ends and you win. Until the next game, you carry the title "Best Pillow Thrower".
Why Don't the Pillows Always Fly the Same Distance?
Perhaps you have noticed while playing the "Pillow Fight" that the pillows do not always fly the same distance. Sometimes they land well short of the bed, and sometimes they fly high in an arc to the other side of the table. Only when everything goes well do the pillows fly in a nice arc straight into the bed. Do you have an idea what could be the cause?
Let us try an experiment together. Take a seesaw and a pillow.
1st Experiment: Pressing with Different Strength
First, let us see how far the pillow flies when you press on the seesaw with different strength. Always place the pillow right at the end of the long side of the seesaw.
If you press lightly on the seesaw, the pillow will fly only in a small arc and land on the table again very quickly. If you press noticeably harder, the pillow flies higher and further. But do not overdo it, or you will have to fetch the pillow from behind the sofa or ask your parents to look for it on the top shelf.
As this experiment shows, the harder you press on the seesaw, the further and higher you can make the pillow fly. You may have seen something similar in the circus, when an acrobat is flung high into the air by a seesaw. If the acrobat is to fly higher, two of his friends jump onto the seesaw together, because they are heavier and can "press" harder!
2nd Experiment: Placing the Pillow at Different Points on the Seesaw
Now let us try whether the pillow flies differently if it is not placed at the end of the seesaw. For this, place the pillow a bit further from the end of the seesaw with each flight attempt, that is, always closer to the middle. For this experiment it is important to press on the seesaw with as equal a force as possible each time!
And what do you notice? The further the pillow is placed towards the middle, the lower and shorter it flies through the air!
The explanation is simple: if you place the pillow at the end of the seesaw, it can receive the most momentum and fly further. If it is placed further towards the middle and you press with the same force every time, it does not receive as much momentum and therefore lands on the table sooner.
So that the pillow can always fly the same distance in this experiment, you must press harder the further the pillow is placed towards the middle of the seesaw.
Have fun trying it out and playing! Wishes to you from the little AMIGO.