Lottino
Lottino Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Setup
Each child picks a layout board and places it in front of themselves. Any layout boards left over are put back into the box together with their matching picture cards.
The picture cards are shuffled well and laid out face down in the middle of the table.
Game Variants
1. Picture Lotto without a Game Leader
The youngest player begins. They take a card from the middle, turn it face up, describe the motif, and check whether the card belongs on their layout board.
If it matches one of the pictures on their layout board, they place the card on the matching space. Their turn is over, and the player to their left is next.
If the card does not belong on their layout board, the player puts the card face down back in the middle of the table. Their turn is also over. The search for matching picture cards continues in turn order.
The game ends as soon as a player has covered all the pictures on their layout board. That player is the winner.
This variant also lets a child play alone. The child lays out all the layout boards in front of themselves and matches the picture cards to the layout boards one after another.
2. Picture Lotto with a Game Leader
Before the game starts, a game leader is chosen. The game leader takes a card from the middle and does not show it to the children. They describe what can be seen on the picture.
Any child who discovers that the picture card belongs on their layout board calls out, and receives the card. The child then places the card on the matching space of their layout board.
The first player to cover all the spaces on their layout board with the matching picture cards is the winner.
Note: A picture lotto can also be played as a prize game. For this, the game leader runs a bank containing objects of their own choice (for example sweets or buttons). Before the game starts, each child receives four objects from the bank. The objects are used as money.
Play follows the rule described above. A child who calls out wrongly for a card must pay one object to the bank.
A child who fails to call out for a card must also pay one object.
The first player to fill their layout board receives two objects from the bank as a reward. After an agreed number of rounds, each child counts their objects. The child with the most objects has won.
3. Picture Quiz
The game leader draws a card and shows it to the children without saying anything. All the children look carefully at the card and check whether it belongs on their own layout board.
Any child who is convinced that the card fits their layout board calls out and describes what can be seen on the card. The child then places the card on their layout board.
The first player who fills all the spaces on their layout board in this way is the winner.
4. Memory Lotto
Each child receives a layout board. Everyone then has about 1 minute to look carefully at the pictures on their layout board and remember them well.
Then each child places their layout board under their chair or behind them. The picture cards are shuffled well and laid out face down in the middle.
The game leader turns over one card at a time, shows it to the children, or describes what can be seen on it. Any child who believes this card belongs on their layout board calls out, receives the card, and places it face up in front of themselves.
If two children call out at the same time, the card is put back face down. If no child calls out for a card, that card is removed from the game.
Only when all the cards have been turned over are the results checked. The children bring out their layout boards and check whether they have collected the correct picture cards. The winner is the child who can place all their cards on their layout board and has no card left over. There can naturally be more than one winner.
5. Picture Lotto with Outlines
Each child chooses a layout board and places it in front of themselves with the coloured side facing down. Now only the outlines of the motifs to be found are visible.
The picture cards are shuffled well and laid out face down in the middle.
The game leader takes one of the cards and shows it to the children. The children look carefully at the outline of the picture. Any child who finds the same motif on their layout board calls out, receives the card, and places it on the matching space.
If a child has made a mistake, they put the card back in the middle. The others keep searching their layout boards until one of them has found the matching place.
The first player who can cover their layout board with the matching cards is the winner.