Pasta-Pasta
Pasta-Pasta Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents of the game
- 1 noodle chef
- 12 noodles
- 1 game board
- 4 colored memory aid counters
Aim of the game
Who is the quickest at throwing all his/her noodles into the big pan?
Preparation for the game
The game board is placed at the center of the table. Each player takes one colored memory aid counter. If two children are playing, each one takes 2 counters. If three children are playing, one colored counter is put back into the box. Place the chef on one of the 12 game squares.
Share out the noodles in equal quantities.
If 2 children are playing, each child gets 6 noodles. If 3 children are playing, each child gets 4 noodles. If 4 children are playing, each child gets 3 noodles.
How to play
The players have a big "noodle guessing round". Each player hides as many noodles as he/she likes in one fist. Or you can choose not to hide any noodles and just clench the fist! Keep the remaining noodles hidden.
When the signal is given, one player asks something like: "Where is the noodle chef going?", and all of you open your fists at the same time. Add up all the noodles which had been hidden there. Then the chef moves the same number of squares in a clockwise direction.
Example: Felix has 2 noodles in his hand, Brigitte 1 and Anna 3. The chef moves 2+1+3 = 6 squares ahead.
You move the noodle chef by turns. The players move the chef the corresponding number of squares in a clockwise direction.
Now you have to take note of the color of the square where the chef stops. Look at your colored memory aid counters: Who does this color belong to? The player in question may throw from his/her supply one noodle into the noodle pan shown on the game board.
Watch out: It is not important how many noodles you hold in your hand - you can never get rid of more than one single noodle at a time.
Then you guess again. You count the noodles that were in your fists and the chef moves ahead the corresponding numbe of squares.
Comment: As your supply of noodles grows smaller during the game, you will have less noodles in your fist with each turn you take.
Hint: Try to remember which player has only one noodle left. Then try to guess in such a way that the chef does not land on the square corresponding to the color of this player.
End of the game
Whoever is the first to throw all his/her noodles into the pan, is the winner of the game.