Wir sind schwanger
Wir sind schwanger Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components
- 140 rating cards (Bewertungskarten): 20 cards in each of 7 colours
- 130 first-name cards (Vornamenkarten), sorted A–Z, by country and by decade
Setup
Each player chooses a colour and places the 20 rating cards of that colour face up in front of them as a stack. Rating cards that are not needed go back into the box.
Then, depending on the number of players, each player receives one, two or five first-name cards, which they place in front of them as a stack with the number side facing up.
| Players | Cards per player |
|---|---|
| 3 | 5 |
| 4 + 5 | 2 |
| 6 + 7 | 1 |
On the back of the first-name cards is a "1". This means that won first-name cards are points at the end of the game. Each player therefore already has 1, 2 or 5 points at the start. The large remainder of the first-name cards is shuffled and placed as a stack in the middle of the table with the number side facing up.
The player whose birthday is next is the first to take their turn (that is, becomes pregnant and must choose a name).
Normally all players use their own personal surname. If a player does not want to play with their own surname, they must say so now. The birth name, the name of the life partner, or the name of a dream partner are also possible.
Game Flow
The game is played in rounds. In each round one player is pregnant and is thereby the name-giver (Namensgeber).
Each round consists of three phases:
- Finding the name
- Choosing the rating cards
- Playing and scoring the rating cards
1. Finding the Name
The name-giver must decide whether they are looking for a first name for their daughter or their son. Then they draw two first-name cards from the stack in the middle of the table. One of the two cards they place upright in front of them on the table; the other card they place sideways next to it, to the left or to the right.
The left side of the cards shows ten girls' names; the right side shows ten boys' names.
If the name-giver is looking for a male first name, they place the second card sideways to the right. If they are looking for a female first name, they place the second card sideways to the left.
At the top edge of each first-name card is a grid with an arrow. The arrow always points to a first name.
Example: Ellen Lang is looking for a first name for her future son. First she draws a card with names beginning with "B" and places it upright on the table. She places the second card sideways to the right. The arrow of the second card points to the name "Bror", so her future son would be called Bror Lang.
2. Choosing the Rating Cards
Once a name combination has been found, all players, including the name-giver themselves, take their 20 rating cards into hand and choose five cards to keep in hand. The cards not chosen are placed face down, aside, until the end of the round.
The players should choose the cards that fit the name combination well, for example positive or negative ratings of the name Bror Lang.
3. Playing and Scoring the Rating Cards
Once all players have their five rating cards in hand, the name-giver, in the upper example Ellen Lang, places one rating card face up in front of them as the first one and reads it out. The other players must now place the same card in front of them if they have it in hand.
Scoring for 3–5 Players
- If one player places a rating card first and no other player can then place the same card, that player must give one first-name card from their points stack.
- If one player places a rating card first and all other players can then place the same card, that player must give one first-name card from their points stack.
- Note: A player who has no first-name card does not need to give one.
- In all other cases, the player who placed a card first, and the other players who placed the same card, each receive one first-name card.
The players take the first-name cards from the stack in the middle of the table. If they have to give up a first-name card, they put it under the stack.
Example: Ellen Lang places the card "First and surname go well together. The name is beautiful!" in front of her. Two of her three fellow players place the same card. Ellen and her two fellow players each receive one first-name card as points; the third fellow player goes away empty-handed.
The rating cards that have been placed go onto the stacks set aside by each player. Then the name-giver's left neighbour is next to place a new rating card first and read it out. Again all fellow players are asked to place the same card if they have it in hand, and again scoring takes place.
Game End
The game ends with 3 players after each player has been name-giver 3 times.
The game ends with 4 players after each player has been name-giver 2 times.
The game ends with 5–7 players after each player has been name-giver 1 time.
The winner is the player who has the most points, i.e. first-name cards.
Scoring for 6 or 7 Players
The same scoring rules apply as before, with one exception.
If five or six players place the same card, not five or six first-name cards are distributed as points. In this case, two or three players must each give up one first-name card: the player who placed the rating card first, and those who did not place that same rating card.
Example: Hans Dampf places the card "Vor- und Nachname passen gut zusammen. Der Name ist schön!" ("First and surname go well together. The name is beautiful!") in front of him. Four of his six fellow players place the same card; two of his fellow players do not have this card in hand. So these two players and Hans must each give up one first-name card.
Variants
Two First Names
The name-giver must use the first-name cards to choose two first names. After they have placed one card upright and the second card sideways next to it, as usual, they repeat this: they exchange the same two cards and place them next to each other. In this way they obtain a second first name. The name-giver may choose which first name is the first and which is the second first name.
Choice by the Other Players
The fellow players of the name-giver may look at their first-name cards and be inspired by the first names on them. They must agree on one proposal. The proposal does not have to be on a first-name card.
Free Choice
The fellow players of the name-giver may not look at their first-name cards. They must be creative and agree on a common proposal. The proposal may be quite unusual.