Auf heißer Spur (2005)

About this game

This game is being promoted in some interesting ways. The chocolate company Ferrero has produced 250 000 "Auf heißer Spur" mini-games, sold with Kinder Friends Chocolates. These mini-games are a reduced version with simpler mechanisms of the full game, with cardboard dice to build (see picture). Also, the German TV Channel "Super RTL" uses "Auf heißer Spur" in a weekly game program for kids, called "SpieleGalaxie". The kids must find the guilty thief on the TV screen. The goal of the game is to follow the clues (shown on 3 dice: starting location, color of dropped diamond, and clothing detail) to find the right thief. Every player tried to find the right thief at the same time, following a circle of cards with suspects. There are also special cards (subway, etc.)

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 6.
• Rules load. At 1.3/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 6 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.