Das Rotkäppchen Duell (2017)

About this game

In Das Rotkäppchen Duell, players each race to find three picnic baskets in the forest first, but they risk getting lost among the trees. To set up a round, each player takes their fifteen stand-up trees, then places them in the center of the table with any images on those trees facing them. On a turn, a player chooses any one tree that looks blank to them (since no tree has images on both sides), then rotates it 180º. If they find an empty tree or a tree that bears only signposts, their turn ends. If they find a picnic basket, they keep it! If they find the big bad wolf, they must give a basket to their opponent. And if they find the woodsman, they take another turn immediately. The first player to find three basket collects a coin, and the first player to collect two coins wins the game.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Strictly 2 players — no more, no fewer.
• Rules load. No complexity score has been recorded for this one.
• Age. The publisher suggests 5 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.