Anticipation (1987)

About this game

The goal is to capture enemy ants to get parts of the ant queen that are pictured on the bottom of the pieces. All ants are magnetic and if the piece that you try to capture repels from your piece that piece captures you instead. Move your 14 ants around on the dice roll, come back to your base and flip the pieces you have caught on your way. The base of your ants shows a part of the queen. Whoever gets the most parts of the queen's set, wins.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 1.2/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 8 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.