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"River Crossing - Cross the River" is a new edition of the game, in which it comes, by logical thinking to solve problems with fun. The game consists of a playing surface made of plastic, to which the forty supplied task cards are placed. Furthermore, there are six logs in different lengths and twenty stumps, which must be placed between the tribes. As an improvement to the first issue, the stumps now have top insertion holes into which the woodcutter is inserted to keep the overview. Of course there is also a lumberjack figure and instructions. The material is rounded off by a practical storage bag.

The gameplay is very simple. A card is sent to the court and then assembled at the predetermined locations with tree trunks and -stümpfen and you can start the game. The loggers can be plugged onto the stumps and thus move over the tribes, while maximum transport a trunk and reinvest. Thus, the player tries to pass the lumberjacks from the assigned starting point to its destination.

The forty tasks are divided into four difficulty Straight (Beginner, Intermediate, Expert and Professional) with ten puzzles. While the tasks for beginners already during construction - almost incidentally - can be solved, the effort and the level in the further course attract tidy. The game, originally designed for a person over eight years, can also be very good for two games as a team. Even adults thinkers come later than the professional level fully at their expense.
The short, color-illustrated instructions explain the gameplay multilingual and includes all solutions, if the solution but seems out of reach. But that is the caution it because of Rätselspaß else is fast.

In short: "River Crossing" offers fun and brings the brain neatly on tours, so that problems can be solved problem-oriented. The basic set is built solid and leaves you wanting more. The only shortcoming is the number of tasks. The ten per stage are ever solved very quickly by Can. It would be only a matter of time to appear more task cards as an extension.