How can I get an almost perfect game? Well, it easily and immediately understandable must be. The instructions should not be too long. Children, parents and grandparents should be able to play it and want. And it may be boring, of course, even after repeated playing not. The author duo Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling ("Torres", "Tikal") is this feat with "Verflixxt!" succeeded. The game is so simple and yet so varied and suspenseful. When the game starts are 32 octagonal tiles from a row. First red tiles with the values from -8 to -1, then six white plates, after eight green with the values +1 and +8 to finally ten red, -1 to -10. Even the inexperienced player suspects: The game will win the one who makes the most pluses. Now How can I get the plates? Three pawns each player available. Who's turn, play dice and then has a choice: either with one of the three own figures drawn the full cube number or one of the eight guardian stones so-called moves. The stand at the beginning on the white and green tiles most. These guardians stones may however only be drawn if still at least one character (own or external) is on the slide. Why Bother? A platelet always the player gets when he has been the only one on such and leaves. So No other characters or guardian stones are more on the map. All Plus platelet count at the end positive, all the red tiles are actually minuses. Unless the player is in possession of one or more white flakes. Then suddenly one / several tiles from the Plus / Minus the highest platelets. And thus is clear: The first so simple and banal acting game has its own pitfalls. Players must think carefully about how many minuses they can afford, how long they stay on a plate to be perhaps the last and how many negatives they can afford. On the board creates a hot battle for the best plates. Since the dice determines the length of the train, of course, the best of luck in the game. But a bit of tactic does not hurt. In addition to this basic game can also be varied easily "Verflixxt". Four such variants brings the mini game instructions (three pages with lots of pictures) already with them. But those who have played it two or three times, which already covered a further options. "Verflixxt"! reminds because of its simplicity in appearance you build on such classics as "Malefitz" or "ludo" - and also has what it takes to be such. For me it is one of the very hot favorites for the title "Game of the Year 2005".
