Step by Step is a Can not stop variant: You may roll in his train as many times as you want, and with each litter can achieve victory points. If one does not meet a specific condition (in this example: If a union is not at least as high as the previous one), then go ALL VPs this turn lost. So you are constantly torn between the desire to stop the train and secure the points and greed, "only eeeeinen single throw" to risk.
(The story so far sounds like a game of chance is actually none, because you can choose again at each throw, which you want to throw dice again. Example: I threw 1-3-3-6 Now if I only 1 again. throw, then the next throw is at least as high as the last, so I'm sure I'm successful. But maybe I throw it better 1-3-3 again? With three dice come about 7, is still quite probably, but my chance here to roll again a "1", with which I can then continue in the next throw, larger ... Difficult questions so ... :-))
2. TACTICS AND HAPPINESS:
The further one (which can also be seen in the photo above) on the five tracks on the board progresses, the more points you get. As in every field only one piece can stand (and occupied fields are skipped), you have to think hard on what path you go forward: They want to skip as many characters of other players, but will not even be skipped.
The fewer players here, the tactical game is for this reason: Couple one can deliberately play against your opponent; the more players join, the more unpredictable the game.
3. THE MATERIAL
The material is nice (large wooden stones!) And get clear. Well, there can be found no fanciful images; but that would have been inappropriate in this game.
3. "FORMAL":
A round lasts for two about 15-20 minutes. Explaining the rules take more than five minutes. The game manual is very short and easy to understand.
The age specified in the product description "from 8" is misleading: Although children this age understand the rules and can mitwürfeln, but do not really have a chance, because they do not estimate the probabilities and therefore actually can not decide useful.
4. EVALUATION:
As a quick game in between I like "Step by Step" pretty good ... if you play it for two.
For larger numbers of participants bothers me that quite a long wait for the next train and dwindling tactical possibilities (see 2). Here I would deduct a star and give only three stars.
Worth a total of me like "Step by Step" is not quite as good as Level X and Numbers, but it's a worthy and quite kaufenswerter representatives of the great "Easy Play" series of Schmidt Spiele.
