Animal Upon Animal
The Duel
A wobbly game of skill for 2 animal stacking players ages 5 - 99.
Includes game variation for more than 2 players.
Authors: Udo Peise and Klaus Miltenberger
Illustrations: Michael Bayer
Length of the game: approx. 10 minutes
Roarrr! A savage roar comes from the jungle! The animal teams
have stepped forward to take on the Tower Stacking Champion
Challenge.
Here they go! The goose leaps onto the paws of the tiger, the
squirrel climbs onto the beak of the goose and finally the octopus,
with his eight tentacles, tries to scramble to the top of the more
than a bit wobbly animal tower. But the opponent team must also
do their best to complete their tower. Which team will be quicker
and steadier?
Contents
2 tigers
2 geese
2 octopuses
2 squirrels
5 wooden coins
1 big die with symbols
1 small die with symbols
Set of game instructions
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Game Idea
Both players stack four animals as quickly as they can. The dice
show which animal comes first and which comes last in the tower.
Whoever finishes their tower first, wins a coin. The aim of the
game is to be the first to win three coins.
Preparation of the Game
Each player takes four animals of the same kind and places them
in front of him: a tiger, an octopus, a goose and a squirrel. Get
the five wooden coins ready in the center of the table. The
younger player grabs the small die and the older player the big
one. The duel can now begin!
How to Play
Roll your dice simultaneously. Whatever appears on the dice will
apply for both players. You now have to try to pile up the four
animals faster than your opponent.
The dice indicate the order in which to stack the animals:
• The big die shows which animal should be placed first.
• The small die shows which animal should be placed on the top
of the tower.
The other two animals can be stacked as you like, in second or
third place, in your animal tower.
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Important dice rolling rules:
• If one or two question marks appear on the dice you can choose
which animal you want to place in the corresponding position.
• If both dice show the same animal you can choose for yourself
if you want to place that animal on the top or the bottom of
your pile.
Important tower piling rules:
• The animals have to be piled atop one another, one by one.
For example, it is not permitted to place two animals beside
each other on top of the tiger.
• An animal may never be in contact with more than two other
animals.
• The animals always have to be piled on their narrow side,
never on the flat side.
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Whoever finishes his tower first yells “Stop!”. The other player
stops piling and checks to see if his opponent has stacked the pile
according to the rules.
• Yes?
Good piling! The quick tower stacker receives a coin from
the center as a reward .
• No?
In too much of a rush! The player who was slower takes
a coin from the center.
A new duel starts.
End of the Game
The game ends as soon as a player has collected three coins
thus winning the game.
Variation for more than two players
The players each play two duels against one another.
The results of the duels are noted.
Whoever has won the most duels wins the game.
In case of a draw there are various winners.
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