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Habermaaß game nr. 4244
A risky betting game for 2 - 4 players ages 7 - 99.
Author: Wolfgang Dirscherl
Illustrations: Daniel Döbner
Length of the game: approx. 20 minutes
It‘s all a buzz at the “Hot Dog” casino! Golden bones,
precious jewels and poker chips are piling up on the table.
The notorious animal bettors, Suzy the pedigree poodle and
Bruno the bulky boxer will begin in a moment. Who will have
the luckiest paws and draw the best chips out of the bag?
Contents
1 game board
4 play figures
4 little fabric bags
36 betting chips
2 dice
Set of game instructions
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Casino Hot Dog
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Game Idea
Each player has nine betting chips in his bag. All players
pull out a chip and try to get a high score. Whoever thinks
it is too risky to pull out another chip, can voluntarily opt out.
But watch out, as there is one chip which features a picture
of a doggie doo doo! If a player pulls it out, he drops out of
the round. At the end of the round the two players with the
highest scores can move their figures on the game board.
The aim of the game is to reach the kennel (= target square)
first.
Preparation of the Game
Place the game board in the center of the table. Each player
gets a dog, a bag and nine betting chips of the same color.
Place the dogs on the game board on the table (= starting
square) and the nine chips in your bag. Shake the bag so
the chips are well shuffled.
Get both dice ready.
reach kennel first
Place game board,
dogs on starting square,
each player one bag
with nine chips
dice ready
starting square
target square
bone squares
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roll both dice
Playing a round
Step 1
pull out chip
Number or “· 2“ =
place chip in front of you
doggie doo doo =
bad luck
Step 2
pull out another chip
or
opt out
How to Play
Whoever can put on the coolest betting face, starts the game.
If you cannot agree, the youngest player starts by rolling both
dice simultaneously
The dice indicate how far you can move the dogs in this
round. But first let‘s play poker.
A round is made up of the following four steps:
Step 1. Draw a chip
The players play simultaneously! Each player pulls a
chip out of the bag and keeps it hidden in his fist until
everybody has pulled one out. Then each player places
his chip face-up in front of him.
On the chip appears:
• A number or the duplicate sign “· 2”?
Good luck! Keep the chip in front of you.
• A doggie doo doo?
Bad luck! You‘ve pushed your luck too far and have to
drop out of this round. Place the chip back in your bag.
Hint: Later, when you have played step 2 several times
and there are several chips in front of you, you will
have to put all of these chips back into your bag.
Step 2. Pull out another chip or opt out!
The players still in the round stick their hand into the bag
and ...
• … pull out another chip and hide it in their fist.
Or
• … pretend to pull one out but in reality have an empty
fist. That‘s how they show that they want to opt out
and assure the score of the chips they have at this
moment.
Watch out: If a player has only the chip “· 2“ in front
of him he can not yet opt out and must pull another
chip out of the bag.
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repeat step 2
Step 3
scoring:
count points on chips
Step 4
move dogs
number of dots =
move squares
golden bone =
move to next
bone square
Step 2 “Pull out another chip or opt out!” is repeated as
many times as it takes until all the players have opted out
or pulled out the doggie doo doo chip.
Step 3. Scoring
The players who have not pulled out a doggie doo doo
chip add up the points on their chips. If you have the
chip “· 2” you first add up your points and then double
the score
Step 4. Move dogs
The two players with the two highest scores may now
move their dogs. The player with the highest score decides
on one of the dice.
This chosen die shows
• a number of dots
Move your dog the corresponding number of squares.
• the golden bone
Move your dog up to the next golden bone square.
Then the player with the second highest score moves
his dog according to what the other die shows.
Important : If there is only one player left to score points he
can choose either of the two dice to move his dog
Important Hints:
• Doggie Doo Doo chip: if all the players have pulled
out the doggie doo doo chip in one round, no player
can move their game figure.
• Draw: In one round no more than two players can
move their dog. If two players are in a draw, the
seating order of these two players decides: the one
closest -in a clockwise direction- to the starting player
who rolled the dice, has priority.
Then the dice are passed on to the next player in a clockwise
direction, who then becomes the starting player of the next
round.
End of the game
The game ends as soon a player has moved his dog to the
kennel or past it thus winning the game.
Variation for younger bettors
Play according to the rules of the basic game, but without
the duplicate chip “· 2”. Before starting to play, each
player returns this chip back into the game box.
dog at target square =
winner
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