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Jolly Octopus
Family Night Choice

Jolly Octopus

Designed by Gunter Baars

Published by Ravensburger

Table Ready: 5 Min Teach

Players

2-4

Community Snapshot

Light complexity
~15 min
4.2 on BGG (16)

Categories

Action / Dexterity
Physical skill matters — flicking, stacking, balancing, or speed-based challenges.
Children's Game
Designed for young players with simple rules and short play times.

A light dice rolling game. Rated 0.0 on BGG.

How It Plays

Dice Rolling

You roll dice to determine outcomes — there's always that thrilling moment of suspense before they land!

About This Game

Your challenge in the Jolly Octopus mitbringspiel is the same as in the larger board game (namely Jolly Octopus): Don't tickle Jolly O, or else you're looking at a world of hurt. But while the board game uses a motorized octopus with sensitive anti-touch gizmos, the travel game uses only the eyes of the other players, who must watch for octopus movement in order to detect your crime. Your goal in the game is to move your two crabs clockwise around Jolly O in order to reach the starfish at the goal line.…

Source: BoardGameGeek

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Play Time

15 min

Complexity

1.0 / 5

Rating

4.2

Year

2012