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- Replay Value (1-10): 3
- Fun Factor (1-10): 5
- Worth Buying (1-10): 3
(Almost) all of the cards have a penguin on it, where each penguin has
an umbrella, shades, lei, jacket, blanket, and fish. Each of those
has a different color. One penguin is flipped at a time into a
common pool, and players race to find penguins that have attributes
in common. If you see penguins with one attribute in common, shout
out "match". If you see them with two attributes in common, grab
a black pawn. And if you see two identical cards, grab a white
pawn. The white pawn takes precedence over the black pawn, which
takes precedence over calling "match". Depending on which you
called/grabbed, you can take cards from the common pile and add
them to your score pile. To add some spice, the game has the occasional
card with two fish on it (which are instant points for anyone
who isn't obsessing with the colors), and cards that highlight just
one color attribute.
The game concept is fine but there's one very strange flaw in the
rules that I have to assume is a mistake: if you find penguins
with one attribute in common, you get all the cards as a score, but
if you find penguins with two attributes in common, you only get
those two penguins. With that fix I think the goals of the game
actually make sense. Gamewright has been making a lot of speed
games that play on matching and not matching, but this one doesn't
seem particularly innovative in that regard.
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