Crazy Crocodiles Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Components
• Introduction
• Setup
• Playing the Game
• Who Wins?

Components

1 game board 4 crocodiles (with magnetic jaws) 4 monkeys as game pieces (white, yellow, orange and purple) 1 red flexible monkey (magnetic) 1 ordinary die

Introduction

Delicious fruits await you and the other monkeys out in the swamp, but to get there you must hop over slippery stones and treacherous logs, and past the hungry crocodiles! If you are unlucky, a pair of jaws may snap shut just as your monkey...

The first to reach the fruits has won.

Setup

1. Place the game board on the table.
2. Shuffle the crocodiles and place them on the marked spaces.
3. Each player chooses a monkey piece (not the red one!) and places it on the start circle in the same colour (see figure 1).
4. The red flexible monkey is placed on the flower, on the island with the fruits (see figure 2).
5. The player who can make the funniest monkey face starts. Turn order is clockwise.

Playing the Game

1. The principle of the game is this: on your turn, roll the die and move your monkey that many steps. You move along the loop of stones, logs, crocodile heads and crocodiles. The loop measures a total of 49 steps up to and including the island with the fruits. A six does not give an extra throw.

2. IF YOU LAND ON A STONE, nothing happens, and it is the next player's turn.

3. IF YOU LAND ON A LOG, you MUST swap places with another monkey of your choice. The only exception is that you cannot swap places with a monkey that is in a crocodile's mouth.

4. HOW TO MOVE PAST A CROCODILE: When you reach the crocodile, move to the circle on top of the jaw, then to the circle on the neck, and so on, step by step along the back, as far as the die allows (see figure 3).

5. IF YOU LAND ON THE CIRCLE ON TOP OF A CROCODILE JAW, you must immediately place your monkey in the crocodile's mouth. Then take the mischievous red monkey and place it on the crocodile's neck, with either its head or its feet pointing down (your choice).

   5a) IF THE JAWS CLOSE, leave the red monkey standing on the crocodile's neck, while your own monkey remains inside the mouth. Then it is the next player's turn.

   5b) IF THE JAWS REMAIN OPEN, put the red monkey back on its flower, while your own monkey remains in the mouth. Then it is the next player's turn.

6. HOW YOU CAN GET OUT OF A CLOSED CROCODILE MOUTH: When it is your turn, roll the die. If the result is even, nothing happens and your monkey must stay. If the result is odd, you must immediately put the red monkey back on its flower, and then move your own monkey backwards the same number of steps along the loop. Note that you do not need to worry about whether you land on a stone or a crocodile head; your turn ends as soon as you have moved.

7. IF YOUR MONKEY IS IN AN OPEN CROCODILE MOUTH when it is your turn, roll the die and move according to figure 4.

8. IF YOU LAND ON A DRAWN CROCODILE HEAD, you have three options to choose from:

Who Wins?

The player whose monkey first reaches the island with the fruits has won. You do not need to roll an even number to reach the goal.