La Cucaracha Card
La Cucaracha Card Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
- 72 Cutlery cards
- 19 Chef cards
- 6 Hiding-place cards
- 13 Prize cards
Goal of the Game
You all turn over cards at the same time and try to be the first to find the four cockroaches of your colour, because a prize card is awarded for doing so. The first player to hold three prize cards wins the game.
Setup
Each player receives a hiding-place card showing the hole in the kitchen floor, which they place in front of them. The colour shows which cockroaches you are looking for in the game. Return any leftover hiding-place cards to the box.
Place one prize card in the middle of the table. Set the rest aside.
The chef cards and cutlery cards (with and without a cockroach) all have the same back, showing the empty sink. Shuffle them all thoroughly together and place them face down in a messy pile around the prize card.
Starting the Search
Sit on one of your hands, because you may only use one hand to turn cards over!
At the start everything is still calm and harmless. Players turn over one card each in turn. The youngest player begins, and play then continues clockwise.
- If the card shows cutlery with or without a cockroach, leave it face up in that spot.
- If the card shows the chef, set it aside and count aloud "1". The next time a chef card appears, count "2". When the third chef card is turned over, life suddenly comes to the sink!
Now It Gets Hectic
As soon as the chef appears for the third time, he has reached the sink. From now on, everyone plays at the same time and tries as quickly as possible to bring the four cockroaches of your colour to the safe hole in front of you. Of course, you may still only use one hand to turn cards over!
- If cockroach cards of your colour are already lying face up, take them to yourself. Otherwise, turn over further cards with one hand.
- If you turn over chef cards or cutlery cards without your own cockroach, leave them lying face up.
Whoever has all four cockroach cards of their colour in front of them quickly grabs the prize card in the middle and thereby successfully ends the round. That player is also the starting player for the next round.
Next Round and End of the Game
Before each further round, place a new prize card in the middle and distribute the shuffled, face-down chef and cutlery cards around it.
Each player passes their hiding-place card to their left-hand neighbour, and in the next round rescues the cockroaches of a new colour. Off you go!
The game ends as soon as the first player has three prize cards in front of them.