PAC-MAN Game Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Object
• Contents
• How to Set Up the Game
• How to Play the Game
• How to Win the Game

Object

Collect the most white marbles by the end of the game.

Contents

• 1 gameboard
• 76 marbles
• 2 Ghost pawns
• 4 plastic trays
• 1 label sheet
• 2 dice
• 4 Pac-Man playing pieces (to be assembled)

How to Set Up the Game

1. Open up the gameboard. Place it on a flat surface so it's accessible to all players. All of the gameboard holes must be cleanly punched out. Do so by using your finger to push out the cardboard remnants from the underside of the board.

2. How to put Pac-Man playing pieces together: each playing piece is made up of 3 plastic parts of the same color. Carefully break off these pieces... 2 body parts and 1 mouth part from the plastic runner. Here's what the 3 pieces look like after being detached from the runner (see Figure 1).

   A. Now assemble the playing piece as shown in Figure 2. Make sure the grooved holes, the large holes and the hinges of both pieces line up. Then press together, fitting the pegs and Center Pin into their proper holes.

   Do the marble test: be sure your Pac-Man piece can pick up marbles by dropping a marble into its large hole. If the marble does not fall out the grooved hole, the piece is assembled correctly; if the marble falls out, the two body parts must be pressed together again firmly until they can hold a marble inside. Be sure to do the marble test when assembling the other 3 playing pieces.

   B. Attach the mouth part to the assembled body as in Figure 3, making sure the two small tabs of the mouth are inserted into the two small holes of the body.

   C. Assemble the other 3 Pac-Man pieces as above.

3. Eye labels: attach round eye labels to the 4 Pac-Man pieces and attach oblong eye labels to the 2 Ghost pawns, as shown in Figure 4 (just peel off labels from sheet and apply them to the recessed areas on the pieces.)

4. Each player chooses a Pac-Man playing piece and places it in its matching color SAFE/HOME space on the gameboard.

5. Position the two Ghosts in the center of the board on the "Pac-Man" label. This is the Ghosts' starting position.

6. Carefully break off the 4 square trays from the runners. Give each player a tray that matches the color of his or her Pac-Man playing piece. Trays are placed off the board.

How to Play the Game

1. Roll the dice. Whoever rolls the highest number plays first followed to the left by the other players.

2. Basic turn: on your turn, roll both dice. Move your Pac-Man piece the number of holes (not the yellow dots) on the board indicated by the number shown ON ONE DIE. Move a Ghost pawn the number of holes shown ON THE OTHER DIE. It doesn't matter which piece you move first. IMPORTANT: Ghosts belong to all players—their color does not indicate ownership. Players may move either Ghost.

3. The gameboard paths: when moving your Pac-Man, you must stay on the designated paths. You cannot jump over the blue barriers. You may, however, follow a designated path to go off the board and then come back on the board in a different position all in the same move. These OFF/ON paths are marked by white arrows. For example, exit one of these arrowed areas on a die roll and enter any other arrowed area and continue your move on the rest of your die count. See Figure 5. On a die roll of 3, move Pac-Man 1 space, go off board (Position A) and enter (Position B) to continue 2 more spaces on die count.

   PLEASE NOTE: Ghosts cannot go off the board!

4. How a Pac-Man moves: as you move your Pac-Man from hole to hole it gobbles up the marbles it lands on. See Figure 6 to see how a Pac-Man swallows a marble.

   IMPORTANT: at the end of your turn, flip over your Pac-Man and shake any gobbled up marbles out of its large top hole into your tray as shown on the package cover. Be sure to note your last position so you do not lose your place.

   Basic rules of movement for a Pac-Man...

How to Win the Game

When all the white marbles are cleared from the board, the game is over. Players count up their gobbled up white marbles in their trays and any that may still be in their Pac-Man piece. Whoever has the most white marbles wins the game. Special yellow marbles do not count for score.