Wackelbett
Wackelbett Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Game Contents
- 1 princess bed (= can bottom)
- 1 Penny Pea princess
- 36 bedding cards (12 pillow cards, 12 downy comforter cards, 12 mattress cards)
- 1 under-bed card
- 1 wobble-pea
- 1 adhesive magnet
- 1 set of instructions
Prior to Playing for the First Time
Remove the film from the back of the adhesive magnet. Press the magnet to the center of the flat side of the wobble-pea.
Preparation of the Game
Stick the wobble-pea's magnet onto the marked area under the princess bed (= can bottom). The bed now wobbles slightly.
Place the under-bed card with the pea face down in the princess bed, setting the bed in the center of the playing area. Shuffle the bedding cards and deal 5 cards face down to each player. Put the rest of the cards within reach as a draw pile. Turn over the top card and lay it across the princess bed. Now place Penny Pea princess on the crown symbol on the card. Pick up your cards and let the game begin!
(The source shows a game setup diagram for 4 players.)
How to Play
The last player to have eaten peas begins. Look at your cards and chose one that is neither the same color nor the same bedding as the card already on top of the princess bed. Lay your card on top of the bed, making sure the pea on the card beneath it is completely covered. Penny Pea princess may not be pushed aside or topple off the princess bed.
Example: (the source shows a right and a wrong placement of a card.)
Now, take Penny Pea princess and carefully place her upright on top of the crown symbol on the card you just laid.
Did Penny Pea princess and all cards stay in place on the princess bed?
- Yes? Excellent! You did it, and your turn is now over.
- No? Too bad! If at least one card or Penny Pea princess slides off the princess bed, you must take back your card. If more than one card falls off, the other cards are laid aside in a face up pile. Place Penny Pea princess back on the crown symbol on the new top card.
Additional Royal Bedding Stacking Rules
- If you cannot play any of your cards, draw one from the draw pile. If this card is appropriate, you can lay it on the princess bed. If it is not, then keep this card in your hand and it is now the next players' turn.
- If cards slide into the princess bed, they remain there. If Penny Princess falls over, but not off onto the playing area, then luck is with you the next player simply stands her back up again on the crown symbol of the topmost card.
- When the princess bed tilts without anyone touching it, the fallen cards are added to the face-up reserve pile. The next player puts Penny Pea princess on the crown symbol on the topmost card and the game proceeds as normal.
- When the drawing pile has been used up, shuffle the reserve cards and create another draw pile.
Now it is the next player's turn to lay an appropriate card.
End of the Game
The game is over when a player is able to play their last card. Now there is enough bedding piled up and the princess is no longer plagued by the pea nor by a precarious bed. Finally, lay Penny Pea princess down on top of the bedding pile. If Penny and all cards remain on the pile, you have won the game!
If one or more cards or Penny Pea princess slide off the bed, you must take back your last card and the game continues.
Pointers for More Pea Pleasure
- Younger children may play with their cards face up in front of them.
- Sometimes younger children have difficulties placing Penny Pea princess upright on top of the top card. Therefore, they may lay her down on top of the crown symbol on the topmost card.
- To make the game somewhat more exciting, you can play so that cards do not have to cover the pea on the card beneath it. This allows you more possibilities for laying your cards.