Tacatuca I Intelligence Game

How The Game Starts and How it Continues

There are 20 different pieces of colored pins on the table for each player. The game starts according to the color chosen by the players and the game continues clockwise. Two dices are thrown and the player who throws the highest total number, starts the game.

What is The Purpose of The Game?

The purpose of  the game is to get all pins of the opponents.

Rules of The Game

After the player throws the dices, he / she places the card expressing the total number of dices to his / her card zone. Other players should not start the game without seeing the opponent’s card on the game board. 2 to 4 persons can play the game.

How to Play The Game?

Player throws the dices and then places the card expressing to sum of the dices to his / her card zone. After all players throw the dices and place their cards, the player(s) having the highest number on the card(s) takes the pins from his/her opponents due to the total difference of sums. When the game is played with more than two players and more than one player obtains the same highest total sum of dices, player(s) having less total sum of dices give(s) pins to each opponents. If all players throw the same dice, there will be no pin exchange between players. Player who throws the same number for each dice, complies with the instructions below.

Game Cards Instructions

1-1: (2) GUARD

Do not give any pin to the opponent(s) who throw(s) dices as 2-1.

2-2: (4) SAVER

Do not give any pin to the opponent(s) who throw(s) dices as 3-2.

Take pins from each opponent with the difference of sums who throws dices as 1-1.
Take pins from each opponent with the difference of sums and one(1) more pin who throws 3-1 or 2-1.

3-3: (6) STRONG

Do not give any pin to the opponent(s) who throw(s) dices as 4-3.

Take pins from each opponent with the difference of sums who throws dices as 1-1 or as 2-2.
Take pins from each opponent with the difference of sums and two(2) more pins who throws 4-2 or 4-1 or 3-2 or 3-1 or 2-1.

4-4: (8) COMMANDER

Do not give any pin to the opponent(s) who throw(s) dices as 5-4.

Take pins from each opponent with the difference of sums who throws dices as 1-1 or as 2-2 or as 3-3.
Take pins from each opponent with the difference of sums and three(3) more pins who throws 5-3 or 5-2 or 5-1 or 4-3 or 4-2 or 4-1 or 3-2 or 3-1 or 2-1.

5-5: (10) SUPER POWER

Do not give any pin to the opponent(s) who throw(s) dices as 6-5.

Take pins from each opponent with the difference of sums who throws dices as 1-1 or as 2-2 or as 3-3 or as 4-4. Take pins from each opponent with the difference of sums and four (4) more pins who throws 6-4 or 6-3 or 6-2 or 6-1 or 5-4 or 5-3 or 5-2 or 5-1 or 4-3 or 4-2 or 4-1 or 3-2 or 3-1 or 2-1.

6-6: (12) KING

Take pins from each opponent with the difference of sums and two (2) more pins who throws dices as 1-1 or as 2-2 or as 3-3 or as 4-4 or as 5-5. Take pins from each opponent with the difference of sums and five (5) more pins who throws 6-5 or 6-4 or 6-3 or 6-2 or 6-1 or 5-4 or 5-3 or 5-2 or 5-1 or 4-3 or 4-2 or 4-1 or 3-2 or 3-1 or 2-1.

How to Determine The Result of The Game?

Player having no pins left leaved the game. Player who collects all the pieces becomes the winner of the game.

Contents

1 Game Board / 26 cm * 26 cm Beech Wood

20 Red Pins

20 Blue Pins

20 Green Pins

20 Yellow Pins

2 Big Dices

60 Game Cards

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